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The Startup Copycat Fallacy

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Another full-stack short-term rentals startup ? It seems as though in many categories, especially in consumer internet space, a handful of startups pursuing quite similar or even apparently identical ideas launch within months of each other. Another d2c gourmet pet food company ? Another affinity-based co-working space?

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A Startup CTO’s Take on Early Technology Choices & Tradeoffs

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NVV: Startups are all about tradeoffs, and engineering is a great example. The post A Startup CTO’s Take on Early Technology Choices & Tradeoffs appeared first on The View From Seed.' But the software itself should be well-crafted. One way to put all that is: build less, but build it better.

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How to Found a Startup in a New Industry

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Most startups’ founding mythologies are full of the same phrases : “hard work,” “agile strategy,” “smart scaling.” Here are three keys to creating a startup in a new industry. Like a lot of startup founders, I’m a huge nerd. And if you end up being the most popular startup at school, all the better.

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NextView’s Early Stage Startup Guide: Product

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Welcome to the first installment of the NextView Ventures Early Stage Startup Guides. Moving forward, we’ll release more of these startup guides on other topics critical to the success of early-stage teams such go-to-market, hiring & talent, and fundraising. Getting Great Feedback from Customers. How to Hire the First PM.

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Startup Shootaround: Making Sense of Voice Technology

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Editor’s note: The NextView team periodically holds internal “shootarounds,” where we discuss a startup topic or trend and try to make sense of it for everyone involved: entrepreneurs, investors, and consumers. The post Startup Shootaround: Making Sense of Voice Technology appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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What Does Your Startups Mean to You?

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We were talking a bit about the challenges of building a startup and how to persist and maintain a productive outlook in the face of setbacks. I think one of the most important questions to ask yourself in building your startup (or in pursuing any important and challenging endeavor) is “what does this startup mean to me?”.

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The Long Arc of Startup Teams: How Founders’ Approach to Talent Evolves

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I realize sports analogies for startups can feel trite, but as you think about the different phases of team-building in a startup, this one is actually pretty spot on. At the beginning, a startup team is typically just a couple of co-founders. Basketball or football? Below, I take a look at each. Below, I take a look at each.

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