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14 Interesting Findings From The Startup Genome Project

YoungUpstarts

They also over-invest in solo founders and founding teams without technical cofounders despite indicators that show that these teams have a much lower probability of success. Investors who provide hands-on help have little or no effect on the company’s operational performance. Technical-heavy founding teams are 3.3x

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Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – The Startup Genome Project

Steve Blank

They also over-invest in solo founders and founding teams without technical cofounders despite indicators that show that these teams have a much lower probability of success. Investors who provide hands-on help have little or no effect on the company’s operational performance. Technical-heavy founding teams are 3.3x

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

Chatting with CEO and cofounder Kaufer this week, I was reminded of the fact that the company started with a very different business model in mind. Going B2C was daunting and not in our core DNA,” Kaufer remarked. Sagan was thus almost like a cofounder and, similarly, has been with the company for 12 years.