<p><pre><code> The voices that interrupt the stillness are the ones
that are the daemons.
Redefine success as "learning something interesting".
External success is a mistake.
- Paul Buchheit
</code></pre>
His goal for Gmail was to get to 100 happy users. "What would it take for your to be a happy user."
Thanks nqureshi for making these notes. Unfortunately, I couldn't travel to this Startup School and am really missing it (missed live stream, too, because I'm with my kids). I'm most curious to know if attendees enjoyed the talks and the overall event. I'd like to start looking forward to the 2015 version if there should be one :)
I also took notes, but at a key point/insight level. My notes are here for anyone they are of use to...<p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14cGeSs5CgRIgMuwjmkq43hsgqDG_-XKpYltnok9FKPg/pub" rel="nofollow">https://docs.google.com/document/d/14cGeSs5CgRIgMuwjmkq43hsg...</a>
Thanks for the notes! I couldn't open the live stream.<p>About the notes, some of the advice feels great. But i just can't relate to it. I mean: Stripe - they weren't getting a lot traction, then Peter Thiel funded them. Homejoy - they were about to close, then Paul Graham gave them some money.<p>Then everything else sounds like "good advice if you can get a meeting with some of SV legends". Specially the Homejoy one sounds to want make you feel guilty if you quit. Well, if I am that close to running out of cash to pay my bills and in the edge of quiting, guess what, I can't get a meeting with a legendary VC to get his money and endorsement. I will just quit.
Haha I laughed when I read "move to Buenos Aires". I am currently here with my startup. If someone wants to grab a coffee and share ideas, you should tweet me! Twitter: @jonvillage