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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

They’re well aware of the conventional VC bias against funding companies which externally develop their technology, but they do have relevant skills. Customer development would be reduced to a single person exercise that could be repeated in parallel dozens of times over, ultimately yielding 30+ companies a year.

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Piercing the Corporate Veil of Sweat Equity

grasshopperherder.com

Not that they were trying to take advantage of me necessarily, but it happened because of the deal structure. Top 3 Ways to Fail at Customer Development. Personas for Customer Development. Customer Development (27). Tristan says: January 24, 2011 at 9:07 pm. Recent Posts. Categories.