I just finished watching this excellent video of Aaron Patzer, the founder and CEO of Mint.com discussing the steps to getting a startup launched. In the video, he shares both what the expectations were, and some of the actual data from getting mint.com up and running.
I found the video to be very interesting, and truly wish I could find a few more of these sorts of things out there, as I appreciate the educational value I garner from them.
Mint CEO Aaron Patzer on Startups from Techcrunch on Vimeo.