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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #18: The strength of natural network effects

Austin Startup

Yesterday I was having a discussion with one of our executives on the strength of network effects inherent in the data.world business model. This led to a far ranging strategic discussion that got us both really excited about the huge potential of our business. But most of the time it is just that?—?hope,

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Why Startups Fail - 20 Top Reasons Gleaned from 32 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

www.chubbybrain.com

January 11th, 2011 the Chubby Team 34 Comments. The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. Now I just need a business model.

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Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard

rob.by

They can make good money consulting or working as an employee of another company. I have been self-funding the business and have the commitments of a few angels to help pay salaries for some months when I find the right person/people, because I have come to appreciate that offering at least some salary helps a lot. Good riddance.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011." If network B has 20 users than it’s value is 400 (20*20). What truth?

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

Im trying to create a technology enabled recruiting service for an unproven business model. Even though the business is making money now, its still a big risk for anyone involved. I was basically a consultant without the payment and I basically got taken advantage of. ► 2011. (32). Act accordingly.