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Don't Fall for These 6 Deadly Myths of Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

As an angel investor, I certainly see continuing evidence that this phenomenon hasn’t changed much in the past couple of decades. If we design a great product, investors will find us." Technologists forget that investors are buying a chunk of the business, not the product.

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Practical Strategies For Starting A Business

Duct Tape Marketing

And so that book, the book is designed to give entrepreneurs really practical and concrete advice on how to avoid all the pitfalls of doing a startup and act and come out on top. It's just not the same when you're distributed and talking remotely. See if the business model works, all these questions. Now I live outside this year.

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When To Bet On A Startup

YoungUpstarts

Over half of the college students in my management course at Parsons New School for Design plan to join startups or form their own companies. You can double that number if you add the amount of money put up by Angel Investors. Angel Investors, VCs and entrepreneurs agree that the success rate for startup companies is dismal.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

mashable.com

For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development. Then we allocated the saved money into hiring the highest quality developers available — especially those who have experience working with a distributed team. Have an account?

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Another great way to test your idea is to create a minimum viable product, or MVP. This is the simplest version of your product minus the frills and frosting. It’s a particularly popular strategy in the world of product development and is used to quickly and quantitatively test a product or a product feature.

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What is the perfect startup team?

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3d - developer, designer and distributor. I have come to believe during my time as an operator, entrepreneur and investor that the balance of these skills is so important to the long-term health of a business that if balance is not achieved early then the impact later can be profound - sometimes terminal.