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6 Mistakes Often Made By Entrepreneurs Due To Passion

Startup Professionals Musings

With the success of Facebook and Twitter, I still see new social media startups almost every day, with most destined to fail. Just because you would have loved to have your groceries picked out and delivered, doesn’t mean the mainstream customer was ready for Webvan in 1999. Never take your eye off the ball in business.

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6 Ways To Doom Your Startup Despite A Great Solution

Startup Professionals Musings

With the success of Facebook and Twitter, I still see new social media startups almost every day, with most destined to fail. Just because you would have loved to have your groceries picked out and delivered, doesn’t mean the mainstream customer was ready for Webvan in 1999. Never take your eye off the ball in business.

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6 Ways Startups Are Fooled By Prior Business Models

Startup Professionals Musings

With the success of Facebook and Twitter, I still see new social media startups almost every day, with most destined to fail. Just because you would have loved to have your groceries picked out and delivered, doesn’t mean the mainstream customer was ready for Webvan in 1999. Never take your eye off the ball in business.

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Don’t Let Your Business Be A Dead Startup Walking

Startup Professionals Musings

With the success of Facebook and Twitter, I still see new social media startups almost every day, with most destined to fail. Just because you would have loved to have your groceries picked out and delivered, doesn’t mean the mainstream customer was ready for Webvan in 1999. Never take your eye off the ball in business.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? . -

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The Longhorn Startup

Austin Startup

Some large companies can bolster their position by buying out established technology and business models rather than creating them anew. Staying private  — The average age of a technology company before it goes public is 11 years, as opposed to an average life of four years back in 1999. Imagine that.

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