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Build The Sidewalks After The Paths Are Discovered

Mike Michalowicz

The grey lines you see, crossing the drillfield are the sidewalks. The tan ones are paths made by students. It is interesting what you learn after the fact. The students (consumers) will blaze the paths that are most convenient for them. The students (consumers) will blaze the paths that are most convenient for them.

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Startup identity & the sadness of a successful exit

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The experience you get just after you need it. Not depression — not hopeless or rudderless — but a pure sadness, when your lungs sink into your belly, the punch-in-the-stomach of discovering your dog was hit by a car or that your dad is terminally ill. All the labor. All the labor. All the risk. The brave face for the troops.

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Public Goods: What a US Startup can Learn From China Sidewalks of Death

Austin Startup

So many bikes on my recent trip to Beijing Chairman Xi Jinping: take notice, the greatest threat to China is not from America, it is from the bazillion bicycles you’ve permitted to infest your sidewalks. Public goods are things that we commonly share, like roads, sidewalks and schools. What am I talking about? It is bikes on demand.

China 54
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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

The idea of exactly what your business is going to usually come first. Secondly, most often, is giving a title to your idea. What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Some people turn to their childhood for inspiration or a beloved family pet. It could be a made up word you dream of one night and feel it has the right ring to it.

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