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(via Freemium Customer Lifecycle – Five Questions To Ask Before You Launch | Iterative Path)
“As Heavin said, it took years of “walking through the desert,” before they were able to see any real profit, but being passionate about finding better ways to educate people using online tools, and taking into account the modalities of learning — being intimately familiar with their user or target customer — can lead to a positive result.” — Smart Education: How Lynda.com Hit $70M In Revenue Without A Penny From Investors | TechCrunch
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Mixergy interview: "Stormpulse: What Happens After A Site Goes From Free to Fee?" -
“* What are you deeply passionate about? * What can you be the best in the world at? * What drives your economic engine?
If there is something that does not fit in those three circles, do not do that thing.”
— The Scarcest Resource at Startups is Management Bandwidth | Hacker News
“The world changes when you have no goals left but to get yourself fed, survive, and make it until the next day. Your heart gets hard, but your mind gets focused. There isn’t any question of motivation, because the luxury of choice is removed. There is no think, only do.” — The Hunger Games « don’t follow the herd
“[T]he constant rejection, the inability to convince people of your glorious vision, and the ever present threat of failure that make pushing forward seem like reckless insanity. The secret to startup success is in embracing that insanity.” — The Hunger Games « don’t follow the herd
“For those of you on the fence about watching this one: how interested are you in “Bootstrapped company produces a software product which is used in the Situation Room at the White House?” — Patrick McKenzie (@patio11) on Stormpulse: What Happens After A Site Goes From Free to Fee? | Hacker News