Advice for Fired Yahoos: How to Build Your Own Business That Doesn’t Suck
by Peter Kafka
Posted on December 10, 2008 at 5:30 AM PT
I don’t know if the timing is intentional, but it is fortuitous: On the same day that Yahoo (YHOO) is firing a couple thousand people, entrepreneur John Buckman is offering up a how-to guide for building your own business, over at LeWeb in Paris.
This won’t help former Yahoos who don’t have a nest egg, health insurance, and/or the drive or inclination to do their own thing. But it’s free advice, and it’s relatively sound advice for those who do want to strike out on their own.
Don’t be alarmed by the fact that there are 119 slides here–most of them have just a few words each. Around slide 79, Buckman slips into mini-pitch mode for Magnatune, his indie music distribution company. But that doesn’t last long–just power through. Oh–and don’t be alarmed by the title. Buckman’s point is that you’ll be happier working for yourself than you were working for Jerry Yang and co.
Comments
peter: seems like the embed works fine for me (on firefox / macbook)
if any problems just tweet @slideshare
Posted by dave mcclure at December 10th, 2008 at 8:47 amWorked for me. (Firefox/Linux) I had to manually click through the slides… which I generally prefer to do anyway.
Posted by Mac Beach at December 10th, 2008 at 11:09 ampeter, useful content
Posted by Sam Harrison at December 10th, 2008 at 12:17 pmSorry all. Managed to fix embed but not the copy apologizing for it. User error on that one.
Posted by Peter Kafka at December 10th, 2008 at 12:45 pm