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Go Big Network
gobignetwork.com · Group blog · on HN since 2007
Go Big Network is a startup community run by Wil Schroter, with posts on founding, pricing, ideas, and fundraising.
What HN saysHN commenters link it as one of several angel-investor matching sites and recommend Wil Schroter's posts as no-BS, to-the-point startup advice.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Here's a community for matching angel investors with startup companies - lots of brick & mortar, but maybe useful?2 people · 5 points · first shared 2007 · discussion on HN
- 2You Only Need to Build a $3 Million Company, Part Two2 people · 3 points · first shared 2007 · discussion on HN
- 3Someone Already Thought of My Idea - Now What?2 people · 2 points · first shared 2007 · discussion on HN
- 4Myth of the seasoned manager2 people · 2 points · first shared 2007 · discussion on HN
- 5Startup company job2 people · first shared 2007
- 6The Truth About Pricing1 people · 34 points · first shared 2008 · 7 comments on HN
- 7Startup Founders Don't Sleep (How many all-nighters do you pull a month?)1 people · 15 points · first shared 2007 · 32 comments on HN
- 8Bail on One Idea Today1 people · 14 points · first shared 2007 · 4 comments on HN
- 93 Things a Founder Can't Tell their Team1 people · 13 points · first shared 2007 · 4 comments on HN
- 10GoBigNetwork full of scammers?1 people · 12 points · first shared 2007 · 5 comments on HN
- 11Stop Pretending you can Start a Company while Avoiding Sacrifice and Risk1 people · 12 points · first shared 2007 · 17 comments on HN
- 12The Most Important Assets you Lose when you're over 301 people · 11 points · first shared 2007 · 35 comments on HN
- 13What's the Difference between an Entrepreneur and a Robot?1 people · 11 points · first shared 2007 · 6 comments on HN
- 14Family Life and Startup Life Don't Mix1 people · 11 points · first shared 2007 · 3 comments on HN
- 15The Anxiety of Waiting to be Successful1 people · 10 points · first shared 2007 · 1 comments on HN
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gscott · 2008-08-09
There are a ton of those out there, http://www.gobignetwork.com/ is one another is http://www.fundingpost.com/.
There are too many people out there trying to do the "start up" thing trying to get attention from too few people.
To put the number of "start ups" out there in perspective, 900 signed up for the Techcrunch 50 conference (http://www.techcrunch50.com/2008/blog/) and in order to sign up you cannot be launched yet and you must be able to launch on the conference date. So that means that 900 start ups signed up, each ready to start on a single day.
rustartup · 2007-08-27
read this great post: http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/2007/1/5/forget-about-the-solution-foc…
The smartest entrepreneurs aren't the ones who figure out the solutions to big problems, they are the ones who actually understand the value of those big problems. Smart entrepreneurs focus on the very essence of why the problem exists and the pain it causes. Then, when they find a solution that works, they know how valuable the solution really is.
olefoo · 2008-09-12
I was specifically referring to the book by that title, which you should at least glance at if you are doing a startup. http://www.gobignetwork.com/products/GoBigBook.aspx
Basically, if you are going that route, you want to be the 80-ton gorilla in your market, you want to be first, biggest and most; you want to be Amazon, or eBay, or Google; not booksamillion, or ask.com.
From a distant perspective, it doesn't really matter if you build a world-changing, industry-creating, market-dominating company or a niche lifestyle company.
But if you aim low, you'll hit low.
adammichaelc · 2008-05-17
I found these from a quick google search. Has anybody used these? Are there others?
http://www.gobignetwork.com/startup-company-job/
http://www.ventureloop.com/ventureloop/home.php
transburgh · 2007-06-21
Wil Schroter - http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/
No BS and to the point.
wschroter · 2007-06-05
That's funny - I thought this was my blog post. I covered the same question a week ago -
http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/2007/5/18/someone-already-thought-of-m…