Don’t Build a Startup, Build a Business(medium.com)

64 pointsby JayTsavor 9 Jahren4 comments

https://medium.com/@SoldOutSupplier/dont-build-a-startup-build-a-business-127b61328922

4 comments

bgammonvor 9 Jahren

> Remember, the focus of a business should be on delivering value and making money while doing so, unlike a usualstartup, whose sole purpose often seems to be burning money and thinking of ways to eventually turn a profit in the future.

Rewrite: offering a free service, then boiling the frog by slowly introducing more ad revenue schemes until eventually users are fed up and jump ship to the next iteration of the same service.

horsecaptinvor 9 Jahren

Ohh, do you mean Youtube? They seem to be doing pretty good!

kolinkovor 9 Jahren

I wonder if the author checked previous discussions on exactly the same topic.

dkarapetyanvor 9 Jahren

Similarly don't build a product, build a process.