The Little Red Hen
by Paul Galdone · first published 1973
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…worth equity funding. That is, VCs want to see at least a product ready for usage. That is, they don't want to pay for software development. That is, we get reminded of the Mother Goose story of The Little Red Hen who got no help or interest from anyone until she had hot, fragrant loaves of bread fresh from the oven and lines of eager customers out front. So, what is a founder of an information technology startup…
on “Lecture 2: How to Start a Startup” ↗…fifth wheel on a wagon, mammary glands on a boar hog, or someone who wants to buy a ticket on an airplane after it has already left the ground. Second, I have to be reminded of the Mother Goose story The Little Red Hen who found some grains of wheat but discovered that no one wanted to help her until she already had on her own built a bakery and had hot, fragrant loaves of bread and a line of eager customers and didn't…
on “We Got Accepted into Techstars and Turned Them Down” ↗…disagree on how to plan, evaluate, start, and build a company. If I am successful, then likely that disagreement will have been a big part of my success. The VCs remind me of the Mother Goose story The Little Red Hen when she could get help only when she had fragrant, hot loaves of bread coming out of the oven and customers lining up to buy and no longer needed any help. For me, one really serious turnoff of VCs…
on “How to Raise Money” ↗…Dodge's criteria, for a good project like Joe's, by the time co-founders and investors are interested, Joe will no longer need them. This is an old story that goes back to the Mother Goose story 'The Little Red Hen': She found a seed. From others she got only laughs. She attracted no co-founders or investors. She plowed, planted, cultivated, harvested, threshed, and ground the seed to make flour. She built a…
on “Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: Four tests for if you have a good startup idea” ↗…will like it. But, curiously, if it is really good, the same, no one will like it. Remember what Gandhi said. Or, easier and much the same lesson, just go back to kindergarten and to Mother Goose and "The Little Red Hen" -- same stuff. The hen wouldn't get hired, either.
on “What Developers Should Know About Job Searching and Negotiation” ↗…will like it. But, curiously, if it is really good, the same, no one will like it. Remember what Gandhi said. Or, easier and much the same lesson, just go back to kindergarten and to Mother Goose and "The Little Red Hen" -- same stuff. The hen wouldn't get hired, either.
on “What Developers Should Know About Job Searching and Negotiation” ↗