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Unintended Lessons

Steve Blank

checking out the shopping in Georgetown, saw beautiful horse country in Pennsylvania and upstate NY and headed down into the bays and coves of Connecticut filled with sailboats. We had some great conversations in the car, but one stuck in my mind.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

techcrunch.com

In my case, I grew up in Connecticut and spent a fair amount of time in New York – all the while trying to start companies, relatively unsuccessfully. More often than not, a startup/company fails because the product developed is not what the marketplace sought. The ecosystem is just hard to beat. Same with Pets.com?

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

if you have some thoughts on this you could add to the conversation and provide some advice. this might not be for you but if not then maybe share your own experience and try to further the conversation because it would be appreciated. the best advice my teacher gave me, and what seth and some commenters have said is PRODUCT FIRST.