Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 30, 2011
Over funding often produces bad behavior in early-stage companies. You hire people too fast, you over build your products, you try to force market adoption and you do PR blitzes before your product is really ready for prime time. That’s falling prey to the “ mythical man month &# line of thinking.
Gust
JANUARY 4, 2012
Given that 2011 is already behind us, I’d like to take a brief time-out from the usual legal and financial wonkery to wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year. The amount of investment in IP in any direct sense is generally small for early stage startups. Measured as a discrete line item in a budget, it might be near zero.
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
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Altgate
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). Now, for very early stage companies, you may be thinking, “I don’t have any cash, so outsourcing isn’t an option.&# PR/Marketing. Start a blog.
crowdSPRING Blog
JULY 1, 2011
10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups - [link]. 40 Fresh Illustrator Tutorials From 2011 – [link]. Startups Need to Make Leaps of Faith, But Not Blindly – [link]. Interesting but punitive provision in Skype’s option plan allowing repurchase of even vested options at grant price – [link].
crowdSPRING Blog
JANUARY 12, 2011
VC’s apparently are increasingly nervous about early stage investments – [link]. The State of the Crowdsourcing Union, 2011 – [link]. List of hosting choices by yc startups – [link]. Going to raise VC at some point? Here’s a short primer on process, people & deck - [link]. 264 – [link].
crowdSPRING Blog
FEBRUARY 23, 2011
Business Development for Early Stage Startups – [link]. 90+ creative advertising & design from January-February 2011 – [link]. Small business and startup issues: net neutrality and H.R. 1 – [link]. 35 Gut Checks When Founding Your First Company – [link].
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