"Use Bitcoin" is a tech industry parody of Baz Luhrmann's "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)". Compare with the original at youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7A. Thanks to Jonathan Greenglass, Jon Gordon and Neilson Paty for the help.
Lyrics are below:
Ladies and Gentlemen
of the technology community.
Use Bitcoin.
If I could offer you only
one tip for the future,
Bitcoin would be.....it.
The growth potential for a crypto
currency is supported by economists;
whereas the rest of my advice
has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering experience.
I will dispense this advice.....now.
Explore the power and opportunity
of your idea.
You see, you will not understand the
power and opportunity
of your idea unless you
launch a startup to pursue it.
And trust me, in 5 years you'll
look back at your business plan and
recall in a way you can't grasp now
how much possibility
lay before you and yet
how tough success really looked....
You're idea is not as hair-brained
as you imagine.
Don't worry about failure;
or worry, but know that worrying
is as effective as trying to solve a
coding problem by hiring an MBA.
The real troubles in your startup
are apt to be things that never
crossed your worried mind;
the kind that blindside your server
at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every quarter
that scares your CFO.
Blog.
Don't be reckless with board members' time,
don't put up with board members
who are reckless with yours.
Mentor.
Don't bad-mouth your competition;
sometimes you're ahead,
sometimes you're behind...
The race is long, and in the end,
it's all about the customer.
Celebrate positive product reviews,
learn from the negative ones.
If you succeed in doing this,
you'll do well.
Keep your old idea napkins,
throw away your old business plans.
Code.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know
how your product will monetize.
The most interesting CEOs I know
didn't know at their series A
how they would make money.
Some of the most interesting
$10 billion companies still don't.
Tweet.
Be kind to your investors;
you'll likely need them for your success.
Maybe you'll exit, maybe you won't,
maybe you'll go public, maybe you won't,
maybe you'll crash and burn badly,
maybe you'll have a bigger impact than
Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs...
What ever you do, don't congratulate yourself
too much or berate yourself either --
your choices are half chance.
So are every other entrepreneur's.
Leverage your creative mind;
use it every way you can.
Don't be afraid of it,
or what other people think of it.
It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Ship software...
even if your product is still in beta.
Listen to your lawyers,
even if you don't follow them.
Do not hire bankers to sell your firm,
it will only make you feel stupid.
Get to know the relevant strategics,
you never know when a deal
might make sense.
Be nice to your co-founders;
they are your best chance for success
and the people most likely to
stick with you in the future.
Understand that employees come and go,
but for the precious few you should hold on.
Work hard to build a cohesive team culture
of success because the bigger you get,
the more you'll need the people you worked
with when you were launching.
Fund from New York City VCs,
but don't just focus on profits.
Fund from Northern California VCs,
but don't just focus on users.
Pivot.
Accept certain inalienable truths:
acquirers will bargain,
investors will self-optimize,
you too will get old.
And when you do, you'll fantasize
that when you were young
acquirers paid premiums,
investors were charitable
and entrepreneurs balanced their lives.
Balance your life.
Don't assume you can always
raise more money.
Maybe you'll finance another round,
maybe you'll hit profitability;
but you never know when
either one might run out.
Don't take too much capital,
or by the time you're fully funded
you'll be diluted to 5%.
Be careful whose advice you buy,
but be appreciative of those who supply it.
Advice is a business model for intermediaries
and the best kind is from strategic advisors
who think like a principal,
the ones who put the client's interest first,
which sadly happens less than it should.
But trust me on the Bitcoin... #bitcoin wallet kaufen #bitcoin wert aktuell
Use Bitcoin [iEa92K3K2a-]
"Use Bitcoin" is a tech industry parody of Baz Luhrmann's "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)". Compare with the original at youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7A. Thanks to Jonathan Greenglass, Jon Gordon and Neilson Paty for the help.
Lyrics are below:
Ladies and Gentlemen
of the technology community.
Use Bitcoin.
If I could offer you only
one tip for the future,
Bitcoin would be.....it.
The growth potential for a crypto
currency is supported by economists;
whereas the rest of my advice
has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering experience.
I will dispense this advice.....now.
Explore the power and opportunity
of your idea.
You see, you will not understand the
power and opportunity
of your idea unless you
launch a startup to pursue it.
And trust me, in 5 years you'll
look back at your business plan and
recall in a way you can't grasp now
how much possibility
lay before you and yet
how tough success really looked....
You're idea is not as hair-brained
as you imagine.
Don't worry about failure;
or worry, but know that worrying
is as effective as trying to solve a
coding problem by hiring an MBA.
The real troubles in your startup
are apt to be things that never
crossed your worried mind;
the kind that blindside your server
at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every quarter
that scares your CFO.
Blog.
Don't be reckless with board members' time,
don't put up with board members
who are reckless with yours.
Mentor.
Don't bad-mouth your competition;
sometimes you're ahead,
sometimes you're behind...
The race is long, and in the end,
it's all about the customer.
Celebrate positive product reviews,
learn from the negative ones.
If you succeed in doing this,
you'll do well.
Keep your old idea napkins,
throw away your old business plans.
Code.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know
how your product will monetize.
The most interesting CEOs I know
didn't know at their series A
how they would make money.
Some of the most interesting
$10 billion companies still don't.
Tweet.
Be kind to your investors;
you'll likely need them for your success.
Maybe you'll exit, maybe you won't,
maybe you'll go public, maybe you won't,
maybe you'll crash and burn badly,
maybe you'll have a bigger impact than
Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs...
What ever you do, don't congratulate yourself
too much or berate yourself either --
your choices are half chance.
So are every other entrepreneur's.
Leverage your creative mind;
use it every way you can.
Don't be afraid of it,
or what other people think of it.
It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Ship software...
even if your product is still in beta.
Listen to your lawyers,
even if you don't follow them.
Do not hire bankers to sell your firm,
it will only make you feel stupid.
Get to know the relevant strategics,
you never know when a deal
might make sense.
Be nice to your co-founders;
they are your best chance for success
and the people most likely to
stick with you in the future.
Understand that employees come and go,
but for the precious few you should hold on.
Work hard to build a cohesive team culture
of success because the bigger you get,
the more you'll need the people you worked
with when you were launching.
Fund from New York City VCs,
but don't just focus on profits.
Fund from Northern California VCs,
but don't just focus on users.
Pivot.
Accept certain inalienable truths:
acquirers will bargain,
investors will self-optimize,
you too will get old.
And when you do, you'll fantasize
that when you were young
acquirers paid premiums,
investors were charitable
and entrepreneurs balanced their lives.
Balance your life.
Don't assume you can always
raise more money.
Maybe you'll finance another round,
maybe you'll hit profitability;
but you never know when
either one might run out.
Don't take too much capital,
or by the time you're fully funded
you'll be diluted to 5%.
Be careful whose advice you buy,
but be appreciative of those who supply it.
Advice is a business model for intermediaries
and the best kind is from strategic advisors
who think like a principal,
the ones who put the client's interest first,
which sadly happens less than it should.
But trust me on the Bitcoin... #bitcoin wallet kaufen #bitcoin wert aktuell