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Some IPO speculation

Startup Lessons Learned

His posts are born of tremendous research into the secret history of Silicon Valley , and if you haven’t read those essays, you should. We have to continually invent new categories of products, new platforms, and new business models – all extremely risky bets. Let me be clear: Steve is the historian.

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10 years of entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

No business model, either. And then, at my first Silicon Valley startup , I watched friends get laid off in successive waves as it started to fail. All my products and ideas focus on early cash and a business model that works from the first day. So, the idea of starting without a business model is good ?

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

You have to know your business model. Most startups launch before theyve figured out what business theyre in. In fact, we often felt frustrated when new startups with a fraction of our success got terrific write-ups in Silicon Valley-centric venues. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? . Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0