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    <title>Writing and Talking About Startups</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Richard</name>
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    <category term="mark fletcher" />
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    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Working for a small, Vancouver-based <a href="http://www.bryght.com/">web startup</a> (we call ourselves a company now, though), you come across a lot of articles about how to succeed.  The following are just the ones I came across recently, missing one I've lost in the shuffle:</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.37signals.com/svn/archives2/the_cost_of_bootstrapping_your_app_the_figures_behind_dropsend_part_one_.php">The Cost of Bootstrapping Your Web App</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/5/18/16204/1055">Boompa.com Launch Postmortem, Part 1: Research, Picking a Team, Office Space and Money</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/archives/2006/05/mark-fletcher-bloglines-onelist.html">Talk by Mark Fletcher</a> of Bloglines, formerly of ONElist</li>
<li>Pretty much <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=startup+site%3Apaulgraham.com">every article by Paul Graham mentioning the word 'startup'</a></li>
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<p>There are countless others, and there will be even countless more in the next couple of years.  I have no doubt that someone will consider collecting the best such writing into an anthology a la <a href="http://www.justagwailo.com/latest/2006/01/09/best-software-writing-i"><i>Best Software Writing I</i></a>.  (<a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/">Joel Sposky</a>, the editor of that volume, <a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/03/31.html">has announced the forthcoming second volume</a>.  Who will step up to the plate and edit an anthology called <i>Best Hardware Writing</i>?)  As usual, it's better to experience working for a startup to learn how they operate than it is to read about how to start one.  It's certainly easier to work for a startup than it is to start one, my never having done the latter (and never planning to).</p>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Working for a small, Vancouver-based <a href="http://www.bryght.com/">web startup</a> (we call ourselves a company now, though), you come across a lot of articles about how to succeed.  The following are just the ones I came across recently, missing one I've lost in the shuffle:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.37signals.com/svn/archives2/the_cost_of_bootstrapping_your_app_the_figures_behind_dropsend_part_one_.php">The Cost of Bootstrapping Your Web App</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/5/18/16204/1055">Boompa.com Launch Postmortem, Part 1: Research, Picking a Team, Office Space and Money</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/archives/2006/05/mark-fletcher-bloglines-onelist.html">Talk by Mark Fletcher</a> of Bloglines, formerly of ONElist</li>
<li>Pretty much <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=startup+site%3Apaulgraham.com">every article by Paul Graham mentioning the word 'startup'</a></li>
</ul>
<p>There are countless others, and there will be even countless more in the next couple of years.  I have no doubt that someone will consider collecting the best such writing into an anthology a la <a href="http://www.justagwailo.com/latest/2006/01/09/best-software-writing-i"><i>Best Software Writing I</i></a>.  (<a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/">Joel Sposky</a>, the editor of that volume, <a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/03/31.html">has announced the forthcoming second volume</a>.  Who will step up to the plate and edit an anthology called <i>Best Hardware Writing</i>?)  As usual, it's better to experience working for a startup to learn how they operate than it is to read about how to start one.  It's certainly easier to work for a startup than it is to start one, my never having done the latter (and never planning to).</p>
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