By Larry Chiang
“Go big or go home” is what VCs tell us.
I am telling you to keep it small and keep it all.
As an entrepreneur, we are constantly on the look-out for torpedoes that can sink our startup ship. When our ship is large and filled with employees, one little mis-fire and we are under. Business is volatile.
See the treasure management graph https://gigaom.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/graph.jpg
Read the GigaOm article about Finding Leprechan Treasure https://gigaom.com/2008/03/17/st-pats-day-special-12-steps-to-finding-founders-gold/
What They Don’t Teach You at School About Risk https://aonetwork.com/AOStory/What-They-Dont-Teach-You-School-About-Risk