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All we need is a little Push! www.texmote.com

texmote:

Bad habits are just that Habits that are bad for you. The solution is simple, change your habits. We all have a weak link to our personalities. An innocent vice - eating, smoking, drinking, being lazy, etc till it turns dangerous not just for ourselves but to all our loved ones who care for us. Quite often, a little motivation, a little push, and frequent pep talks is all we need to help us quit our disgusting habits.

This is exactly what we’ve tried to do with this experiment. Visit www.texmote.com, enroll yourself to receive motivational text messages from caring people. You can also enroll your loved ones to quit their bad habits. We promise to send daily motivational messages till they do!

At Texmote, we crowd source motivational messages, which means that anyone who cares can donate a message to people who need it. Soon we plan to have experts pitch in their advice, offer solutions, and alternatives. Join this revolution & we will surely overcome our vices!

Cheers!

Texmote Team

www.texmote.com

Founders:

Chethan Comet: http://flavors.me/ccomet

Karunjay Anand: http://in.linkedin.com/in/karunjay

5 big startup lessons learnt from Jason Fried

5 Startup lessons learnt from Jason Fried, the kind of mentor who resonates with me. 

1. Everything you do is marketing, your product, your website, your signup form, your buttons, your customer service, your error message, and so on. If you think of marketing as this thing where a bunch of people will do miraculous things for your product then you’re going in the wrong direction.
2. Make something YOU need and when you do, SELL it. Free is fine but if people truly need what you’re selling, they will pay for it! It also adds a sense a responsibility on your part to deliver a great product when you’re being paid for it.
3. Working remotely & meeting occasionally increases productivity, contrary to what’s happening in today’s traditional companies. When you meet on occasion, there’s a good chance that you’d want to express all your pent up ideas & theories. Working closely everyday only increases interruption and NOT collaboration.
4. Learn to make money and aim to bootstrap your startup. Funding only cajoles you to spend more money whereas you’re really in this thing to make money! Focus on the right things and those do NOT include - buying an office space, buying equipment, obsessively seeking investments, etc. Taking Risks might sound entrepreneurial but is not practical, if you have day job, let your salary support your side project/experiment (not startup), until it starts making money. Don’t cut your income to dive into a new ocean of promise directly. Grow like a tree, slowly, steadily. 
5. Don’t keep Google, Apple, or Facebook as your role models. Big Companies are exceptions to the rule & not all startups will have that kind of popularity. You’re role models should be Small companies that have hustled they’re way up.

Watch the full video here: http://bigthink.com/jasonfried#!video_idea_id=21546

Cheers!

Comet

The problem with Ideas

Love at first thought happens all the time. Especially with ideas. They look so friggin hot & pretty the first time you’d think you’ve finally found “the one”. You go back to have a second look, still hot and pretty. You try by all means to know more of what you’re getting into. You follow-up persistently, ask around, and obsess over it with friends, family, and fools. Soon enough, even they start to imagine her (idea) as this sexy desirable angel. Getting sort of ballsy, you plan your first move. You think that you need to get “everything right” the first time if you had to win her over. Plus you had to be fast or Zuckerberg might steal it in one big swoop. And all the while, you imagine possible outcomes, the times you’d spend, the passionate moments you’d share, the places you’d visit, the children (employees) you’re gonna have, and then reality smacks a hard slap on your face.

After much time & pursual, you might just conclude, one of the below:

1. The girl (idea) you fell in love turned out to be dumb.
2. By the time you got “everything right”, someone else made a fool of himself and won her over.
3. Friends, family and fools liked it cause they cared for you and now they just feel sorry for you.
4. Zuckerberg came, saw, and picked up her best friend. 
5. The scenic background of all the big expectations changed from bright sunny spring time to dark winter gloom.
6. You had her (Idea)as your arm piece, but got nothing in return.
7. They were other babes (ideas) far more alluring than her.
8. “The one” was with you all along but you went after “the other” for no reason.

Moral of the Story: Don’t fall in love with your idea. She’s just your temporary live-in girl-friend. You have to know her, spend time with her, give her her own space, respect her, & be ready for unexpected twists & turns. It’s a long wait before you finally decide to Pop the question.

Startup & Mathematics

“Starting up is like getting better at Mathematics. It makes you uncomfortable. You find it too complex. You need to evaluate so many equations & you’re most likely to go all wrong mid-way through the problem.” - By Me!