# Entrepreneurship Lessons on Adopting New Technologies and Building Experience

DevFeed: [Entrepreneurship Lessons on Adopting New Technologies and Building Experience](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-not-to-be-successful-in-the-valley-41042.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.craigkerstiens.com/2008/06/10/How-not-to-be-successful-in-the-valley/>)

Author: Map

Published: 2008-06-11T01:48:53Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Craig Kerstiens](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/craig-kerstiens.md>)

Topics: [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/persistence.md>), [dropbox](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dropbox.md>), [X (Twitter)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/twitter.md>)

Tags: [dropbox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dropbox.md>), [persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/persistence.md>), [twitter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/twitter.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article outlines behaviors that can hinder entrepreneurial success in Silicon Valley: avoiding emerging technologies and online services, waiting for the perfect idea or timing instead of gaining experience, and failing to network. It argues for using relevant tools, developing persistence through practice, and connecting with others.

## Source excerpt

While I may or may not know how to be successful in silicon valley, I feel pretty confident that I can point out a few ways to not be successful in valley terms. What follows is my thoughts on how you can best limit yourself to own, run, or be involved in the entrepreneurial spirit of the valley. The first is keeping yourself in a bubble, by not diving into the new technologies, new services, and new age of the web there's little possibility you can be at the next steps of it. While I concede you don't always have to explain it or understand it, you at least need to use it. The prestigious attitude of standing against something just for the sake of it won't get you very far when people attempt to find you and communicate and can't. There will be few individuals in the future similar to Jobs and Ellison that are a box of mysteries that no one has access to. Instead you will simply filter out noise that is relevant, but regardless your presence will be felt. It's not only about making your life easier with useful tools like mint or dropbox and thinking about the next useful utility, but also about communicating and relating to others. Final thought ... facebook be on it, twitter use it (don't understand it, don't explain it, just use it), friendfeed (jury's out, but you better know what it is). The second biggest thing you can do is to be patient. So many seem to sit around, wanting to have their own big thing, but are waiting for that one great idea to come to them. In most cases something probably does, the only problem is they're not seasoned or practiced at building something. Yeah a few get lucky on the first try, but as a whole for those that are successful its due to persistence and not patience. Waiting for the right time in the market, the right time in your life, or just the right idea is wasting time you can't get back. If you truly want to run something, start running something, and when the right idea does finally come along you'll be prepared to build it u