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Startup Management
startupmanagement.org · Personal blog · on HN since 2013
Startup Management is a blog covering startup management, blockchain technology, ICOs, and lists of high-valued startups.
What HN saysHN links it for its post arguing blockchain is the new database, and for a list of valuable global startups based on the WSJ's club.
18HN people shared it
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Most-shared posts
- 1The Blockchain Is the New Database, Get Ready to Rewrite Everything2 people · 12 points · first shared 2014 · 1 comments on HN
- 2On Tokens 1.0 vs. Tokens 2.0 and Fundamental Blockchain Innovations2 people · 11 points · first shared 2017 · 1 comments on HN
- 3Why Blockchain Is the New Website2 people · 4 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 4Dear Big Bank CEO, Re: Blockchains: Obliterate, Don’t Automate2 people · 2 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 5The Latest Global Unicorns Startups List2 people · 1 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 6Managing a Startup Isn’t Different – Don’t Reinvent Everything1 people · 53 points · first shared 2013 · 3 comments on HN
- 7Battle of the Tech Ecosystems: Boston vs. New York1 people · 24 points · first shared 2013 · 44 comments on HN
- 8Book Review, Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy1 people · 7 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 9Revisiting “Do No Harm” for Blockchain Regulation: Missing in Action1 people · 5 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 10Why Bitcoin's price is irrelevant to its success1 people · 4 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 11Things I Don't Like About ICOs1 people · 4 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 12An Operational Framework for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations1 people · 4 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 13The Ultimate Guide to Toronto's Tech Startup Events1 people · 4 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 14The Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Investment Landscape1 people · 3 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 15Why There Might Never Be Another Tech Bubble1 people · 3 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
wmougayar · 2013-08-15
Actually, being "differentiated" is what's needed, not being different. There is a difference :) sorry for the pun.
Differentiated means that your statement is very defensible, and the competition cannot copy it or it will backfire on them. Differentiated means very unique to you, and it creates a position in the minds of your prospects that lodges you there and keeps you there.
For e.g., "“a16z enables entrepreneurs to utilize expertise from Operating Partners who specialize in business development, technical talent, executive talent, market intelligence, marketing and brand building” is a differentiated statement, but "Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm that provides seed, venture and growth stage funding to the best new technology companies" is not.
I wrote a long post on Positioning: The Battle for Your Startup- that explains a modern version of Positioning, http://startupmanagement.org/2013/04/18/positioning-the-battle-for-you…
AndriusSutas · 2015-01-03
lpcrealmadrid · 2015-01-22
Thanks for checking it out! Haha that's a good question. We grabbed a master list of the world's most valuable startups, based on WSJ's Billion Dollar Startup Club, as well as posts on Fred Wilson's and William Mougayar's blogs (listed at bottom of this post).
Then we realized we had a list of 300+ companies, some private, some public, some acquired, scattered across the world, founded anywhere between 1999 to 2013. Kinda all over the place.
So we decided to filter it down for now to give it some focus: i) founded after 2006, ii) founded in the USA, and iii) private. The list quickly shrunk to 86.
Deciding to keep it to the USA was tough, but we noticed many high-profile startups abroad don't exactly use Twitter very actively, so including them might skew the #'s.
Here's our current list:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ue2UAoKaGf32rGewLXWe9xRKNai-Lx…
Sources:
http://graphics.wsj.com/billion-dollar-club
http://avc.com/2013/11/the-billion-dollar-valuation-club/
http://startupmanagement.org/2014/04/20/the-global-unicorns-universe/