{"id":152,"date":"2006-10-03T08:10:21","date_gmt":"2006-10-03T15:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montaraventures.com\/blog\/?p=152"},"modified":"2006-10-03T08:43:12","modified_gmt":"2006-10-03T15:43:12","slug":"top-ten-geek-business-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/03\/top-ten-geek-business-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Geek Business Myths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nBruce Cornett, a colleague, forwarded <a href=\"https:\/\/rondam.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/top-ten-geek-business-myths.html\">this blog entry to me this morning<\/a>. I liked it so much, I decided I&#8217;d give it a plug here. Have to say, the list resonated with me and is consistent with my experiences. The one place I&#8217;d differ is on #8. Some businesses, outside software in particular, really do have capital requirements. If this list is viewed as a technology centered (really software and internet, then I agree.) However, there are a host of other businesses that actually require physical space and equipment to function.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nHere are the top level myths, read the entry for detail.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/rondam.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/top-ten-geek-business-myths.html\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A brilliant idea will make you rich\n<li>If you build it they will come\n<li>Someone will steal your idea if you don&#8217;t protect it\n<li>What you think matters\n<li>Financial models are bogus\n<li>What you know matters more than who you know\n<li>A Ph.D. means something\n<li>I need $5M to start my business\n<li>The idea is the most important part of my business plan\n<li>Having no competition is a good thing\n<li>Special Bonus Myth: After the IPO I&#8217;ll be happy&#8230;<\/ul>\n<p><\/a><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a good read and a good blog find. I think <a href=\"https:\/\/rondam.blogspot.com\/2003\/07\/hello-world.html\">Ron&#8217;s inaugural blog entry<\/a> is well worth reading too.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nMeatspace coordinates: <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&#038;hl=en&#038;q=montara,+ca&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;z=13&#038;om=1&#038;iwloc=A\">N37.324 W122.309<\/a><br \/>\nOhio State\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2006 record: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaaf\/teams\/oob;_ylt=ApiRDtt7p8MTZpktFXDiDqUcvrYF\">5-0<\/a> Next up: Bowling Green 10\/7<br \/>\nTune: <a href=\"https:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewAlbum?playlistId=4511848&#038;s=143441&#038;i=4511766\">Blue Moon<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarcels.com\/\">The Marcels<\/a><br \/>\nTechnorati Tags:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/venture\" rel=\"tag\"> Venture<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/capital\" rel=\"tag\"> Capital<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/myths\" rel=\"tag\"> Myths<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/mike+harding+blog\"> Mike Harding Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Cornett, a colleague, forwarded this blog entry to me this morning. I liked it so much, I decided I&#8217;d give it a plug here. Have to say, the list resonated with me and is consistent with my experiences. The one place I&#8217;d differ is on #8. Some businesses, outside software in particular, really do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}