Lounge S3: Designers

Day 6 of /lounge and I'm excited to finally ask this to all my smart friends:

What is important in a startup that most people ignore? 

What do people focus on a lot, but actually isn't that important?

What is important in a startup that most people ignore? 

- working with people that want it as much as you do
- making money, if you make money you extend the number of at bats to find the 1000x

What do people focus on a lot, but actually isn't that important?

- raising money
- press releases
- going to conferences

building @offmarket @perl | alum South Park Commons | previously cofounder SBLY.com, eng at Stripe | peter-kim.com

making money fr an obvious thing that is seemingly never a priority