Paul Buchheit: The future of venture capital and high-tech entrepreneurship

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Post by juiceandjuice » Wed, May 23, 2012, 9:22 PM UTC

Paul Buchheit: The future of venture capital and high-tech entrepreneurship
stanford.edu

Re: Paul Buchheit: The future of venture capital and high-tech entrepreneurship

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Post by sdpurtill » Thu, May 24, 2012, 12:05 AM UTC

Great talk. Favorite quote so far: "The thing that we've noticed is that the longer you spend at a big company, the worse of an entrepreneur you are."

Re: Paul Buchheit: The future of venture capital and high-tech entrepreneurship

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Post by rmATinnovafy » Thu, May 24, 2012, 12:12 AM UTC

sdpurtill wrote: post #2

Great talk. Favorite quote so far: "The thing that we've noticed is that the longer you spend at a big company, the worse of an entrepreneur you are."

Quite profound. Companies seem to thrive on sould crunching. My own experience leads me to believe so.

But would the inverse also hold true? Is unemployment a fuel to entrepreneurship? The longer you are unemployed or under employed leads to one just going for it?

Re: Paul Buchheit: The future of venture capital and high-tech entrepreneurship

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Post by aswanson » Thu, May 24, 2012, 12:35 AM UTC

sdpurtill wrote: post #2

Great talk. Favorite quote so far: "The thing that we've noticed is that the longer you spend at a big company, the worse of an entrepreneur you are."

Yeah, I think staying at a big company is a proxy for a few things that can work against entrepreneurship: risk aversion, used to "playing a role", divorce of your daily thinking from the marketplace... It's like at BigCo you become a specialized, mature cell. Startups require stem cells, ready to adapt into whatever the market requires.

Re: Paul Buchheit: The future of venture capital and high-tech entrepreneurship

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Post by zxcvvcxz » Thu, May 24, 2012, 1:18 AM UTC

Sorry for the stupid question - how can I watch the talk right now? The "CLICK HERE" didn't bring me anywhere.

Re: Paul Buchheit: The future of venture capital and high-tech entrepreneurship

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Post by OneFourSeven » Thu, May 24, 2012, 1:45 AM UTC

zxcvvcxz wrote: post #5

Sorry for the stupid question - how can I watch the talk right now? The "CLICK HERE" didn't bring me anywhere.

It was in the join the webcast link, but the talk is now over.

Re: Paul Buchheit: The future of venture capital and high-tech entrepreneurship

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 24, 2012, 1:52 AM UTC

rmATinnovafy wrote: post #3

sdpurtill wrote: post #2

Great talk. Favorite quote so far: "The thing that we've noticed is that the longer you spend at a big company, the worse of an entrepreneur you are."

Quite profound. Companies seem to thrive on sould crunching. My own experience leads me to believe so. But would the inverse also hold true? Is unemployment a fuel to entrepreneurship? The longer you are unemployed or under employed leads to one just going for it?

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Re: Paul Buchheit: The future of venture capital and high-tech entrepreneurship

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 24, 2012, 1:55 AM UTC

aswanson wrote: post #4

sdpurtill wrote: post #2

Great talk. Favorite quote so far: "The thing that we've noticed is that the longer you spend at a big company, the worse of an entrepreneur you are."

Yeah, I think staying at a big company is a proxy for a few things that can work against entrepreneurship: risk aversion, used to "playing a role", divorce of your daily thinking from the marketplace... It's like at BigCo you become a specialized, mature cell. Startups require stem cells, ready to adapt into whatever the market requires.