Comments on: 25 startup commandments. http://www.360conferences.com/blog/2008/12/25-startup-commandments Organizing events that DON'T SUCK Thu, 20 May 2010 14:56:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ray http://www.360conferences.com/blog/2008/12/25-startup-commandments/comment-page-1#comment-76 Ray Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:38:49 +0000 http://www.360flexsummit.com/?p=43#comment-76 well not that all start ups are true but yes some of them are well not that all start ups are true but yes some of them are

]]> By: John Wilker http://www.360conferences.com/blog/2008/12/25-startup-commandments/comment-page-1#comment-72 John Wilker Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:15:00 +0000 http://www.360flexsummit.com/?p=43#comment-72 @Ivan,<br/><br/>LOL yeah so so so true! @Ivan,

LOL yeah so so so true!

]]> By: Ivan Bojer http://www.360conferences.com/blog/2008/12/25-startup-commandments/comment-page-1#comment-71 Ivan Bojer Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:12:00 +0000 http://www.360flexsummit.com/?p=43#comment-71 I actually see a lot of startups doing a grave mistake of #23...well no one is perfect. I actually see a lot of startups doing a grave mistake of #23…well no one is perfect.

]]> By: John Wilker http://www.360conferences.com/blog/2008/12/25-startup-commandments/comment-page-1#comment-61 John Wilker Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:17:00 +0000 http://www.360flexsummit.com/?p=43#comment-61 @Harry<br/><br/>Yeah 1 is extremely salient to me, especially when I have people throwing NDAs at me just to talk to me about something. I'm just like "It's not new" get over and move on. You're not planting a flag, you're building a better mouse trap.<br/><br/>Yeah I can imagine selling X vs. nothing at all must be tough. At least when selling X against Y, you can point out Y's flaws. LOL @Harry

Yeah 1 is extremely salient to me, especially when I have people throwing NDAs at me just to talk to me about something. I’m just like “It’s not new” get over and move on. You’re not planting a flag, you’re building a better mouse trap.

Yeah I can imagine selling X vs. nothing at all must be tough. At least when selling X against Y, you can point out Y’s flaws. LOL

]]> By: Harry B. Garland http://www.360conferences.com/blog/2008/12/25-startup-commandments/comment-page-1#comment-60 Harry B. Garland Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:40:00 +0000 http://www.360flexsummit.com/?p=43#comment-60 I like the #1 advice the best. There's an old quote that goes: "Nothing is really new. You just think it's new because you haven't been around long enough."<br/><br/>But in case you are trying to establish something new and you try to create a new market, you are in the worst position possible. The most difficult thing to compete against is nothing. It is much easier to compete against something, ie: "You can go with Vendor X or you can go with us." It is very difficult to move anybody with this sales pitch: "You can go with us, or you can do nothing."<br/><br/>That's why it was so difficult to sell a CMS in 2001. I like the #1 advice the best. There’s an old quote that goes: “Nothing is really new. You just think it’s new because you haven’t been around long enough.”

But in case you are trying to establish something new and you try to create a new market, you are in the worst position possible. The most difficult thing to compete against is nothing. It is much easier to compete against something, ie: “You can go with Vendor X or you can go with us.” It is very difficult to move anybody with this sales pitch: “You can go with us, or you can do nothing.”

That’s why it was so difficult to sell a CMS in 2001.

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