The keener eye recognizes the “Pinch,” typically halfway through the script, after the Catalyst and right before the Climax. This is the point of no return for your main character where motivation is strengthened and what they have to do is made perfectly clear. The struggle within the character to understand their purpose to fight [...]
I think what inspired me to write this post was inDinero founder Jessica Mah’s rather frank interview about the difficulties of founding a startup at Stanford. It might not ask a lot of hard questions, but it sure almost plays as a confession. Startup Digest founder Chris McCann succinctly stated, “Startups are unimaginably difficult.” All my [...]
With OpenTable announcing that they’re shuttering their daily deals leg, we tally another casualty. Facebook has formally withdrawn from the Deals Wars, BuyWithMe had a horrendous execution of laying off half of its workforce to be an acquisition target for Gilt, and everyone watched a general industry shakeout. Add Silicon Valley tightening its Round A/B [...]
The past year of jumping into startups without knowing any better has had a remarkable impact on my life. After having an amazing experience at DocSpot, I now find myself back in the wilderness of unemployment, auditioning for the dream job. I’ve had the privilege of meeting a ton of sharp people* in this space, and [...]