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Head, Heart, and Hands: 3 Essentials for Startup Success

Up and Running

And when Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1994, many people had never even heard of something called the internet. True, your business aspirations may be on a more modest scale than these world-famous brands. An idea for a business might seem “great,” but if it fails to ignite your sense of passion, it probably isn’t the right one for you.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Disruptors

Hearpreneur

One of the most important lessons entrepreneurs can learn from Dropbox is to adopt the lean start-up methodology and start. Moreover, I like inspiring myself with interesting online business models and Wikipedia is a great example of a user-generated content-based website. Thanks to Fletcher Wimbush, The Hire Talent ! #2-

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10 lessons I learned by taking the entrepreneurial Red Pill

The Next Web

I couldn’t write a single line of code, and I didn’t have any clue how to start a business. Four books helped me out a lot over the last few years: Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank, Running Lean by Ash Maurya, The Four Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris and Rework by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson. You’re not alone.

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Silicon Beach emerges as a tech hotbed

www.usatoday.com

But most start-ups in Silicon Beach are young and lean and cant afford to provide Silicon Valley-like perks as trumpeted by Google, such as free food, pool tables and massages. "If tech industry since 1994, when he started as an engineer at video game company Activision. Americas new business model: Sharing. Google says.