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Good enough never is (or is it?)

Startup Lessons Learned

This success was aided by the fact that it did just one thing extremely well – its lack of extra features emphasized its differentiation. Over time, such teams either explode due to irreconcilable differences or dramatically slow down. And the rest is history: Google Maps was a huge success. So which is it? So which is it?

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Out of the Crisis #10: HelixNano founder Hannu Rajaniemi on vaccines, suspending disbelief, and the power of stories

Startup Lessons Learned

I grew up in Finland. I grew up in a small town in Finland as an outsider geek, one way to make friends was to essentially dungeon master or game master role playing games. It's a little capsule made out of proteins which contains a bit of genetic code, which is actually instructions for making also the bottle and for copying itself.

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Three decisions to make on virtual goods

Startup Lessons Learned

The credit is due to much smarter people than me, and to the incredible power of necessity, that mother of invention. You may have to staff up a large customer service department to review and approve all of the items. Those problems were the necessary consequences of some decisions we made early on. Heres what I mean.