Howstr is the startup I’m leaving the Air Force to found. It’s like Google for how-to knowledge. Howstr makes complicated projects simple so that people can build the same stuff when they aren’t in the same place. This is the story of where the idea came from, where it’s at now, and where it’s going.
I say that the stuff Y Combinator (and the people associated with it) has put out over the years is the core of my startup education. There’s always something valuable in what they share.
However, this one has me a bit confused. Sam Altman (Y Combinator) asked Michael Moritz (Sequoia Capital) some vague question about why Sequoia is so dope. Then Michael answers. Then Sam says “that was an incredible answer.” What happened in between was apparently so great it was pulled out of the normally private YC dinners and fixed in text for all time.
It stands to reason that both of these people know what they’re talking about, and that this excerpt must be the best bit of them talking about what they know. So, logically, diving into this transcript should be more valuable than most other things I could spend my time on.
The general principle behind why services like Uber are so successful is that they commoditize things. Getting someone to drive you around used to be…
When you get done designing a beautifully complex system you have that moment when all of a sudden somebody has to actually build it. I don’t have…
There are a lot of different CAD packages which don’t normally work together. However, the actual modeling is basically the same. Putting a hole in…
My Quora answer to What are some creative startup ideas you have?
The following is an outline of some best practices for web apps. The first is from Jesper Andersen’s How to build a stable system, and that led me to Adam Wiggins’ Twelve-Factor App.
I hate logistics. It’s slowly dawned on me that my reaction to logistics has grown from distaste to something more like moral outrage. Logistics, or…
I’m aware of a lot of startup advice and I can’t think of anyone ever saying that it’s good to keep your idea to yourself…