Comments on: How To Build A Bullet Proof Start-Up http://gigaom.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/ Wed, 22 May 2013 22:26:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: pucit http://gigaom.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-582954 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:28:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-582954 Its quite long steps integrated to make it bullet proof.

]]> By: AGORACOM http://gigaom.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118378 Mon, 29 May 2006 05:02:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118378 I personally didn’t take this article as a blueprint for building a start-up and this might be the flaw behind much of the criticism here. Rather, I went into the article looking for a few really helpful tips that would make my process better – and I found them. (i.e. Thompson CompuMark, provisional patents)

Though many other points didn’t apply to my personal situation, they didn’t have to. Remember, there are plenty of Biz 2.0 readers that reside outside of Silicon Valley and found this information useful.

Regards,
George

]]> By: Mel http://gigaom.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118377 Thu, 25 May 2006 13:55:23 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118377 I read the article, and it was clear to me when they were talking about non-web startups. You have to adapt any advice to your specific path and goals. For instance, I don’t have any desire to go the traditional VC route, with “sell or IPO” being my only options for the future.

To ‘anonymous’ with regard to making a startup “defensible from a competition perspective” … you’re only true defense is to be better and more agile than your competitors.

]]> By: Anonymous http://gigaom.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118376 Thu, 25 May 2006 12:53:16 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118376 What a load of bull. If the start ups are of all types then the article should atleast make it clear. besides, one would have expected from the title to have some good ideas to make the start ups “defensible” from a competition perspective not some generic stuff that one could have got from typing “start ups and business plan” to “google”

]]> By: Buzz Bruggeman http://gigaom.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118375 Thu, 25 May 2006 05:44:21 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118375 Having built a company and a product, and having sold lots of copies of it. I thought the article was brilliant. Anyone who doesn’t think of it as a roadmap, not a blueprint is missing the point.

All deals are a little different, but the quality of the writing and thinking were excellent.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118374 Thu, 25 May 2006 05:19:54 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118374 vincent,

since you have not done a start-up, you have to depend on people who have done it and have helped with the start-ups.

just saying, but you make a good point.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118373 Thu, 25 May 2006 05:05:43 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118373 Hi Guys,

thanks for your insightful comments, and feedback.

I have been away for a bit so it has taken me a while to get back. anyway there is a lot of people who disagree with the article. they are entitled to their opinion, and I respect that.

i think many are confusing “start-ups” with “web start-ups.” If you read the article, the article looks at startups of all hues and shapes. there are companies that are building enterprise apps, or physical products.

the point is that, if you read the article, it tells you generic amounts of money you might need, steps you can take to increase your odds of success.

anyway, whatever your opinions are, I am grateful for the feedback.

]]> By: John P http://gigaom.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118372 Thu, 25 May 2006 02:39:42 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118372 I know, after reading that article almost made me think I shouldn’t bother reading Om’s blog anymore…

]]> By: chauka http://gigaom.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118371 Thu, 25 May 2006 02:27:56 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118371 Your cookie cutter approach to starting a business is full of crap in spots. Bringing people together all under one roof? Spending money on rent? Are you kidding? Whatever happened to place shifting and working at WiFi Cafes like Starbucks?

What type of crap rule of thumb is it that you need 20 employees when you launch the business.

Om Malik — you better check yourself on this article you wrote. Pardon me, but does one of your favorite companies, 37Signals, have 20 employees at launch time? Oh yes, and didn’t David Hanson (Ruby on Rails guru) work remotely from Copenhagen while 37Signals was located in Chicago? They were NOT all under one roof at the same time.

This article should be titled, “How to Start A Business 1.0 Technology Company in a Business 2.0 Era”

Big disappointment.

]]> By: Cliff Spence http://gigaom.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118370 Thu, 25 May 2006 02:13:46 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/05/24/hot-to-build-a-bullet-proof-start-up/#comment-118370 Bulletproof?

I began reading the article today, excited, because I thought it would contain new information, as Business 2.0 so often does. I’ve never been so dissapointed in this magazine.

Unfortunally, you seem to be telling us to follow the paths of those who have dot-com-bombed the last time around.

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