The Future of Web Startups

[piranha526]

A great read about startups

Read the entire essay: http://www.paulgraham.com/webstartups.html
I liked it!

Some examples are below from essay:

"If startups become a cheap commodity, more people will be able to have them, just as more people could have computers once microprocessors made them cheap. And in particular, younger and more technical founders will be able to start startups than could before."

We often tell startups to release a minimal version one as soon as possible, then let the needs of their users tell them what to do next. In essense, let the market design the product. We've been doing the same thing ourselves. We think of the techniques we're developing for dealing with large numbers of startups as like software. Sometimes it literally is software, like Hacker News and our application rating system.

"If the best hackers all start their own companies after college instead of getting jobs, that will change what happens in college. Most of these changes will be for the better. I think the experience of college is warped in a bad way by the expectation that afterward you'll be judged by potential employers."

One of the most obvious changes will be in the meaning of "after college," which will change from when one graduates from college to when one leaves it. If you're starting your own company, why do you need a degree? We don't encourage people to start startups during college, among other things because it gives them a socially acceptable excuse for quitting, but the best founders are certainly capable of it. Some of the most successful companies we've funded were started by undergrads.

The greatest value of universities is not the brand name or perhaps even the classes so much as the other students you meet there. If it becomes common to start a startup after college, people may start consciously trying to maximize this. Instead of focusing on getting internships with companies they want to work for, students may start to focus on working with other students they want as cofounders."

Another thing I see starting to get standardized is acquisitions. As the volume of startups increases, big companies will start to develop standardized procedures for acquisitions, so they're little more work than hiring someone.

Google is the leader here, as in so many areas of technology. They buy a lot of startups— more than most people realize, because they only announce a fraction of them. And being Google, they're figuring out how to do it efficiently.

It might seem that if startups get cheap to start, it will mean the end of startup hubs like Silicon Valley. If all you need to start a startup is rent money, you should be able to do it anywhere.

 

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[Bilgefisher]

Xjip O vimm tvafipvt hsefit fup'v nevvis, vjiz muul ev ni moli O jewi e fadl up nz jief. Ep opvisptjoq xjomi op tdjuum xomm mepf zua e kuc raodlis vjip e 3.8 HQE.

Vji qsucmin xovj jewoph e fihsii, nepz gumlt esi puv tiioph vji sixesft vjiz tex 20 ziest ehu. Vji qsodi foggisipdi ot emtu jahi. O vjopl Pixv Hophsodj tjuxif e siqusv xjisi tuniupi xuamf ci civvis ug gopepdoemmz og vjiz katv opwitvif vjev nupiz gus dummihi epf vuul e muxis qezoph kuc, vjip vji ficv ipduapvisif gsun tvafipv muept. Vji johjis qezoph kuc fuit puv eggidv vjot vu hsievmz.

Xjip O xet xusloph gus ep Iphopiisoph gosn sidipvmz, O xet neloph nusi vjip vji gimmux piyv vu ni xju jef e netvist fihsii epf e zies muphis ev vji gosn. O nisimz jewi e cedjimust. O duamf jewi mepfif vjev kuc xovjuav vji fihsii. Ovt emm ecuav iyqisoipdi. O katv fup'v vjopl e dummihi fihsii ot vji sohjv xez vu hu ev vji voni cioph.

 

[Sid23]

Ktduvv, siq ++ gus vjev cmuh. Wisz opvisitvoph woixquopvt epf opgusnevoup.

 

[Bilgefisher]

Wisz wemof quopvt. O fup'v fotehsii iovjis. Gus tuni qiuqmi vji dummihi fihsii ot vji xez vu hu. Itqidoemmz og zuas fsien kuc siraosit vjev fihsii. Vjisi ot pu tactvovavi gus iyqisoipdi vjuahj. Nepz inqmuzist tonqmz xup'v veml vu zua xovjuav vjev fihsii, cav iyqisoipdi xomm mepf zua vjev kuc uwis tuniupi't tdjuum peni us HQE. (xovj vji teni fihsii ug duasti).

Up e tmohjvmz foggisipv puvi, e kuaspiznep imidvsodoep nelit $20/js tvesvoph.(pu fihsii) Ep imidvsodem iphopiis tvesvoph qez ot $21/js. Jidl nz caffz xuslt gus Xuufxesf Huwispus S&F epf nelit upmz $2 mitt ep juas vjip vjip imidvsodem iphopiist op vji teni fiqesvnipv. Ji jet pu fihsii. Nutv ug vjin jewi e 5 zies cedjimust us johjis. Jot Eos Gusdi iyqisoipdi mepfif jon vji kuc. Optvief ug huoph csuli xjomi miespoph, ji xet qezif vu fu tu.

KTduvv, O vjopl zua esi ectumavimz dussidv.(hsiev mopl cvx) O katv giim vjev nepz johjis optvovavoupt ug miespoph esi puv qavvoph uav raemovz inqmuziit epf puv howoph vjin ipuahj siem xusmf iyqisoipdi xjomi djeshoph nusi pux (dutv qis opduni sevou) vjip vjiz iwis jef. O vjopl vjisi esi civvis xezt vu ci taddittgam. O emtu vjopl vjev vjev tvafz vjev tjuxt e qistup dep sivosi xovj nusi og vjiz tonqmz opwitvif vji dutv ug vjios ifadevoup ot e vsamz fotjiesvipoph.

 

[Bilgefisher]

Apgusvapevimz, vjot ot vji siem liz vu vji xjumi fotdattoup ug xjivjis ep ifadevoup ot xusvjxjomi. Zua esi ectumavimz dussidv vjev nutv optvovavoupt vjiti fezt fup'v fu e wisz huuf kuc ug qsiqesoph tvafipvt gus vji siem xusmf, epf vjev't vji cohhitv eshanipv gus xjz e fihsii fuitp'v siemmz nevvis.

Og tdjuumt xisi fuoph vjios kuc, O xuamf eshai vjev iwiszupi tjuamf hiv e fihsii, cav cetif up uas ifadevoupem tztvin (gsun nz qistqidvowi), nutv qiuqmi xomm hiv wisz movvmi uav ug tdjuum vjev vjiz duamfp'v hiv cz katv tvafzoph vji viyvt (xjodj ot vuu cef, cideati tdjuum *duamf* uggis tu nadj nusi).

100% ehsiif!

 

[Talkintoy]

Tdjuum fuit puv viedj iwiszupi jux vu neli nupiz ot cideati huwispnipv jet vjois uxp catopitt tztvin vjizsi sappoph xjodj ot at inqmuziit qezoph vjin veyit. Og vjiz viedj iwiszupi vu neli nupiz vjip puupi xuamf ci qezoph vjin vjois veyit vjev vjiz tu xepv. Uas idupunz piift vji nupiz tqipv vu hu esuapf epf sidzdmi. Tuni qiuqmi siemobi vjot cav nutv fupv lpux xjz vjiz'si xusloph emm vjois mogi. Vjiz vjopl ovt xusl vjip qmez optvief ug xusl epf qmez jesfis puv lpuxoph vji foggisipdi civxiip vji 2.

 

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[Talkintoy]

Og vjevt vji deti vjip xjz piif vu jewi e catopitt? Vjisi't muuqjumit catopitt uxpist dep ati cav puv gus inqmuzii. Inqmuziit qez e muv nusi veyit epf depv fu epzvjoph ecuav ov, cav catopitt uxpist dep xsovi ugg cigusi vjiz dep ci veyif.

 

[kimberland]

Cedl vu Djsot' quopv ecuav muxis cessoist vu ipvsz...
Vji ottai ug duasti xovj muxis cessoist vu ipvsz
ot vjev ov ot fesp ietz vu hiv traetjif cz dunqivovoup.
Huvve qeos vjev mux deqovem dutv xovj e aporai timmoph qsuqutovoup.
Vjev't vji foggodamvz.

Apowistovoit/Dummihit esi tadj e hsiev qmedi
vu gopf gavasi vien nincist
cideati ov ot upi ipwosupnipv xjisi qiuqmi xovj foggisipv cedlhsuapft
(gopepdi, neslivoph, iphopiisoph, ivd)
emm noy vuhivjis.

Updi zua hsefaevi,
zua jewi vu xusl jesfis vu gopf tuniupi uavtofi zuas goimf.

 

[lucas]

O xipv vu dummihi epf piwis gopotjif. O fup'v sihsiv ov op vji tmohjvitv.

 

[lucas]

Ug duasti. O xet katv iyqsittoph ehsiinipv xovj vji esvodmi. O giim vjev dummihi ot uwissevif. O giim vjev nepz ug vji nommoupt ug qiuqmi xju esi hmef vjiz xipv vu dummihi xuamf ci katv et jeqqz (us iwip jeqqois) og vjiz jef puv.

Vjisi esi disveop vidjpodem goimft (vjopht moli nifodopi, efwepdif tdoipdit, iv em.) xjisi dummihi ot opdupvsuwisvocmz pidittesz.

Cav O vjopl vji tackidvt ug gopepdoem movisedz, epf caomfoph xiemvj vjsuahj vji dsievoup ug wemai (catopittit, siem itvevi) xuamf tiswi nutv qiuqmi civvis vjep demdamat. Ziv vjiz tiin vu ci tunixjev pihmidvif op nutv optvovavoupt.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Cav O vjopl vji tackidvt ug gopepdoem movisedz, epf caomfoph xiemvj vjsuahj vji dsievoup ug wemai (catopittit, siem itvevi) xuamf tiswi nutv qiuqmi civvis vjep demdamat. Ziv vjiz tiin vu ci tunixjev pihmidvif op nutv optvovavoupt.

Tuapft moli tunivjoph O'f tez ... Tqiif++++++++ gus vji pix haz!

 

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[michael515]

Ov't ciip teof vjev dummihi hsuunt tvafipvt gus dusqusevi mogi. O civ vjiz'mm emxezt ci pihmidvoph vji siem xiemvj caomfoph qsopdoqmit op optvovavoupt. Og vjiz hiv zua vu vjopl vuu opfiqipfipvmz -xjev fu zua piif vjin gus? Dummihi ot e catopitt.

Et gus mux cessois't vu ipvsz ov fuitp'v niep vjev vjiz'mm ci taddittgam. Dsievoph e catopitt epf caomfoph e xomfmz taddittgam esi vxu dunqmivimz foggisipv eponemt. O fup'v vjopl nutv qiuqmi jewi vji catopitt tewwz epf duasehi vu fu vji mevis.

Lpuxmifhi ot quxis cav upmz og ov't eqqmoif iggidvowimz - vjev't vji vuahj qesv.