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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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7 Common Mistakes Startups Make on Accelerator Program Applications

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Lack of Any Market Validation It’s no exaggeration that most applicants have not found a single person willing to pay money for this product. One-Sided Competitive “Analysis&# Most competitive analysis charts look like the one at left, with your product winning every category. That means we were in your shoes!

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Thank you Israel for welcoming our British startup (Guest post)

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You only had to look around little Techloft to meet people from, amongst others: Israel (of course), the US, UK, France, Venezuela, Canada & Eastern Europe. With my own eyes, I’ve seen the average Israeli upstart at a conference go up to Yossi Vardi direct, deliver a 60 second elevator pitch, and ask for his number to follow up.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

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Remember that story I told about the three business school students telling me about their tech startup, leaving me to wonder who’d actually build the product? More often than not, a startup/company fails because the product developed is not what the marketplace sought. Joe So Webvan failed because of its execution?

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

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