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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. Yet I can’t help thinking there are many predictable failures that come from a lack of basic planning.

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

Version One Ventures

The reality is that few venture capitalists are ready to write a check to a hardware startup today, and it’s not all due to the risk. 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.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. Being profitable allows you degrees of freedom you don’t have when you rely upon other people’s money. If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

I have a personal diligence rule that when speaking to people at large companies, the facts that they tell you are very useful but their opinions about startup ideas no more valuable than any other smart person’s opinions). Darnell – If a back-end tech guy can copy it, you probably need to build the business idea more.

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Which language should my startup use?

www.reincubate.com

Share this: net c# development django java language php software Were often asked by entrepreneurs which language their startups should adopt when developing their technology. Technology enthusiasts tend to get tangled up in enthusiasm for their chosen platforms, so wed like to provide an objective summary. PHP is insecure?