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Lean Startup Conference Speaker Ann Miura-Ko on being a founder, representation, and the future.

Startup Lessons Learned

We talked with her about her teaching position at Stanford, how she thinks about the future, and how she makes investment decisions. She always told me, “That's not where you’re supposed to make friends anyway. Second, we believe that greatness is a decision. What's the message? What questions can you ask?

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Should You Rebrand Your Business?

Austin Startup

At the same time, a rebrand is a big decision that will require time, financial, and strategic commitments on your part. When was the last time you checked your company’s website from your smartphone to make sure everything looked right? such as creating cheaper “placeholder” engagement rings.

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CXL Live 2017 Recap: Optimization & Growth Insights from 20+ Experts

ConversionXL

To those who couldn’t make it, we hope you’ll join us next year. Observations -> Inferences -> Design Decisions. Make a list of things the user is finding frustrating. Abby Covert: How to Make Sense of Any Mess. Make them feel comfortable. Thanks for the fun! Email addresses are observations.

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How to Go From Google Engineer to First-Time CTO

firstround.com

Some of the basic takeaways from Google make you much more equipped to be a company builder. Leaving Google to join Redbeacon was one of the best decisions I ever made. As a software engineer, you’re usually part of a team made up of other engineers, which makes communication easy. Author: Ian Langworth. This saves hours.

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

This gave me an idea: I could help many more entrepreneurs by making the deck available not just to the Greylock network of entrepreneurs, but to everyone. If you don’t have some sense of their points of view, your likelihood of making the pitch go well is more random. Today, I share the Series B deck with you, too. And why is it new?

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Building the right founding team

The Equity Kicker

There’s currently a placeholder site which explains what The Path Forward is (a guide for ecommerce and marketplace entrepreneurs in their first year). – Don’t compromise on quality for co-founders and other permanent decisions. Building the right founding team.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Having a brand behind a strong title can make all the difference in the world. #1- I thought youthful aging would make a great website name but it was taken. And making up a word, instead of using an existing word, for your brand name makes it easier to trademark. 1- Based on our target audience. Aging Youthful was born.

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