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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

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What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) In fact, this company hasn’t shipped any new products in months.

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Native App vs. Web App: Which Is Better for Mobile Commerce?

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May 23, 2011 by Christina Warren 20 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms. startupcto

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

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After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development. Publisher Platform (P3). startupcto

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

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Of course, the real thanks should go to a startup - Gogo Inflight Internet - that I was lucky enough to meet at a recent workshop. I'll add two ideas: The modern structure of university patent licensing and technology transfer works really well in the life sciences and other fields with expensive product development processes.

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How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development

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Billion View Comments How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development February 22, 2011 by Christina Warren View Comments email share email share The Mobile App Trends Series is sponsored by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates. startupcto

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Finding Your Co-Founders

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In consumer internet, that usually means one front-end user-facing developer, one back-end server-side developer, and ultimately a business person (details will come in a later post). More often than not, a startup/company fails because the product developed is not what the marketplace sought.

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Lessons Learned: Sharding for startups

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interesting post March 20, 2009 5:26 PM Small business web site design said. You can get in touch at startuplessonslearned-eric(at)sneakemail(dot)com or find me on twitter, facebook, or linkedin March 17, 2009 10:34 AM Hot Fuzz said. nice post April 2, 2009 11:00 PM web design India said. Take a look and let me know what you think.