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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.

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How to find funding for your hardware startup while we’re waiting for the hardware revolution

Version One Ventures

In the software space, it is commonly accepted that barriers to entry are no longer created by patents or by tech differentiation alone, but by superior traction in the marketplace. How a Garage-Based Incubator Is Fueling the Hardware Revolution (adafruit.com). For example, Softtech and True Ventures funded FitBit. Related articles.

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Which language should my startup use?

www.reincubate.com

Whilst technically there are some interesting differentiators between Django and Rails, there are only a few key differences worth considering. Seed money gets invested on something that shouldn’t be in use, rather than something provided by an off-the-shelf framework which won’t tie the business to a particular agency.