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Create Structure out of the Gate and You’ll Thank Yourself Later

Feld Thoughts

They need to raise money before building anything substantial after determining that they needed a little dough to follow the Lean Startup methodology. The investors, founders, and “community” are all super excited about ASC. They close on the $750k, hire a buddy or two, buy some Macs, and get to work.

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

It's never selfish to hire. They're going to look to see what impact you had in your community. 11:59) Giving people trust and autonomy and opening lines of communication as a leader, and how Mark's leadership has evolved. (14:16) Everybody can be a leader in their own community. (47:20) I said, "Hire people.

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And then you flip the big red switch

The Startup Toolkit

We, as a community, spend a lot of time encouraging ourselves to be more careful, more cautious, to gather more evidence. For example, it’s very hard to go back to your old burn rate once you’ve hired a VP sales and it’s hard to re-vamp your product focus after a big PR campaign.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part V: Happy 100th Birthday.

Steve Blank

In ten years, from the early 1950′s to the early 1960′s, the valley went through a hiring frenzy as jobs in microwave companies went from 700 to 7,000. But in fact, most startups need to keep their burn rate low more [.] to do that.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

Luckily, the startup community often courageously shares their stories – even when things don’t end well. Three notes before we begin: After reading these, you realize more than ever that the startup community is really like no other. Post-Mortem Title : My eHarmony for Hiring Failure. Company : YouCastr.