How to build a startup LIVE on Twitch in 24 hours 🥤(StartupWatching #163)

All too often entrepreneurs think their idea is brilliant and completely original. “Nothing like this has ever existed before! There’s no competition.” Paul Jarvis outlines why this can be bad, and why “copying” existing ideas is a better way to build a business.

Nearly every startup has an exit strategy. How are you going to get big, and when you do, how will you turn that success into cash? It’s almost a requirement if you’re raising money. But Doist is different. Read about why the huge productivity software company still doesn’t have exit strategy after 11 years.

A fascinating look from Steve Blank, one of the pioneers of the Lean Startup movement, at the history of Lean and why it may now be dead. The basic point is that Lean is intended for when capital is scarce, which is less true today than it was ten years ago (at least in some parts of world).

What do you want from your career? Do you want to learn, grow, and advance? Many people think that by making yourself indispensable you create job security. But if you’re the only one who knows how to do your role, your boss may be scared to move you up. If this is you, use these 4 tactics to work yourself out of your job… an into a better one.

Last weekend Pat Walls built and launched a startup in 24 hours, a pretty impressive feat. What’s even crazier is that he did the whole thing live, streaming on Twitch for the world to see. He went over the whole process in this blog post. Spoiler alert: he’s doing it again this weekend.