3 posts tagged “video”
My friend @netzoo recently shared a video "The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo." Jarvis, an Art Center student, visually demonstrates what sparked the downturn in the economy (easy credit) and how it all happened in an easy-to-digest way. Check the rest of the post out here.
http://netzoo.net/the-credit-crisis-visualized/
Though I missed Startup School in Northern California last month (see video), I did attend Startup Camp held May 4-5th in downtown San Francisco. This unconference gave valuable insight into the world of tech startups and expectations that go with building them. Startup camp was part of CommunityOne which included the Sun Microsystems JavaOne Conference on May 5-7th(?). I just stayed through May 5th, but I floated between both events and what I saw was almost as interesting as the people I met. I have returned with five tips for starting up a startup of your own!
1. Have an idea
You already know this, but just having an idea is not enough. Did you know that successful startups pursue ideas that provide good solutions for real-world problems? Utilize your creativity to make a list of problems that you can feasibly solve. You can start by thinking of things that would make your life better (more convenient, efficient, cooler, etc.). Or think of existing companies with products you are passionate about using and figure out the problems they solved for you.
For example:
How could searching for things online become easier?
How could users quickly and simultaneously let their friends know what they are doing right now?
How could users easily share digital videos they've made?
Solutions to these problems were solved via companies that were once startups (A.k.a. Google, Twitter, and YouTube). You can tell that the founding entrepreneurs solved a problem they were passionate about.
2. Assemble a trustworthy team
You cannot do this alone (very well, anyway). When you have your idea and decide to execute it, first assemble a trustworthy team of smart people. Preferably smarter than you, because... well, I'll let you figure that one out. Find ones who are genuinely passionate about your idea.
3. Make a plan to execute your idea
Write this plan down. Really. People forget to do this and think it's fine to keep everything in their heads. When it comes to pitching time they may get a brain freeze not unlike the people on a game show who miss the super easy questions that they would normally be able to answer.
4. Get lucky
Failing to plan is planning to fail. It's funny how being prepared with a solid plan often brings good luck.
5. Heed expert advice
This video contains lots of great nuggets to keep in mind when trying to get your startup going.
Bottom line: If you're not a problem solver, then building a successful startup is probably not in your future.
Show us an artist who you wish would hurry up and put out a new album.
Here's most of their EP from the RSR fan website I mentioned before. I uploaded these a couple months ago, but neglected to comment on them in a post.
Lyrics for "One Marathon" are here. They aren't the most accurate, but they're the best I've found as I don't really want to bother typing them out myself.
"It's All The Same" has this great 'Wa-hoo! I'm finally on a roll!', inspired feel to it. I will probably be listening to this a lot in during NaNoWriMo in November-- is it too early to mention that? I wouldn't want to startle anyone into a panic.
