“Parting advice” refers to advice that is given to a company or individual as they are leaving a particular position or stage in the development of their startup.
There is no one path - Things to think about in the next phase of your company
Geoff Ralston started as a programmer in HP, while Paul Graham started as a hardware startup about robots.
Whatever your path, find it, make it yours.
Focus on What Matters
- What you’ve learned at Startup School
- Staying Connected: updates, community
- Making Something People Want
- Metrics that measure your value
- [Work with] Great People
- The Health of your company [is important]
Startups are Hard
The hard thing about hard things: building a business when there are no easy answers - Ben Horowitz
Startups are hard, it’s all-consuming and it’s the most wonderful thing in the world
Default to Action
- Write code. Talk to users.
- Don’t get sad. Go. Do.
- Make forward progress.
- Be ambitious. Take chances.
- Stay default alive
Keep control of your own destiny
Don’t just not be evil. Be Good. - Paul Graham
Being Good
- Be good on yourself
- Be good to your cofounders
- Be good to your employees
- Be good to your customers
- Be good to your investors
- Be good for the world
In Summary
- Find Your Path
- Focus on What Matters
- Things will go wrong: be determined and resourceful in the face of adversity
- Default to Action
- Be Good