Comments on: An Essay on an Essay on Startups http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/2009/12/24/an-essay-on-an-essay-on-startups/ Musings of a Balding 29 Year Old Business Owner Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:23:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam McFarland http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/2009/12/24/an-essay-on-an-essay-on-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-4278 Adam McFarland Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:48:43 +0000 http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/?p=1001#comment-4278 Well said as always Tim. I too sort of dislike the term "startup" because it can imply that rapid growth, over-funded approach. Startupers is cool, never heard that before :) Well said as always Tim. I too sort of dislike the term “startup” because it can imply that rapid growth, over-funded approach. Startupers is cool, never heard that before :)

]]> By: Adam McFarland http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/2009/12/24/an-essay-on-an-essay-on-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-4277 Adam McFarland Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:46:52 +0000 http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/?p=1001#comment-4277 I'll have to check that out :) I’ll have to check that out :)

]]> By: TIm http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/2009/12/24/an-essay-on-an-essay-on-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-4276 TIm Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:16:32 +0000 http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/?p=1001#comment-4276 Great Essay's from both Graham and Adam - both are well thought out and based on my experiences seem like the unfiltered reality of a business. I think the one misconception a lot of people have is that there business is a start-up, it's a grossly over used term, most people are just starting small businesses, which is great! Here' a link that shows the typical cycle of a Start-up http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Startup_financing_cycle.svg there are clearly parallels but it is seems clear that most small business just are not structured for this level of growth, it's just not in the cards. There is a new term that is being thrown around that I kind of like and it refers to those of us who are clearly not in a Start-up, but don't view ourselves as small business people, by the traditional definition, and that term is Startupers - a cross between a Start-up and an entrepreneur. The one thing I really like that was mentioned and is all too often forgotten is luck. Looking back to how my current project was started I am taken back by the bizarre turn of events that lead to what I have currently. Some would call it bad luck, but looking into the future I don't think I would change a thing if I could, with all of the pitfalls and bad luck I learned a lot about myself and it sent me down a path I could not be happier in, a path that will more then likely lead to greater success and happiness then I could obtain anywhere else. If it was not for bad luck I would not have experienced the greatest of luck. Or as Dumas more eloquently said "Sometimes one's sufferings have been so great that one need never say, 'I am too happy.' " Great Essay’s from both Graham and Adam – both are well thought out and based on my experiences seem like the unfiltered reality of a business. I think the one misconception a lot of people have is that there business is a start-up, it’s a grossly over used term, most people are just starting small businesses, which is great! Here’ a link that shows the typical cycle of a Start-up http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Startup_financing_cycle.svg there are clearly parallels but it is seems clear that most small business just are not structured for this level of growth, it’s just not in the cards. There is a new term that is being thrown around that I kind of like and it refers to those of us who are clearly not in a Start-up, but don’t view ourselves as small business people, by the traditional definition, and that term is Startupers – a cross between a Start-up and an entrepreneur.

The one thing I really like that was mentioned and is all too often forgotten is luck. Looking back to how my current project was started I am taken back by the bizarre turn of events that lead to what I have currently. Some would call it bad luck, but looking into the future I don’t think I would change a thing if I could, with all of the pitfalls and bad luck I learned a lot about myself and it sent me down a path I could not be happier in, a path that will more then likely lead to greater success and happiness then I could obtain anywhere else. If it was not for bad luck I would not have experienced the greatest of luck. Or as Dumas more eloquently said “Sometimes one’s sufferings have been so great that one need never say, ‘I am too happy.’ “

]]> By: nethy (netsp) http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/2009/12/24/an-essay-on-an-essay-on-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-4274 nethy (netsp) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:17:47 +0000 http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/?p=1001#comment-4274 Graham himself wrote an essay The Essay. Happy Christmas. Graham himself wrote an essay The Essay.

Happy Christmas.

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