Comments on: So you want to join a startup http://www.picobusiness.com/blog/2006/04/so-you-want-to-join-a-startup/ In the future, everyone will be CEO for 15 minutes Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:42:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: nortel1994 http://www.picobusiness.com/blog/2006/04/so-you-want-to-join-a-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-319 nortel1994 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:57:05 +0000 http://undefined.hostingplayground.com/blog/?p=113#comment-319 The problem I have with Startup is that everyone has so much ego. Seems like everyone wants to be the product manager, CTO, CIO, COO and etc. Nobody is willing to do any real work. The problem I have with Startup is that everyone has so much ego. Seems like everyone wants to be the product manager, CTO, CIO, COO and etc. Nobody is willing to do any real work.

]]> By: Small Business Trends http://www.picobusiness.com/blog/2006/04/so-you-want-to-join-a-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Small Business Trends Mon, 29 May 2006 00:21:30 +0000 http://undefined.hostingplayground.com/blog/?p=113#comment-229 <strong>Visit the Carnival of Entrepreneurship</strong> The Carnival of Entrepreneurship is up and available over at Escape from Cubicle Nation. Pamela Slim, the host, did a nice job selecting some choice writings about entrepreneurs startup businesses. Be sure to take a look around her blog while yo... Visit the Carnival of Entrepreneurship

The Carnival of Entrepreneurship is up and available over at Escape from Cubicle Nation.
Pamela Slim, the host, did a nice job selecting some choice writings about entrepreneurs startup businesses. Be sure to take a look around her blog while yo…

]]> By: Escape from Cubicle Nation http://www.picobusiness.com/blog/2006/04/so-you-want-to-join-a-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Escape from Cubicle Nation Thu, 25 May 2006 21:49:42 +0000 http://undefined.hostingplayground.com/blog/?p=113#comment-227 <strong>Carnival of Entrepreneurship - May 25, 2006</strong> Welcome to this week's edition of carnival of entrepreneurship! I am delighted to act as your host. It was a bit of a challenge sorting through all the submissions and choosing just seven. I tried to include a diversity of Carnival of Entrepreneurship – May 25, 2006

Welcome to this week’s edition of carnival of entrepreneurship! I am delighted to act as your host. It was a bit of a challenge sorting through all the submissions and choosing just seven. I tried to include a diversity of

]]> By: PicoBusiness » Blog Archive » Startup Lessons http://www.picobusiness.com/blog/2006/04/so-you-want-to-join-a-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-21 PicoBusiness » Blog Archive » Startup Lessons Mon, 01 May 2006 13:00:58 +0000 http://undefined.hostingplayground.com/blog/?p=113#comment-21 [...] Commitment is a self-fulfilling prophecy This reminds me of my own essay: So you want to join a startup. But the trick is all in the wording. “Commitment” is hard. Doing something that you love and working to make it better every day is not nearly as hard. [...] [...] Commitment is a self-fulfilling prophecy This reminds me of my own essay: So you want to join a startup. But the trick is all in the wording. “Commitment” is hard. Doing something that you love and working to make it better every day is not nearly as hard. [...]

]]> By: Indefinite Articles » Enterprise Architecture and Thou http://www.picobusiness.com/blog/2006/04/so-you-want-to-join-a-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Indefinite Articles » Enterprise Architecture and Thou Sat, 15 Apr 2006 11:22:16 +0000 http://undefined.hostingplayground.com/blog/?p=113#comment-20 [...] Now, admittedly, I don’t know anything about Enterprise Architecture, since over the last nine years I’ve been the only architect, one of two or (luxury) one of three architects for the entire company.  I’ve only had to integrate products and services with F500 architectures, I’ve never had to own one.  Correspondingly this “fisking” of the previous artitle resonated with me.  But after further reflection, I think it is also unfair to Mr. McIlree is working for a large company.  People who work for large companies typically do not care about the company.  They care about having and keeping a job.  For many people, their employer is nothing more than an endless salad bar - whose function in life is to provide the employee with a salary.  (That, typically, is one of the key differences between working for large and small companies) In that kind of environment, large budgets are a symptom of sponsors who care about their own projects.  Let’s say we have Edna, who has money for a project that will improve her department.  Because of architectural constraints, it will cost her $1MM (1 million dollars).  Now, you’re the architect, and you know that with a $2MM extra investment, you could do a radical overhaul of the company’s architecture and make it so the next project for Edna would only cost $100,000 instead of $1MM. But Edna is not going to authorize $3MM to pay for a $1MM project, unless she’s astonishingly perceptive or swimming in excess budget.  It’s not particularly fair to her to expect her to do so.   So you have to try to go to all of the department heads to convince them that $2MM divided up by 10 departments is a pittance in exchange for a cheaper/better/faster enterprise. [...] [...] Now, admittedly, I don’t know anything about Enterprise Architecture, since over the last nine years I’ve been the only architect, one of two or (luxury) one of three architects for the entire company.  I’ve only had to integrate products and services with F500 architectures, I’ve never had to own one.  Correspondingly this “fisking” of the previous artitle resonated with me.  But after further reflection, I think it is also unfair to Mr. McIlree is working for a large company.  People who work for large companies typically do not care about the company.  They care about having and keeping a job.  For many people, their employer is nothing more than an endless salad bar – whose function in life is to provide the employee with a salary.  (That, typically, is one of the key differences between working for large and small companies) In that kind of environment, large budgets are a symptom of sponsors who care about their own projects.  Let’s say we have Edna, who has money for a project that will improve her department.  Because of architectural constraints, it will cost her $1MM (1 million dollars).  Now, you’re the architect, and you know that with a $2MM extra investment, you could do a radical overhaul of the company’s architecture and make it so the next project for Edna would only cost $100,000 instead of $1MM. But Edna is not going to authorize $3MM to pay for a $1MM project, unless she’s astonishingly perceptive or swimming in excess budget.  It’s not particularly fair to her to expect her to do so.   So you have to try to go to all of the department heads to convince them that $2MM divided up by 10 departments is a pittance in exchange for a cheaper/better/faster enterprise. [...]

]]> By: Klughammer Graphics - KG News http://www.picobusiness.com/blog/2006/04/so-you-want-to-join-a-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Klughammer Graphics - KG News Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:27:37 +0000 http://undefined.hostingplayground.com/blog/?p=113#comment-19 [...] I just came across this at Pico business. I think it sums up the startup phase of any business. [...] [...] I just came across this at Pico business. I think it sums up the startup phase of any business. [...]

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