http://okdork.com/2006/07/27/17-great-insight-for-startups/ A blog about marketing, online communities and other business musings. Come join the fun! Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:14:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://okdork.com/2006/07/27/17-great-insight-for-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-6302 iBjorn » Blog Archive » 5 Things You Should Know Mon, 07 Aug 2006 09:51:00 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/07/27/17-great-insight-for-startups/#comment-6302 [...] 17 Great Insights for Startups [...] [...] 17 Great Insights for Startups [...]

]]> http://okdork.com/2006/07/27/17-great-insight-for-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-5874 Adam Sat, 29 Jul 2006 02:57:24 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/07/27/17-great-insight-for-startups/#comment-5874 Noah, thanks for the great article. That's one I'm gonna save. Hope you're enjoying Korea :) Noah, thanks for the great article. That’s one I’m gonna save. Hope you’re enjoying Korea

]]> http://okdork.com/2006/07/27/17-great-insight-for-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-5864 claimID weblog - Manage your online identity. » Archive » Small improvements Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:11:31 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/07/27/17-great-insight-for-startups/#comment-5864 [...] Yesterday, Noah Kagan linked to a great startup advice list entitled 17 Pithy Insights for Startup Founders.  It’s reminiscent of another great list by Blogger founder Evan Willians entitled Ten Rules for Web Startups.  We found Williams’ list very early on in the ClaimID process and really took it to heart. List like these commonly feature a core piece of advice with which I agree wholeheartedly.  In the pithy list, it is “At the end of each day, ask yourself:  “Did the product get better for customers today?â€?.  If you don’t have a good answer, stay up until you do.“  Put simply, a startup should make its product better each day.  Of course, that doesn’t mean your work is always customer-facing - some days your work might only be blogging or responding to emails.  However, the lifeblood of a startup is feeding it with new thought, bugfixes, features - stuff that should be done daily.  You must constantly work to make your product better. Today, we’ve made our product better.  Michael Biven and a number of others in the ClaimID community wanted to make groups collapsible so browsing large ClaimID’s was easier.  So this morning, we rolled it live, and now you can collapse groups in ClaimID.  Indeed, that’s a small improvement. However, the thing about small improvements is that they add up to big improvements.  And when the requests come from the community, you know you’re making things better for the people who matter the most. [...] [...] Yesterday, Noah Kagan linked to a great startup advice list entitled 17 Pithy Insights for Startup Founders.  It’s reminiscent of another great list by Blogger founder Evan Willians entitled Ten Rules for Web Startups.  We found Williams’ list very early on in the ClaimID process and really took it to heart. List like these commonly feature a core piece of advice with which I agree wholeheartedly.  In the pithy list, it is “At the end of each day, ask yourself:  “Did the product get better for customers today?â€?.  If you don’t have a good answer, stay up until you do.“  Put simply, a startup should make its product better each day.  Of course, that doesn’t mean your work is always customer-facing – some days your work might only be blogging or responding to emails.  However, the lifeblood of a startup is feeding it with new thought, bugfixes, features – stuff that should be done daily.  You must constantly work to make your product better. Today, we’ve made our product better.  Michael Biven and a number of others in the ClaimID community wanted to make groups collapsible so browsing large ClaimID’s was easier.  So this morning, we rolled it live, and now you can collapse groups in ClaimID.  Indeed, that’s a small improvement. However, the thing about small improvements is that they add up to big improvements.  And when the requests come from the community, you know you’re making things better for the people who matter the most. [...]

]]> http://okdork.com/2006/07/27/17-great-insight-for-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-5863 Crazy Factor » Interesting startup blog Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:16:37 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/07/27/17-great-insight-for-startups/#comment-5863 [...] Thanks Noah Kagan for pointing me to the 17 pithy insights for startup founders. [...] [...] Thanks Noah Kagan for pointing me to the 17 pithy insights for startup founders. [...]

]]> http://okdork.com/2006/07/27/17-great-insight-for-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-5861 Luke Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:25:16 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/07/27/17-great-insight-for-startups/#comment-5861 Dharmesh - Related to Hiten?... Dharmesh – Related to Hiten?…

]]> http://okdork.com/2006/07/27/17-great-insight-for-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-5859 Nick Gavronsky Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:58:29 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/07/27/17-great-insight-for-startups/#comment-5859 Thanks, Noah! Great blog that guy has. I am definitely going to subscribe to it. He gives some great insight and inspiration. Thanks, Noah! Great blog that guy has. I am definitely going to subscribe to it. He gives some great insight and inspiration.

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