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The Real Odds That Your Startup "Succeeds"

The Real Odds That Your Startup "Succeeds"

By Chris Yeh on June 17, 2013

Henry Blodget is a smart journalist who knows how to drive pageviews.  He certainly got me to click through when he picked the headline, “DEAR ENTREPRENEURS: Here’s How Bad Your Odds Of Success Are” Blodget riffs on a tweet by Paul Graham to estimate the odds of startup success: “Graham says that 37 of the […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged success, vceconomics, ycombinator

Everyone Feels Like An Imposter

Everyone Feels Like An Imposter

By Chris Yeh on July 9, 2012

I had the good fortune of being allowed to be a mentor at the Unreasonable Institute this year. If you ever get the chance, it’s something you should definitely do. In my two days at the institute, I got to meet a bunch of amazing people who are maki…

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged dave mcclure, Entrepreneurship, happiness, paypal, psychology, startups, success

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing ...

An Entrepreneurial Success Story

By Chris Yeh on May 8, 2012

I had lunch today with two entrepreneurs. I had been an advisor to their previous company, a promising startup that, due to some external personnel issues, had been forced to close down despite some early traction in the marketplace.I met these entrep…

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged success

Talk With Everyone

Talk With Everyone

By Chris Yeh on August 17, 2011

Reading Mark Suster‘s excellent post, “Why You Need To Take 50 Coffee Meetings” brought to mind one of my personal corollaries: Talk with everyone. I’m a relatively small-time investor. It’s a documented fact, and I don’t try to hide it. But that means that I need to deliver value beyond money if I’m going to […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged Entrepreneur, facebook, investing, networking, success, venture capital | 1 Response

To Make Money, Be A Garbageman

To Make Money, Be A Garbageman

By Chris Yeh on January 18, 2011

Plumbers and garbagemen make a good living despite their lack of PHP coding skills. That’s because they’re willing to do the necessary but unpleasant.Basic economics teaches us that prices are determined by supply and demand. Scarce skills like being …

Posted in Business | Tagged businessmodel, Economics, google, job market, success, Supply and demand | 1 Response

Failure Fridays

Failure Fridays

By Guest Authors on September 24, 2010

Someone very close to me is about to begin a very cool new gig. Its a role that most would love and in fact be envious of (I sure am – and will be blogging about it soon!). So this…

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged corporate culture, failure, Henry Ford, History, innovation, Napoleon Hill, success, Thomas Edison, Winston Churchill | 3 Responses

Entrepreneurship is about happiness, not wealth

Entrepreneurship is about happiness, not wealth

By Chris Yeh on July 20, 2010

When entrepreneurs come to me, I always point out the following: 1) The chances of a venture-backed startup being a hit and returning meaningful wealth are about 1 in 10. 2) You’re likely to have about 20-25 years in your career where you can found a company. 3) Each time you found a company, you’re […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged Entrepreneurship, happiness, startupeconomics, success | 1 Response

Success

Success

By Zoli Erdos on July 8, 2010

Posted in Design, Just for fun | Tagged dilbert, humor, ilbert, shareholder value, success

The Secret of Success :-)

The Secret of Success :-)

By Zoli Erdos on April 22, 2010

Posted in Just for fun | Tagged dilbert, humor, success

Becoming Self-Employed? You Already Are!

Becoming Self-Employed? You Already Are!

By Chris Yeh on August 18, 2009

  Zen Habits has a post up called "The Get-Started-Now Guide to Becoming Self-Employed". As with most ZH posts, it’s well-written and thoughtful, but that’s not what I’m blogging about. Regardless of what you think or what your W-2 says, you are already self-employed. If you want to be successful, start thinking of yourself as […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged employment, Entrepreneurship, self-employment, success | 1 Response

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