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Taken: July 20, 2004 (Tallinn Estonia)source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/43922369
Howard HartenbaumTim Draper
Steve Jurvetson Mark TluczTaavet Hinrikus
Mike VolpiDanny Rimer
Niklas Zennstrom
Jaan Tallinn
Janus Friis
Ahti Heinla
Toivo Annus
Priit Kaselu
Kaido Karner
Had never heard of the companyNet2Phone, VoIP available (MSN, AIM, etc)Personally “meh” about the product/USP I avoid talking on the phoneDistributed team (remote dev)Founders didn’t look me in the eyesNo real officeLast-round interview at the pubNo employment contract (no senior title)
KaZaA founders“Something” thereSkeleton crewMystiqueCost of living coveredKaZaA foundersKaZaA foundersKaZaA foundersKaZaA founders
Shit smart (wit+common sense) Insecure; worked to impressMan-crushing on everyoneWorking hard, playing hardESOL precise (no bullshit)Asked questions all the timeMutually respectfulGot shit done
Laser-sharp vision Intelligent + insightfulWorked all the timeTrusted his developersGreedy
Conflict-aversePassive aggressiveGreedy
Laser-sharp tacticsCrazy smartWorked 24/7Hired the bestSlave-driverPainfully directAggressive aggressive
Work your ass off (quality with quantity)
Always get something out of itMake the choices that make you
nervousYou never know what will be the
next big thing (Skype, Twitter, Rovio (Angry Birds), OMGPop (Draw Something), Instagram
be passionate about your market, users, product
be the co-/founder, CEO, leadprotect from dilution at all costsonly raise from big-brand VCs
…but it helps!
"What Skype is doing is like a toy," says Hossein Eslambolchi, AT&T's chief technology officer and president of AT&T Labs. "They will realize they can't scale it, they don't have a brand like the AT&T brand, and they don't have the local footprint, which we have. It's going to be very hard to compete with someone like AT&T."
Fortune Magazine, Feb 09, 2004
You have nothing to lose
You can always get a job at Siemens or Google
Go work with amazing people (weird is good)
Find complementary sets of individuals/skillsLearn from the process; make shit up If decisions aren’t scary, it’s too easyBe paranoid about being found out
“The Internet isn’t going to work in Europe.” (1996)
Robert Dighero
“Why would I use Twitter?” (2007)
“Microsoft Excel and business models are a sub-genre of science fiction.” (on-going)Stefan Glänzer