Mark Suster published the blog post Most Startups Should be Deer Hunters last month. It is, without a doubt, one of the five most important startup blog posts of the year. Every entrepreneur needs to read it.
Here’s the general idea: startups need to focus their energies on deals that are big enough to be worthwhile but not so big that they overwhelm the company. Think of it this way:
- Rabbits – Not much meat and they can be get away quickly
- Deer – Enough meat to be worthwhile and once knocked down, aren’t going to get away
- Elephants – Difficult and expensive to capture, and if you are lucky enough to get one, might be too much for the team to handle
Go read Mark’s post right away.
David Cummings on Startups 