Comments on: A piece of advice I once got from Paul Graham http://helloform.com/blog/2009/01/advice-i-once-got-from-paul-graham/ A blog on building experiences Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Alex MacGregor http://helloform.com/blog/2009/01/advice-i-once-got-from-paul-graham/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Alex MacGregor Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:06:24 +0000 http://helloform.com/blog/?p=221#comment-153 The Y Combinator group seems to be quite an interesting incubator, Reddit being their most successful startup by all accounts. I'm surprised other folks out there aren't starting their own version of YC. From what I've watched of Paul Graham at various conferences, he seems a pretty smart guy and an Englishman too. :) The Y Combinator group seems to be quite an interesting incubator, Reddit being their most successful startup by all accounts. I’m surprised other folks out there aren’t starting their own version of YC.

From what I’ve watched of Paul Graham at various conferences, he seems a pretty smart guy and an Englishman too. :)

]]> By: Nuno Mariz http://helloform.com/blog/2009/01/advice-i-once-got-from-paul-graham/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Nuno Mariz Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:54:01 +0000 http://helloform.com/blog/?p=221#comment-143 My dream job is working on things that I'm passionate about. Right now, besides my current job I'm doing 2 consulting gigs. I realize that the money is good, but being happy is better. Maybe I just can't take stupid people anymore, my last tweet was http://twitter.com/nmariz/statuses/1123465590 My dream job is working on things that I’m passionate about.
Right now, besides my current job I’m doing 2 consulting gigs. I realize that the money is good, but being happy is better.
Maybe I just can’t take stupid people anymore, my last tweet was http://twitter.com/nmariz/statuses/1123465590

]]> By: Rui Alves http://helloform.com/blog/2009/01/advice-i-once-got-from-paul-graham/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Rui Alves Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:26:11 +0000 http://helloform.com/blog/?p=221#comment-135 Hi Fred, I have to say that I had the same problem with an added feature! :) I've got a business that is working very well based on outsourcing, another one of consulting (doing projects for someone else) and and I wanted to launch products of my own! The extra feature was that I was doing this using the same brand and it was a mess on my head! RUPEAL was doing everything and It wasn't clear what I wanted for the company. Products? Outsourcing? Consulting? So I've created two brands for making this clear so that whenever I'm working on RUPEAL I know it's about Outsourcing, and whenever I'm working on The Water Bearers it's about consulting! RUPEAL has it's strategy and The Water Bearers a completely different one! The focus on products for me it's obvious. That's what I want to put my money into! So The Water Bearers do both: Projects for others and Products for ourselves! But I treat it has if it was another project contracted to TWB where I (and my partners) are the client! It was really important that we separated this so that we can do everything without collisions and with quality! Cheers! Hi Fred,

I have to say that I had the same problem with an added feature! :) I’ve got a business that is working very well based on outsourcing, another one of consulting (doing projects for someone else) and and I wanted to launch products of my own!

The extra feature was that I was doing this using the same brand and it was a mess on my head! RUPEAL was doing everything and It wasn’t clear what I wanted for the company. Products? Outsourcing? Consulting?

So I’ve created two brands for making this clear so that whenever I’m working on RUPEAL I know it’s about Outsourcing, and whenever I’m working on The Water Bearers it’s about consulting! RUPEAL has it’s strategy and The Water Bearers a completely different one!

The focus on products for me it’s obvious. That’s what I want to put my money into! So The Water Bearers do both: Projects for others and Products for ourselves! But I treat it has if it was another project contracted to TWB where I (and my partners) are the client!

It was really important that we separated this so that we can do everything without collisions and with quality!

Cheers!

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