Time Enough For CrowdVine
Fred Wilson’s Time Is On Your Side, Yes It Is is a nice take on how many successful startups ran like a marathon and not a sprint. Starts with this quote from Marc Andreessen:
“Time is (in my opinion) the hugely unappreciated and unanalyzed part of the whole startup experience.”
A big part of why I built CrowdVine to have revenue from the start (rather than look for investors) was because I wanted to surround myself with people who took the long view.
This was also a big part of the No Investors Ever! Own Your Biz. talk at Foo.
August 13th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
thank you for this post. I run into many people with great ideas but no revenue model. They are looking for investors to figure that part out for them. if you can not figure that out for yourself you are selling your soul. If you know how to create a business and generate revenue from it from the start - then you are a true visionary and you can turn investors down unless they are the right match for you.
August 13th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Thanks Sherry! Atlanta is lucky to have people like you.