People never see disruption coming and by its very nature, the best contrarian value investments will always be dismissed, and overlooked, by insiders early on. And probably the same is true of the founders behind them.
WhatsApp and Jan Koum are perfect examples of this.
I like your new default colors and this project in general. So nice job with putting this out there.
But at the same time, I don't use your CSS file. I think the commenter above who's hating on this thinks some of it might be redundant. I guess it depends on your use-case and what kind of styling you do... I am by no means a CSS/web designing expert. For my projects personally, I just your use the HEX code of your new default colors whenever I need it. And I keep it bookmarked it for reference.
Yeah! I think judging by web traffic that is how most people use this project - which wasn't my intention at all - but I'm glad some people are finding it useful. I tried to make it as easy as possible to digest/use/install the colors however you want. Whether it's cutting and pasting from the web page - or installing through npm.
What's really instructive about his story is that he started his first retail store when he was in his mid-late 20s, sold that and earned his first stripes in his early 30s. And it wouldn't be a decade later until he started Walmart in his early 40s.
Walmart was a culmination of several decades of Walton's life that he dedicated to mastering, and dominating, retail.
I think this all depends if you're really a "startup" or not. As per Paul Graham's definition: http://paulgraham.com/growth.html. Just because you're starting something up doesn't mean you're really swinging for the fences for a big home run. But if you are, your survival depends on deal-making and hardcore talent, so you're at a huge disadvantage by not being in a major tech hub.
But if you're focused on building a 7 or low 8-figure business, bootstrapped, and self-funded, and your goal is financial independence/freedom instead of "changing the world", totally agree, starting up outside of SF is a great way to build up and earn those first stripes.
Wow, this comment really stopped and made me think. I honestly used to think "startup" was used for any new business with an unusual, efficient way of doing business.
Now that I know how HN people define it, I guess my inclinations are way more towards small business than startup.
Agreed that the word startup is highly overused to apply to everything from Pinterest to a new marketing company in town - small business is what usually applies to companies not swinging for the fences trying to quickly acquire millions of users.
God knows I can't find it now but I remember a story line about Bob betting the ranch and almost running out of money when he started godaddy and using the money from his previous company to fund it. And almost didn't make it (almost like a Fred Smith Fedex type story). Can't find the link right now.
Another thing about Parsons (that I remember but can't link to) is that he insisted on building all his systems in house and not licensing technology or software from others which seems to have worked to his advantage.
I'm no fan of poachers, but it's pretty irrelevant to his business career. In fact I'd put money down that there's a positive correlation between successful entrepreneurs and psychopaths.
Setting aside the killing of the animal ... his actions directly translated to thousands if not millions of domains moving from GoDaddy to competitors. Seems relevant to his career to me.
People never see disruption coming and by its very nature, the best contrarian value investments will always be dismissed, and overlooked, by insiders early on. And probably the same is true of the founders behind them.
WhatsApp and Jan Koum are perfect examples of this.