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If you don’t think you’re smart enough to start a startup doing something technically difficult, just write enterprise software. Enterprise software companies aren’t technology companies, they’re sales companies, and sales depends mostly on effort.

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4 comments

  1. Hmm, that is a very interesting article.

    I'd always assumed I needed a good idea for a startup - or at the least, to have seen something and said "I can do that sooo much better".

    As someone who current'y sits writing/deploying/testing/bug fixing/validating enterprise software, I'm certainly interested in co-founding a startup in the next few years.

    Mark S - 28th March 2007 11:30 - #

  2. Next few years? After reading the essay, it's all I can do to stop myself walking out of the office and founding one today.

    pauldwaite - 28th March 2007 15:41 - #

  3. Well, I felt like that too =) I meant that if I don't do it in the next few years it will be too late :)

    Mark S - 28th March 2007 16:51 - #

  4. After reading the essay, it's all I can do to stop myself walking out of the office and founding one today.

    What's stopping you?

    Jeremy Dunck - 28th March 2007 21:09 - #

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