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Re: The Secrets Behind Many Successful Startups

vacanti — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:34:46 -0000

That's one of the hardest questions in startups unfortunately. Startups are ultimately learning machines and as long as you have a new hypothesis, you shouldn't stop. When you've run out of ideas to test, then it's time to consider doing something else.

Re: The Secrets Behind Many Successful Startups

vacanti — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:18:10 -0000

Glad you liked the post!

Re: The Secrets Behind Many Successful Startups

vacanti — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 08:30:21 -0000

Glad you liked the post!

Re: The Secrets Behind Many Successful Startups

vacanti — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 11:55:28 -0000

You're welcome!

Re: The Secrets Behind Many Successful Startups

vacanti — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:14:01 -0000

Completely agree. I think the myth of the epiphany is often perpetuated by the companies and the press because it makes for a better and cleaner story to not focus on the previous incarnations.

Re: 6 Things You Need to Learn To Build Your Own Prototype

vacanti — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:11:54 -0000

Thank you for leaving the comment!

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:24:06 -0000

Working on "hands on" was the difference for me. Thank you for sharing!

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 08:45:21 -0000

If your idea requires technical work and you have a great technical co-founder ready to join, then I would recommend working with them.

The reality for most people is that they don't have a great technical co-founder nor do they know how to really identify a good one from a bad one.

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:07:16 -0000

Thank you for sharing and great points.

We have people learning to code here at Yipit despite being in non-tech roles. I love the concept of a full-stack marketing manager.

We have found that people working on projects that require code and directly make them more productive at their jobs has been very motivating (as opposed to just taking classes).

Also, that Twilio example was great.

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 09:36:44 -0000

Great suggestions for learning Rails. Thanks for sharing.

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:21:29 -0000

Thanks for sharing. That's what I've seen as well.

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:56:55 -0000

+1 on setting up a basic site to see your learnings play out.

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:02:06 -0000

Awesome story. So glad it worked out for you and thank you for sharing.

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:17:45 -0000

It's unlikely your friend will learn to code and become CTO but it's much more likely that they will learn enough to build a prototype that gets you traction so that you can better recruit a CTO to help scale the product.

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:53:44 -0000

Not sure but it could be possible to start coding and then move up into managerial positions.

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:52:20 -0000

Not sure what you mean by "trial and error" but having a project in mind is definitely a great motivator.

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:51:44 -0000

Agreed though at least coming up with a project that you want to build can make a big difference.

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:29:50 -0000

There are some great blog posts out there on user acquisition and business models but definitely no definitive books.

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:29:02 -0000

that's awesome.

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:28:42 -0000

It seems like a great place to try to learn to code but definitely think you need to have a project you're trying to get built to keep you motivated.

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:28:01 -0000

Great advice.

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:27:38 -0000

I coded this week. I definitely miss not coding more.

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 12:15:10 -0000

it consistently amazes me how helpful people online are via stack overflow and blogging

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 12:14:41 -0000

Glad to help!

Re: How I Learned to Code

vacanti — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 11:49:59 -0000

great comment. thanks for sharing your experience!