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| | A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY MAY 1, 2011 First Time vs Serial Entrepreneurs I've been thinking a lot about the differences between first time and serial entrepreneurs. We invest in both and do not have a preference betweeen the two. But there are significant differences. The best first time entrepreneurs have been stewing on their idea for quite a while. They know when to step on the gas and where. | GABRIEL WEINBERG MAY 1, 2011 RAID0 ephemeral storage on AWS EC2 If you're thinking of doing RAID0 (disk striping) on the ephemeral storage disks attached to an EC2 instance, this post is for you. First I'll go through some directions since I didn't find great ones elsewhere when trying to do it myself. Then I'll get to why I wanted to do it in the first place. This confused me for a while. Here is the listing. | INSTIGATOR BLOG MAY 5, 2011 How to Structure Good Hypotheses for Your Lean Startup Tweet. Crafting good hypotheses for your startup is hard. Most people focus on solutions rather than problems. That leads to a ton of products getting launched with zero traction.; the all-to-common “solutions looking for problems.&# A good hypothesis is important because it leads to good experimental design. Just do it. based investors.&# | | | | | | | |
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GRASSHOPPER HERDER | TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2011 Three Lean Startup Principles to Live By
Three principles that everyone at the TechBA lean startup bootcamp by TechBA agree on including Patrick Vlaskovits, Brant Cooper, Tim McCoy and Hiten Shah. Customer Development Entrepreneurship lean startup startup MORE >> - Megatrend Crosscurrents
It is an exciting time to be an entrpreneur and an investor in tech startups. The history of tech investing is a series of waves or megatrends that come one after another. Mainframes to minicomputers to PCs to client server to Internet, for example. But right now we are in the midst of a number of these megatrends all happening at the same time. MORE >> -
CHRIS DIXON | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011 Best practices for raising a VC round
Having raised a number of VC rounds personally and observed many more as an investor or friend, I’ve come to think there are a set of dominant best practices that entrepreneurs should follow. Valuation: Come up with what minimum valuation you’d be happy with but never share that number with any investor. Get to know the VCs. Timing. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011  A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference
This article originally ran on TechCrunch. I’m in Seattle this week. People keep asking me if I’ve “seen anything interesting.&# Of course I have. I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. really liked BigDoor, MediaPiston, OpsCode, BuddyTV, SEOMoz and much more. billion. MORE >> -
WWW.SMASHINGMAGAZINE.COM | THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011  Innovative Techniques To Simplify Sign-Ups and Log-Ins
Most designers are familiar with the conventional ways. But understanding and applying a few innovative techniques could make your forms simpler and more efficient to fill out. In this article, we’d like to present a couple of new ideas that might be useful for your next designs. The reason is understandable. Chances are, it will work. icons. MORE >>
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- Mommas, Don’t Let Your Bloggers Grow Up To Be SEOs DAZZLINDONNA | TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2011
- I Love Google’s Style FELD THOUGHTS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
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- The Right Startup Advisory Board Has A Big Payback STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011
- I’m Back. Here’s Why. 47 HATS | MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
- Five Legal Traps Every Entrepreneur Should Avoid STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
- Half In / Half Out STARTUPCFO | THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011
- Exclusive Interview with Robert Kiyosaki of “Rich Dad Poor Dad” REMBRANDT WRITES | TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2011
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- Apple and global trade and jobs DEAL ARCHITECT | MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
- Launching Tech Ventures: Lean Startup Principles and Services. LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011
- Primer On Funding Trends for Early-Stage Startups STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2011
- Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity MASHABLE.COM | THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011
- Ask the Entrepreneur: Lauren Dixon THE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS BLOG @ SIMON | MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
- How To Temper Entrepreneur Passion With Reality STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2011
- Start an Informational Product Business — Step by Step Guide UP AND RUNNING | FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2011
- Hacker Community vs. Startup Community STARTUP HOUSTON | FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2011
- Launching Tech Ventures: Assessing Concepts and Developing High. LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011
- can founders have a work/life balance? no. FUND MY STARTUP | FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2011
- Twitter Link Roundup #84 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More CROWDSPRING BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- What to expect from your Angels STARTUPCFO | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Nailing The Sale GET VENTURE | TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2011
- Never get comfortable OR comfortability is the enemy of innovation JEFF HILIMIRE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Use a Manifesto to build your brand, grow your list & sell more books ACTIVE GARAGE | MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
- Would You Do What You Do if You Weren’t Getting Paid? STARTUP DAILY | FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2011
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- Telecoms Got Talent DEAL ARCHITECT | THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011
- TechStars Beats Y Combinator, Ranked Best Accelerator Program in U.S. READWRITESTART | MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
- Jeff Bezos on Why You Should Have a Plan UP AND RUNNING | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Enjoying the moment JOEL.IS | SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2011
- Business Owners: Take Care of Yourself First TIM BERRY'S BLOG - PLANNING STARTUPS STORIES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
- Popularity is Not Influence VENTURE CHRONICLES | TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2011
- 10 Tips for small business: surveying your customers CROWDSPRING BLOG | TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2011
- What Your Relationships Can Learn From Setting Expectations UP AND RUNNING | TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2011
- The Five Advisors You Meet in the Deadpool THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011
- The Art of Giving and Getting Help – Part 2 LIFE BEYOND CODE | TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2011
- Braggin’ on Engauge for a minute #chickfila JEFF HILIMIRE | MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
- Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Guerrilla P.R. & SEO Most Profitable Customer Acquisition Strategies READWRITESTART | TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2011
- Grand Cru Lands An Investment From Lifeline Ventures ARCTICSTARTUP | FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2011
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John Morris