Ask HN: Outliner templates for building a startup

#1

Post by edb » Fri, Nov 26, 2010, 4:08 AM UTC

I recently discovered WorkFlowy and org-mode, and fell in love with the idea of organizing my thoughts in outline form.

I was curious if anybody wanted to share their high-level "templates" for how they organize their thoughts for their startup, or any project (web or otherwise) for that matter.

Re: Ask HN: Outliner templates for building a startup

#2

Post by edb » Fri, Nov 26, 2010, 4:38 AM UTC

And just to get the ball rolling; I'll start with my first draft at my business planning outline I ended up with after a brainstorming session :

    - Product Development
      - Features
      - Bugs
      - Design
        - Feedback
        - Direction
    - Marketing
      - Launch
      - Viral Component
      - Incentivize referrals / Customer Acquisition
    - Business
      - Raise Money
      - Monetize
    - Brain Dump

Re: Ask HN: Outliner templates for building a startup

#3

Post by da5e » Fri, Nov 26, 2010, 5:54 AM UTC

I found this interesting: http://thestartuptoolkit.com/ It's template for developing a startup idea.

Re: Ask HN: Outliner templates for building a startup

#4

Post by edb » Fri, Nov 26, 2010, 1:14 PM UTC

da5e wrote: post #3

I found this interesting: http://thestartuptoolkit.com/ It's template for developing a startup idea.

Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Outliner templates for building a startup

#5

Post by dglassan » Fri, Nov 26, 2010, 3:32 PM UTC

edb wrote: post #2

And just to get the ball rolling; I'll start with my first draft at my business planning outline I ended up with after a brainstorming session : - Product Development - Features - Bugs - Design - Feedback - Direction - Marketing - Launch - Viral Component - Incentivize referrals / Customer Acquisition - Business - Raise Money - Monetize - Brain Dump

I'm not sure if these are in order but I would put monetize before raise money. I try to build a revenue model into a business rather than just assume I'll be able to raise money to fund the company.

Re: Ask HN: Outliner templates for building a startup

#6

Post by edb » Fri, Nov 26, 2010, 7:26 PM UTC

dglassan wrote: post #5

edb wrote: post #2

And just to get the ball rolling; I'll start with my first draft at my business planning outline I ended up with after a brainstorming session : - Product Development - Features - Bugs - Design - Feedback - Direction - Marketing - Launch - Viral Component - Incentivize referrals / Customer Acquisition - Business - Raise Money - Monetize - Brain Dump

I'm not sure if these are in order but I would put monetize before raise money. I try to build a revenue model into a business rather than just assume I'll be able to raise money to fund the company.

Good point, I'm more interested in "Things I need to think about" right now though. I guess I'll research 'how to write a business plan' a bit more.