Comments on: Good Financial Advice for Startups

By: johnhitech

johnhitech — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:32:31 +0000

its all down to costs once any business masters this, they are set for success…

By: Brett

Brett — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:47:51 +0000

I have been able to trade internet marketing service for work on my car before. It works out if you find the right people to trade with.

By: Simon Slade

Simon Slade — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:03:45 +0000

Startups are a game of survival of the fittest and leanest — there really is no room for slacking in the culture. I had to work for 70 hours a week to get my own business started. Calacanis is right about a lot of things, especially from a business and visionary angle. The SEO community should look past his “noise” and learn what they can from him.

By: Loretta

Loretta — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:36:05 +0000

Excuse while I call an ambulance…. someone used the words “Calacanis” and “right” in the same sentence… in a post title even. The internet is going to implode!

I agree with the cheap tables and expensive chairs and I think that’s a thing that gets overlooked a lot both for startups and even just home office. My desk is a cheap table like thing from walmart or target … my chair is a $300 chair with a cushy back. Before I had this chair my productivity sucked in terms of hourly work.

I went and read his post (I normally don’t read him…) and there really are some good ideas in that post that a lot of people starting a biz don’t even think about in terms of saving money.

His point about firing people that aren’t workaholics I guess is where the controversy came in. Calacanis doesn’t know how to be nice or word things in a human way, that’s not his fault. He probably didn’t realize that people can love their work and not be labeled as workaholics. Passionate people that are as excited as you are about your business venture should do quite nicely.

I’m rambling…. long comment… me shutup now.

By: dave

dave — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:06:15 +0000

A lot of these ideas overlap with those mentioned in the PeopleWare book by DeMarco + Lister and there’s some crossover with Xtreme programming principles. Making sure that workers can work in a quiet environment where they won’t be disturbed every 5 minutes is important too – part of the reason I left my last job! That and don’t sit down in meetings… then they don’t last longer than they need to…

By: seo pixy

seo pixy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:38:04 +0000

I loved this article, it’s very detailed and I agree with most of the advices for saving money! Thanks for the great post:)

By: Eathan

Eathan — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:38:19 +0000

“Nothing annoys employs more than having non-productive meetings, where everyone feels like their valuable time is being wasted.”

Oddly enough, I sorta’ thought the employee had sold that time to the employer…

By: Carina

Carina — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:04:15 +0000

In my opinion, being kept on a team with high standards that *also* recognizes and rewards those efforts breeds satisfaction.

Learnning!!

By: Dana Suazo

Dana Suazo — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:31:16 +0000

You make several great points. I agree with you on the no meeting policy. Nothing annoys employs more than having non-productive meetings, where everyone feels like their valuable time is being wasted.

By: Rae Hoffman

Rae Hoffman — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:53:09 +0000

Can’t take credit for the office suggestion – that was part of the synopsis of ideas from Jason’s post.