Aprender como empreender

Paul Graham novamente apresenta um ensaio sobre empreendorismo, desta vez discutindo sobre a criação de negócios na Web.

Os temas do ensaio são:

1. Disponibilize logo;
2. Continue disponibilizando funcionalidades adicionais;
3. Atenção nos clientes, mantenha-os felizes;
4. Tenha medo das coisas certas;
5. Comprometimento é uma profecia auto-realizadora;
6. Há sempre espaço no mercado;
7. Controle seu otimismo, em especial sobre pessoas que você não tem controle;
8. Velocidade, não dinheiro!

Trecho final:

We take it for granted most of the time, but human life is fairly miraculous. It is also palpably short. You're given this marvellous thing, and then poof, it's taken away. You can see why people invent gods to explain it. But even to people who don't believe in gods, life commands respect. There are times in most of our lives when the days go by in a blur, and almost everyone has a sense, when this happens, of wasting something precious. As Ben Franklin said, if you love life, don't waste time, because time is what life is made of.

So no, there's nothing particularly grand about making money. That's not what makes startups worth the trouble. What's important about startups is the speed. By compressing the dull but necessary task of making a living into the smallest possible time, you show respect for life, and there is something grand about that.