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Ask HN: Outliner templates for building a startup

8 points by edb 16 years ago · 5 comments · 1 min read


I recently discovered WorkFlowy and org-mode, and fell in love with the idea of organizing my thoughts in outline form.

I was curious if anybody wanted to share their high-level "templates" for how they organize their thoughts for their startup, or any project (web or otherwise) for that matter.

edbOP 16 years ago

And just to get the ball rolling; I'll start with my first draft at my business planning outline I ended up with after a brainstorming session :

    - Product Development
      - Features
      - Bugs
      - Design
        - Feedback
        - Direction
    - Marketing
      - Launch
      - Viral Component
      - Incentivize referrals / Customer Acquisition
    - Business
      - Raise Money
      - Monetize
    - Brain Dump
  • dglassan 16 years ago

    I'm not sure if these are in order but I would put monetize before raise money. I try to build a revenue model into a business rather than just assume I'll be able to raise money to fund the company.

    • edbOP 16 years ago

      Good point, I'm more interested in "Things I need to think about" right now though. I guess I'll research 'how to write a business plan' a bit more.

da5e 16 years ago

I found this interesting: http://thestartuptoolkit.com/ It's template for developing a startup idea.

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