Comments on: David Heinemeier Hansson @ StartupSchool08 http://www.techiteasy.org/2008/08/05/david-heinemeier-hansson-startupschool08/ A Technology and Business Weblog provided to You by a Global Group of Friends. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:37:47 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ceciiil http://www.techiteasy.org/2008/08/05/david-heinemeier-hansson-startupschool08/#comment-4062 ceciiil Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:03:22 +0000 http://jeremyfain.wordpress.com/?p=1106#comment-4062 Yep it's good to remember. I like the bit on targetting to make 1 Million instead of targeting to make 1 billion : <i>In this business there is about 1 chance out of 10 for making a million and one out of 10,000 for making a billion. You can be pretty happy on a million dollar. Well, most people would be. And people lost sight of that (…) The difference between having one Million and one billion is a lot smaller than the difference between having negative 10,000 and one million. </i> Yep it’s good to remember. I like the bit on targetting to make 1 Million instead of targeting to make 1 billion :

In this business there is about 1 chance out of 10 for making a million and one out of 10,000 for making a billion. You can be pretty happy on a million dollar. Well, most people would be. And people lost sight of that (…) The difference between having one Million and one billion is a lot smaller than the difference between having negative 10,000 and one million.

]]> By: Vincent van Wylick http://www.techiteasy.org/2008/08/05/david-heinemeier-hansson-startupschool08/#comment-4061 Vincent van Wylick Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:54:26 +0000 http://jeremyfain.wordpress.com/?p=1106#comment-4061 "It takes 2000 customers paying each $US40 a month each month. You then have your million dollar company." It does seem to be that simple. Thanks for reminding us, Cecil, that not everything needs to be free to make you rich (which sounds idiotic, when you think about it). “It takes 2000 customers paying each $US40 a month each month. You then have your million dollar company.”

It does seem to be that simple. Thanks for reminding us, Cecil, that not everything needs to be free to make you rich (which sounds idiotic, when you think about it).

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