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If You Don’t Have a Discrete Hypothesis You Are Incapable of Failing

Both Sides of the Table

There are very few people in Silicon Valley who have such a precise grasp on what defines success of early-stage startup companies than Eric Ries. when is the right time to go big with PR? 11:00 Mark on over-hyping PR. 42:20 Did agile development influence you? ” This week was no exception. Why waste energy?

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How to Configure Your Startup Team

Both Sides of the Table

My rationale is simple: everything goes wrong and only great teams can respond to competitors, markets, funding environments, staff departures, PR disasters and the like. PM’s are underrated in Silicon Valley these days. I am fond of quoting that about 70% of my investment decision of an early-stage company is the team.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

The mantra of “ first mover advantage ,” the idea that winners are the ones who are the first entrants in their market, became the conventional wisdom of investors in Silicon Valley.“ Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money. Then one day it was over. IPOs dried up.

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How to Know When to Sell vs. When to Market to Customers

Both Sides of the Table

We developed this at our first company and called it PUCCKA – the overall methodology is described here. And I think of it as a failure of Silicon Valley startups (and occasionally SV VCs who lack an understanding of enterprise purchasing) to assume you don’t need a sales process and sales reps. Compelling Event.

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Why are There so Many Techno-Optimists?

ReadWriteStart

Spanning from Silicon Valley to Upper Manhattan and everywhere in between, it seems this country is overflowing with tech-optimists. These people believe that technological developments will do more good for humanity than harm — and that our technological future is very bright. Technological Advancements.

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Twitter Link Roundup #229 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

It’s getting harder to tell what’s a real Silicon Valley startup and what’s a parody – crowdspring.co/1k05eDQ. The secretive billionaire who built Silicon Valley – crowdspring.co/1qjKWZN. Good insight on startups and product development in this AMA with Jason Fried – crowdspring.co/TmVP1.

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The 4 Critical Challenges of Tech Startup PR

ReadWriteStart

Image is the bedrock part of the “fake it till you make it” culture that animates most of Silicon Valley today. Here are four critical challenges of tech startup PR. To have the correct image in technology means businesses must have a thorough understanding of the field of public relations (PR).

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