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Snaptrip case study – Solo founder hypothesis in action

The Equity Kicker

With no team and no technical expertise Matt was planning to find a team and build out some product before starting to raise some seed money. It allows you to launch with a minimal product and provide an amazing service to your early customers while learning even more about their needs and wants. USER RESEARCH.

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Am I a Founder? The Adventure of a Lifetime. « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Passionate – is the company/product/customers the most important thing in your life? And I remind them that they should be bringing some type of domain expertise (technical or business) to the table. Will there be a lecture on getting seed money in a post crisis world? The Adventure of a Lifetime. Thanks Steve!

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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

High growth startup companies need seed money to get things going. They need the money to rent offices, hire staff, and establish their initial presence (website, incorporation, marketing). When launching your company there are 2 times to raise your outside seed funding, and one time window to avoid.

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Where to Get Feedback on Your Business Pitch

Up and Running

Drawing on advice from our own Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software and Josh Cochrane, our VP of Product Development, I’ve broken down a few of the different options for entrepreneurs looking for feedback on their pitch. They ended up with a nice pitch, and approximately $300K in seed money.”. Where do you find a mentor?

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

So for this first post, here’s the best advice I can give you: join an awesome founding team and get your product out the door ASAP. But six months in, you’re gonna cry when you see someone else put out that same product you’re pitching me right now. Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door.

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The Future of Web Startups

www.paulgraham.com

In essense, let the market design the product. And in particular, younger and more technical founders will be able to start startups than could before. It would be better if both were combined in one group, headed by someone with a technical background and some vision of what they wanted to accomplish.

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