Want to start a startup?

Compilations of fraka6 post on startup + important concepts reference

Serial entrepreneur rules: You will not stop to one 

Software founder protection principle #1: keep your tools at any cost its linked to your value

Training: Become a master of saling

FAB model (objections/clarification/deconstruction/closing)

Founding: Network than Money

How to better phase your startup vision

Bizplan = entrepreneur handcuff for investors

Attracting, evaluating & criteria about investors

VC founding startupcamp 6 best

Why you shouldn't accept VC money too early

Startupfest 2011 best presentations

Strategy: Disrupt existing market
Information theory applied to business

How to conquer your customer segment (beachhead)

Double disruption

Disruptive business model (Lew Cirne from NewRelic)

Innovation: what is the difference between a Start-up and an Enterprise
Always win/win

Recruiting/talent management: Hire personality, train skills
Why MBA aren't designed for startup

Knowledge workers: talent is not patient

No hasshole rule

Government: Give them what they want
Startups and upcoming canadian federal taxes changes (sred)

Why startups shouldn't wast time with some gouv. programs

How governments programs are destroying value

How to add activities to redmine (adding timesheets to a project management solution)

Tax credits sred new reality good news (2009)

Bootstrapping: Its feasible
Contrat: found a template (20 items)

IP: Don't get caught in the lawyer game of gray zone

IP strategy for tech startups

Startup Vs Entreprise: The futur of innovation if startup inside the beast

Innovating: what's the difference between startups & enterprises

+ importants concepts: Start with why, get organized and focus

Start with why

26 Time Management Hacks I Wish I'd Known at 20

Why not start a Startup (Dave McClure @startup500)

Great book: Why Startups Fail: And How Yours Can Succeed

Intro to pitching investors

The decision book (50 models for strategic thinking)

Transition to leadership

David S. Rose: How to pitch to a VC (You|Integrity|passion|experience|knowledge|skills|Leadership|Commitment|Vision|Realism|coachable)

importance of advisor agreement = biggest mistake you can make
FREE ENTREPRENEUR TOOL (Profit spotify is an interesting tool to mine amazon best seller to identify market)
Amazing selling machine

Double disruption?

I am trying to find a way to double disrupt an industry. What does that mean?
Every companies are trying to create barrier of entries. Here are common way to create barriers:

• Just be faster 
• IP protections
• Be first, first in a channel with exclusivity if possible
• Pricing (cheaper)
• Domain knowledge 
• Expertise
• Network
• ...

Competing in some tech industries these days is insanely hard do to due to way lower level of barrier of entry. In many cases, the only barriers is having a laptop, dev expertise and spare time. Network and channel is the biggest barrier of entry if you are competing in that domain which explain why incubators are so powerful tool. 

Let's take an example: you are trying to disrupt an industry were most competitors are VC founded, what can you do?

The most powerful strategy is to use there advantages against them. In this example by using an alternative founding strategy that will create a barrier of entry on the monetization (can't compete pricing in the long run).

If you want to succeed, you have to play the game. Its the jungle out there, harm yourself and use the chest strategy, try to move first, get momentum (users) and create barriers of entries along the way.