It’s just a feature

First they ignore you

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win

Last week, the news came out that IBM was acquiring Red Hat. On some random place, I stumbled on this photo. It made me smile:

Even though it’s unclear where this quote comes from and probably not from Gandhi, it’s still a great quote.

This is often how it goes in startups. Especially if you don’t have a free consumer product which goes viral like 99.99% of all startups. Often you get dismissed as “it’s just a feature” or “it’s a toy“.

Where did all the angels go?

The changed landscape of early stage funding

While raising funding for my new company ENZO, it is interesting to notice how the early stage start…

It is a marathon and not a sprint

Critics and your startup

Seth Godin is one of my favorite bloggers. I read his posts daily. His writing is very concise and e…

Start small, grow tall

Endless Tweaking

Regardless the kind of startup, the secret of all tech startups today is software. Marc Andreessen w…

Growing startups

The hardest thing is giving away

You always end up with less when working at an early-stage startup People working in startups are al…