Steve Jobs' memo to startups

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Post by swombat » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 3:37 PM UTC

Re: Steve Jobs' memo to startups

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Post by kalleboo » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 3:51 PM UTC

Source?

edit: did some googling and it's from the biography. This is what I hate about tumblr. It's all completely random stuff with no context, no sourcing and no discussion, just those pointless reblog "notes"

edit2: of course, biography not autobiography, dunno what I was thinking

Re: Steve Jobs' memo to startups

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Post by alexwolfe » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 3:55 PM UTC

So true. This term seems to be abused more than ever now a days. I've seen too many people who are just starting a company (literally), throw this term around. It's not something to be proud of unless you have something to be proud of.

Re: Steve Jobs' memo to startups

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Post by edash » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 3:58 PM UTC

kalleboo wrote: post #2

Source? edit: did some googling and it's from the biography. This is what I hate about tumblr. It's all completely random stuff with no context, no sourcing and no discussion, just those pointless reblog "notes" edit2: of course, biography not autobiography, dunno what I was thinking

This isn't hosted on Tumblr, it's Wordpress. And Tumblr's done lots of great work around attribution: http://staff.tumblr.com/post/1059624418/content-attribution

Re: Steve Jobs' memo to startups

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Post by prostoalex » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 4:03 PM UTC

kalleboo wrote: post #2

Source? edit: did some googling and it's from the biography. This is what I hate about tumblr. It's all completely random stuff with no context, no sourcing and no discussion, just those pointless reblog "notes" edit2: of course, biography not autobiography, dunno what I was thinking

Which autobiography?

Re: Steve Jobs' memo to startups

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Post by davidw » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 4:04 PM UTC

"Launch a company and cash in" is what YC owes its existence to, for another point of view... From PG's description, it doesn't seem like it was exactly easy.

Re: Steve Jobs' memo to startups

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Post by smacktoward » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 4:04 PM UTC

alexwolfe wrote: post #3

So true. This term seems to be abused more than ever now a days. I've seen too many people who are just starting a company (literally), throw this term around. It's not something to be proud of unless you have something to be proud of.

The crazy thing is that you hear people talking about how they've "started a company" when they haven't figured out how to make their new operation do the primary thing a company does, which is MAKE MONEY.

If you're not making money, you're not a company. You're a collection of people that might be a company, someday.

Re: Steve Jobs' memo to startups

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 4:04 PM UTC

kalleboo wrote: post #2

Source? edit: did some googling and it's from the biography. This is what I hate about tumblr. It's all completely random stuff with no context, no sourcing and no discussion, just those pointless reblog "notes" edit2: of course, biography not autobiography, dunno what I was thinking

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Re: Steve Jobs' memo to startups

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Post by jwingy » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 4:06 PM UTC

So what?

I don't know what qualifies as 'cashing in', but there's more to life than just running a company. Just because you've decided not to stick around for 20-30 years doesn't mean everything you did up until then wasn't hard work.

Re: Steve Jobs' memo to startups

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Post by sax » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 4:07 PM UTC

kalleboo wrote: post #2

Source? edit: did some googling and it's from the biography. This is what I hate about tumblr. It's all completely random stuff with no context, no sourcing and no discussion, just those pointless reblog "notes" edit2: of course, biography not autobiography, dunno what I was thinking

Perhaps this is nitpicking, in this day and age. But that's his biography (as opposed to autobiography).

BTW, how would you do things differently than reblog "notes"?