Let’s get right to the business.
A while ago I was mentioning one funny Russian business shortening and its meaning.
There is another one exists. Called ISA. Can be translated as Imitation of the Stormy Activity. This guy is always busy. In our company, we even have an unofficial nomination for this type of person – Busiest Guy in the Company. So this person seems to be a key person in the business. Obviously, without him, we would not make it.
Startup idea is important, but the only thing that matters is execution. So probably there is no point to protect the idea unless it is something revolutionary.
Many successful projects do not bring any patentable IP although perfect execution makes them winners.
When new leader joins an organization, he is considered a Messiah. And people treat him this way up to the moment when he becomes “that idiot responsible for all this”. Unless he really is a Messiah.
I remember that feeling when I had HTC Diamond in my hands for the first time. It was a mix of thrill and excitement. It was exactly that famous wow effect. After mobile phone, it felt like you had all the world at your fingers tips and your PC in the pocket. It was more than just buying a new thing; it was buying a new experience.
Central idea from the first day of IDCEE: the pitch matters. It is a pity to see how great ideas and hard work of the teams lose the chance to get investment because of the weak presentation.
Second idea – both content and oratory skills matter equally.
I say, every day on LinkedIn I read next “x habits of highly effective people”. You can replace that “highly effective” with “successful”, “productive”, etc. I have many questions in this regard.
Only 5% (AVentures statistics) of Ukrainian startups can POTENTIALLY get funded by Silicon Valley VCs. There are few reasons why.
We needed one special agreement for the company lately. There were two ways to get this work done. There was an option to download the general template from the web. Most likely it would need some improvements and minor changes. Alternatively, the agreement could have been ordered from the lawyer company. The difference in price would be some $10-15k.
I wonder, can we make a judgment about the person based on her reactions to the stress situation? Do these responses suggest normal person’s behaviours in her daily life? Does interview show the real potential of the candidate and whether an examination correctly assesses the level of the student?
Previously I read only one book at a time. I gave it some thought… Probably it had something to do with the idea of keeping the focus and doing only one thing, but doing it real well. Maybe it also addressed the concern of having too many starts and very few ends if you know what I mean… “Yeah, I began to read a new book, just lost interest in the previous.” ))