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20070409 Monday April 09, 2007
創新服務點子大募集的"點子"可以拿掉嗎?
剛剛看了 hower 的這篇 "Web 2.0 創業營?!", 裡面有一句:

"回到 Web 2.0 創業營，基本上非常就是強調天馬行空的創意，只要想出超棒的點子，就可以獲得創投的青睞，成功賺大錢。"

雖然我沒有去這個 web 2.0 創業營, 不過我想應該跟資策會的 "創新服務點子大募集" 差不多..
我其實很高興政府能夠給予網路創業一些幫助, 縱使不是金錢上 (也不該是金錢上), 但最少讓人能聚集交流, 也能讓沒有資源的學生/soho 可以受到關注..

但, 如同 hower 上面那句, 我覺得推廣單位都誤導大家了, 問題一直不是 "創意/創新", 而是如何去 "實踐"..
要找的應該也不是點子王, 而是能把點子實作出來且上架的團隊..
從我最近看的 Ben Holmes 演講與 Paul Graham 的文章, 都強調團隊的價值在人, 在將點子產品化的能力, 而非點子/創意..
而點子/創意本身, 則是一個演化的過程, 常常都是先有從最初的想法做起, 而結果成功的產品卻與原先預估完全不同 (例子太多根本舉不完, flickr, ...)
當然能吸引大家的產品需要與眾不同的創意, 但若要評論創意能不能成功, 不如看創業團隊能不能觀察到別人注意不到的資訊, 從中看到大家的需求, 進一步實踐成商品..

因為一直在強調創意, 所以才有一些點子王跳出來說, 如果沒有經費, 怎麼實踐我的創意..
讓我有那種我要開一個很棒的日本料理, 可以做出競爭對手做不出來的料理, 但是我不會做日本料理那樣的感覺..

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20070409 Monday April 09, 2007
Why to NOT NOT Start a Startup
持續多頭中..

Y Combinator 的 co-founder Paul Graham 寫了一篇 Why to NOT NOT start a startup, 是一篇勸進網路創業文..
裡面有些觀點還不錯, 尤其是對剛畢業的同學們. 下面是我覺得有趣的部分:

1. Too Young

心智成熟與年齡無關..
Paul 提供兩個方法來判斷對方是否心智年齡已經成熟:
  1. 觀察對方是否會像小孩子一樣遇到問題就用 "我不會" 來退縮..
  2. 若提出質疑, 對方是否會還沒完全搞清楚狀況就退縮..
2. Too inexperienced

"If you're too inexperienced to start a startup, what you should do is start one."

5. Know nothing about business

"You don't need to know anything about business to start a startup. The initial focus should be the product."

"The most valuable truths are the ones most people don't believe. They're like undervalued stocks. If you start with them, you'll have the whole field to yourself."

6. No cofounder

Paul 建議最好一畢業就創業, 一是因為還年輕可以經得起考驗與失敗, 沒有負擔, 二是因為在學校你很容易可以找到志同道合的同學們一起創業..
我覺得這講得真好, 我已經離開學校多年, 不管是同學或是朋友, 說要一起在聚起來創業, 已經是幾乎不可能..
大家可能有家庭因素, 興趣因素, 金錢壓力, 畢業後工作公司內容不同也會讓之後大家的專業南轅北轍..
而在職場上再遇到可以創業的夥伴, 我想機會又會更小了..
所以若是心中有想要創業的念頭, 請盡早開始..

7. No idea

"but the main thing we care about is whether you're good at making things. Being lead developer of a popular open source project counts almost as much."

"A need that's narrow but genuine is a better starting point than one that's broad but hypothetical."

12. Need for structure

"A reporter once asked David Beckham if there were any language problems at Real Madrid, since the players were from about eight different countries. He said it was never an issue, because everyone was so good they never had to talk. They all just did the right thing."


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