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Vision versus Hallucination – Founders and Pivots

Steve Blank

It was great to watch him embrace the spirit and practice of customer development. Tossing their agile development process and at times their entire business model in the air, the company would go into fire-drill mode and engineering would start working on whatever his latest insight was. Filed under: Customer Development.

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Why Content Favors the Old (Entrepreneur)

pandodaily.com

That aesthetic took decades to develop. More to the point, the relationships with vendors, know-how of product hunting and credibility in the design world took decades to develop. “It’s about passions, and I didn’t have fully developed passions yet at 21.” “This one is just so much fun.”

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

thestartuplawyer.com

I think you'll have trouble developing your idea without bringing on people, probably as co-founders. Even if you are able to do so w/o bringing these skill people on, potential investors will likely ding you since you can't implement the idea (even if already 'developed').