Underbelly: What haughty startup bloggers don’t tell you
Monday, April 20th, 2009
You have to wonder at these folks who blog so confidently about how to run little companies.
I mean, on the one hand Joel teaches us everything we need to know about customer service while being funny and telling stories. But has Joel ever screwed up? If so, he hasn’t said.
Or 37signals, a company run by geeks with a unique vision about why products (not just software) should be simple and beautiful. They even wrote a whole book about it. Inspiration in every paragraph. Love it! But read their blog and all you get is ultimatums — unwavering confidence that their way is gospel handed down from Mt. Sinai.
Shoot, I’m also guilty of blasting my patient readers to?always be honest, ..read more