lalit.org » startup http://www.lalit.org Personal page of Lalit Patel, an engineer, entrepreneur, geek from Bhubaneswar, India. Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:23:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 If the people lead, the leaders will follow http://www.lalit.org/blog/if-the-people-lead-the-leaders-will-follow http://www.lalit.org/blog/if-the-people-lead-the-leaders-will-follow#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:40:17 +0000 Lalit http://www.lalit.org/?p=94

Google understands a few other things most Web companies still don’t. The most important is that you should put users before advertisers, even though the advertisers are paying and users aren’t. One of my favorite bumper stickers reads “if the people lead, the leaders will follow.” Paraphrased for the Web, this becomes “get all the users, and the advertisers will follow.” More generally, design your product to please users first, and then think about how to make money from it. If you don’t put users first, you leave a gap for competitors who do.

– Paul Graham

I have been reading Paul Graham a lot these days. I hate myself for not reading it earlier. There is ages of experience wrapped up in all his essays. If you are a startup guy, its a must read for you.

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There is always so much to do in a startup that people won’t be too picky about your paper qualifications, if you can solve problems for them without screwing up.

– Paul Graham

My startup BitRhymes is looking for such talented guys.

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Although I had moved into this office (a small ghetto at Bhubaneswar) a few weeks back, it was not official, I needed work permit from God. I performed a small vastu pooja today and we are ready to roll!

Office Vastu

This is my cabin, small, calm and cozy :)

Office Cabin

For any one of you willing to drop by to meet me, heres the address. Would be great to meet you.

Plot 234 (Old) 260/1393(New),
Near Car Magic,
Laxmisagar Square, Cuttak Puri Road,
Bhubaneswar-751006, Orissa, IN.

Directions: about 50 m from Laxmisagar Square towards Rasulgarh on Cuttack Road. Near Car Magic / Waterman showroom. (Google Map)

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