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Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More - Ten Recent Great Startup Posts

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HTML5 video markup, compatibility and playback - Niall Kennedy's Weblog , February 8, 2010 The emerging HTML 5 specification lifts video playback out of the generic element and into specialized handlers. This post looks at the implementation details of HTML 5 video.

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In Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Cofounders Find YOU!

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Dave Troy: Fueled By Randomness Design, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Software home Twittervision Flickrvision About @davetroy ← Start By Taking Action A New Plan for Economic Development → In Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Cofounders Find YOU! And I’ve promised to talk about what it takes to find cofounders.

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Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder | Vinicius Vacanti

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Home About Contact Me How To Make It as a First-Time Entrepreneur Vinicius Vacanti Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder September 7, 2010 | View Comments Steve Job's Technical Co-Founder “I’ve got this HUGE idea. I just need to find a technical co-founder.&# I was in this situation and we barely escaped.

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Where to Get Feedback on Your Business Pitch

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Erik Chan, founder and CEO of RocketClub, advises seeking out investors “who invest in a different space,” as this can sometimes provide feedback from a new angle that those in your industry might have missed. Ask an angel investor: Targeting a particular angel investor can be a good tactic, as they are often willing to evaluate your pitch.

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How to pick a co-founder

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The best sellers can sell to customers, partners, investors, and employees. He can be technical, but he must be able to wield the tools of influence. What you don’t know Business founders who don’t code use bad proxies for picking technical co-founders (&# 10 years with Java!&# ). Mar 2, 2010 [.]

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

I’ve listed the most common levers that universities use below, with some live examples from Yale: Strong technical departments : Computer Science , Math , Physics. The video game and Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality industry actively hire for people with design, screenwriting, and other visual arts skills.

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

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13 – Disharmony with Investors/Co-founders. Discord with a cofounder was one of the most fatal issues for a company. Bricabox cofounder advises, “When a co-founder walks out of a company — as was the case for me — you’ve already been dealt a heavy blow. Super Angel Investors – Who They Are, What They Invest In.