Why Games Are Fun: The Psychology Explanation: “Fun games operate on the principle that our actions will definitely bring us closer to the goal. If you go and slash rabbits (action), you will definitely gain experience points (relation), and you will eventually level up (goal). “This is the reason so many people, including myself, have [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Ideas'
Ideas need not apply
June 19th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Ideas, Starting Up
There were a lot of good comments on yesterday’s Do you know any idea investors? post. Here’s a few of them. Michael Staton says: “I’d say if you can’t bother to build it yourself, get potential customers lined up, build revenue on an easier offshoot, or convince someone else to build it in their spare [...]
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Do you know any idea investors?
June 18th, 2008 · 25 Comments · Angels, Ideas, Starting Up
A reader asks: “I’m an entrepreneur looking for seed investment. All I have right now is an idea and a pitch. I’m presently pitching friends and family and it has been very positive. Do you know any other idea investors I should approach?” Larry and Sergey had a product and traction before they got their [...]
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Free ideas. Just add execution.
May 28th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Ideas, Resources
Go read Mike Speiser’s new blog: Laserlike. Its theme is, “Free ideas. Just add execution.” Mike recently joined Sutter Hill Ventures as a Managing Director. Before that, he founded Epinions with fellow Venture Hacker Naval Ravikant and founded Bix (acquired by Yahoo). Ideas In his second post, Mike writes, “The theme of Laserlike is that [...]
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