Jason Goldberg on becoming CEO of a second startup
Jason Goldberg, the CEO of jobster, is now the leader of a second company. His new startup is socialmedian: a company that helps people create news feeds that are relevant to their interests. In the post, he gives a list of eleven insights based on his previous experience as well as his new experiences. Below is a summary of the eleven points. Further detail is found in the full piece linked at the end of this post.
1. Only take venture capital money if you are sure of success.
2. Keep your budget very tight until you have legitimate growth.
3. Use offshore development to reduce costs.
4. The CEO should also be the product manager until the product is fully accepted by the target market.
5. Work closely with offshore teams instead of just expecting them to follow a spec with rigid requirements.
6. Resources for working with offshore teams include TRAC, basecamp, and Skype.
7. Ship fast and iterate faster.
8. Communicate with users via social media resources (like Twitter, FriendFeed, Facebook, etc).
9. Keep perspective and go for strong singles and doubles instead of home runs.
10. Do your own customer service.
11. Get a personal trainer : )
Source:
http://blog.socialmedian.com/2008/08/7_months_into_my_2nd_stint_as.html