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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. For example, Softtech and True Ventures funded FitBit. Patents versus traction. One could argue that the same development will hold true in the hardware space.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 ” Harsh, but reality. If you had huge customer growth but just didn’t focus on revenue that’s a different story. Both companies look the exact same after one year.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

Quite early on, you will be able to differentiate yourself – and having competitors help you grow the market can actually be a good thing. link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise? I agree completely. And I would add: even if they copy your idea exactly, so what? link] Dejan Strbac.

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How You May be Signaling Price without Knowing It

Both Sides of the Table

That’s OK if it’s your problem as long as your business really is differentiated and compelling. His company had raised seed money already. Obviously the diagnosis can have many route causes: Sometimes it’s a question of a market that is less sexy than the current VC fad. It was the silent killer.

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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.