ethanhuynh

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by ethanhuynh 15y ago
"However, these disruptive technologies typically address a new market segment or a set of under-served customers" - I would say "over-served" instead. because disruptive technology starts with customers and segments that are overshot by th
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by ethanhuynh 15y ago
I think that we can stop this debate about whether innovation will necessarily lead to success (financially) or not. I might have one case to against you. One case in Asia: the biggest online gaming company in Vietnam (and also in South-Ea
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by ethanhuynh 15y ago
he steals something and make a fortune from it then he's a genius. he steals something and fail to make money from it, then he's just a robber
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by ethanhuynh 16y ago
having gone through this, it actually makes me feel like the longest 2 minutes of my life
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by ethanhuynh 16y ago
Although I agree about the bad UI part, I still think they're in the process of pivoting and finding early traction, so it's unfair to conclude that they would be a failure (or wish them a "painless death"). Instead let's wait for a couple
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by ethanhuynh 16y ago
read pick-up materials like "The game", you'll be surprised to learn that even some average people who tried hard to overcome their fear and negative side can become winners (well, in term of winning women), but technically it'll help you m
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by ethanhuynh 16y ago
tweak your business model, rethink of the who, what, when, where, how, why of your business, like: who else could be interested or benefited from your offers? what when or where does the consumption often take place? Can you shorten the con
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by ethanhuynh 16y ago
"I don't fucking want innovation", "You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers." these quotes say it all, what I love from Zynga (put aside the ethical thing) is that they obsessive
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by ethanhuynh 16y ago
startups that want to disrupt big guys can also use this strategy, find a niche that is overshot by the incumbents, offer them a good enough product, but improve the performance on other dimensions that big guys overlook, then pivot. I thin
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by ethanhuynh 16y ago
I agree, we all share the same nationalities by random chance. but why spending too much time thinking about the root of the fact that we all feel proud when some people in our country achieve sth phenomenal, it happens everywhere. It's not
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by ethanhuynh 16y ago
I'm from Vietnam, and Ngo Bao Chau made us proud
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by ethanhuynh 16y ago
The author was confused by the term "long tail". IMO this term is best used to visualize how a model works (Amazon's long tail of books, Google's long tail of niche keywords and search results...), but when applying this concept strictly to
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by ethanhuynh 16y ago
thinking is one, execution is another. Reading is important, but action is crucial. I have no problems saying that I can think like entrepreneurs, and I believe you can as well, what separates winners from the rest of us is relentless execu
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by ethanhuynh 16y ago
think job-to-be-done, people visit places, they want to share their location and update status associated with those places to their friends, and that is the job they want to get done. Ask yourself how many times you visit a place and you w
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My thoughts: How to get users to use your product(20sth.tumblr.com)
2 points by ethanhuynh 16y ago|0 comments
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by ethanhuynh 16y ago
the disadvantages are clear, and I won't discuss about them or cry out for help. What we mean is that we must work double hard to earn what we deserve, maybe you're lucky to live in a country with not-so-harsh startup culture, we're unlucky
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by ethanhuynh 16y ago
yea I think there must be some misunderstanding here, we're not segregating ourselves, we built this for people like us to share thoughts and experience, and support each other. It does not mean that we want other entrepreneurs to use our s
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by ethanhuynh 17y ago
You don't live in the US and your startup doesn't base in Silicon Valley? You have a passion, an idea, but think you don't have enough support from your community? well, it could be harsh for you, for people like us, but the beautiful part
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Hacker News clone for for hi tech entrepreneurs like us(asian-startups.appspot.com)
4 points by ethanhuynh 17y ago|4 comments
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by ethanhuynh 17y ago
I think Thailand and Vietnam have many things in common regarding the startup culture, you were right mentioning that we can stay in Vietnam and be a success, actually, that's what we always wanted to do. The point here is that most people
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by ethanhuynh 17y ago
I'm from Vietnam and we don't have a good and friendly startup culture here. In fact, it's pretty harsh here, entrepreneurs have to face so many constraints outside their control like government policy, corruption, politics, no support from
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by ethanhuynh 17y ago
ok, consider this quote "An idea is nothing more nor less than a new combination of the old inputs" (don't remember exactly who said it), so, when you share your idea to others and receive feedback, meaning you'll gather more inputs, and th