Entrepreneurialitis - Pitfalls in Startups

Slide 1: Entrepreneurialitis Stowe Boyd

Slide 2: Entrepreneurialitis n. acute or chronic stupidity induced by the stress of entrepreneurial activity.

Slide 3: Like Falling Down An Open Elevator Shaft

Slide 4: We don't need to do the right thing, since we can do the wrong thing really well.

Slide 5: Building successful applications is hard, but it's easy if you just [blank].

Slide 6: We don't need to do the right thing, since we can do the wrong thing really fast.

Slide 7: Yes, that feature is important: we'll put it into a later release.

Slide 8: We don't need to test the business model: it's obvious!

Slide 9: We don't need to bring in experts: we don't have time to assimilate that many viewpoints, anyway.

Slide 10: Yes, getting the right design is critical, but these designers cost too much.

Slide 11: Our biggest strength is our ability to change our plan.

Slide 12: Our biggest strength is our ability to stick to our plan.

Slide 13: Managers will continue to use techniques that don’t work instead of ones that work that they don’t understand. [Eric Bonabeau]

Slide 14: I know what to do: God told me.

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