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How to Start a Startup

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During the Internet Bubble there were a number of startups founded by business people who then wentlooking for hackers to create their product for them. In nearly every failed startup, the real problem was that customersdidnt want the product. Probably because the product wasa dog, or never seemed likely to be done, or both.

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Get Off My Lawn! Crazy Kids and Their Sex, Drugs and Startup Advice!

This is going to be BIG.

A founder will raise one party round worth of seed money and they''ll go teach a class on how to raise venture capital. Yet, you''re out there like you''ve got it all figured out--you and your PR startegy webinar on how to get covered in Techcrunch while your competitor is getting interviewed on ABC News. Growth hacking?

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