I ran across this interesting Starbucks fact (via Seth Godin):
It wasn’t until several years after the company was up and running that they realized it would be a good idea to sell any beverages at all. All they sold was beans.
It’s inspirational to think that a successful company like Starbucks had a much different business [...]
Start selling coffee beans
January 7th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: Business
A struggling startup deconstructed
December 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I ran across a very interesting post by Philippe Chrun, who writes with much detail and honesty about his failing startup, mycarpoolstation.com:
I am quietly distancing myself from my pet project, my baby which I poured my heart and soul and mind into…. We invested 30,000 US$ of our own capital, excluding an estimated 50,000 US$ [...]
Tags: Business

