7.1M views · Jun 1, 2015 · 6:41 · 0 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2017–2022
Bill Gross, who has founded and incubated many start-ups, ranked hundreds of companies on five factors. He presents the one factor that stood out as the biggest predictor of success.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN commenters cite it for its finding that timing is the most important factor in startup success.
“timing is the most important factor in a startups success.”HN comment, 2019
“timing for startups is important, as shown in this TED talk -”
Timing is a key factor in startup success.
Great idea. Site is hugged to death at the moment I think A quick issue that arose in my head is what happens if people turn away from ideas because they see it in the graveyard? Some ideas may have seen the light of day too soon...timing for startups is important, as shown in this TED talk - this video With this resource at hand, people might mistaken bad timing for bad idea.
“timing is the most important factor in a startups success.”
Timing as the biggest factor in startup success.
There's this ted talk to a similar effect, timing is the most important factor in a startups success. this video
“Timing is an important factor”
Timing matters for startup success.
Some useful reading/viewing on this subject: Ideas are just multipliers: link Idea vs Execution: link Timing is an important factor: this video
“I think internal motivation and timing are key.”
Timing is the biggest reason startups succeed.
multiple perceptions Example youtube 1: Value creation --> pro it creates low entrey --> con You need to get in --> Overal I don´t think it´s a smart move to let people decide if something is going to valueble when they are not the valid expert in a certain domain --> This video explains it = link 2: Economical --> pro basicly everyone can start --> con everyone can start --> Overal i think it´s hard to overcome bias. The best way to outperform thoughts and words of bias is to look at actions over time. 3: short term vs long term --> pro it´s intresting in downturn markets for singles now --> con but singles can build easier faster even in downturn markets. --> Overal = I think internal motivation and timing are key. The single biggest reason why start-ups succeed | Bill Gross this video
