Paul Graham, one of the founders of the startup incubator  Y-Combinator,  is undoubtedly among the key persons of Silicon Valley. Described as the hatchery for hackers and the American Idol of Silicon Valley, Y-Combinator aims at helping early-stage startups succeed. The idea is not only about investment: the main focus has always been in helping to develop the initial idea into … Continue reading

There’s one thing that is really pulling me to come live and develop my startup in the valley. It’s the way of working that is so efficient. This is real-time work. Today we’ve had 6 meetings, none of which we knew about two days before. Most of the meetings we didn’t know about a couple of hours before the meetings. … Continue reading

We had to wake up at 6 o’clock this morning to attend Startup School. The day has been full of great experiences on the amazing startup culture here in the Valley. The valley culture truly supports entrepreneurship. Having a bunch of people around you that want to do the same thing is a real boost. Also the amazing events are … Continue reading

Forget what you’ve read, entrepreneurship is not about getting a great idea and then working very hard. It’s a dangerous simplification of entrepreneurship, and actually very few successful companies are created that way. In this post I’ll describe 3 of the more common paths to successful entrepreneurship that we have identified in Aaltoes. The goal is to be able to … Continue reading