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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Customers?

Austin Startup

Building a product around the needs of actual users is the best way to develop something that will actually create value, but also to validate demand ahead of pouring more resources into your venture. In other words, consumer-facing startups are likely to find a grateful and sizeable audience within and beyond the city limits.

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Clayton Christensen

Steve Blank

I remember the first time I read the Innovator’s Dilemma in 1997. Christensen, writing for a corporate audience, explained that there were two classes of products – sustaining and disruptive. Christensen changed the trajectory of my career and was the guide star for my work on innovation. I never got to say thank you.

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March 11: SXSW Innovation Awards

Austin Startup

The annual Interactive Festival awards program began in 1997 as the Texas Interactive Media Achievement Awards, and was re-named the SXSW Web Awards the following year. SXSW audiences were among the first to witness the emergence of Twitter when they won the Best New App in 2007.

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Why Now Is The Right Time For New Green Technology

YoungUpstarts

You’ll notice a trail of innovations that almost made it — devices that offered the same groundbreaking features but with one crucial detail missing; technology that promised a new way of living to an audience that wasn’t ready for the change. Awareness and demand for change must outweigh the comfort of familiarity.

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Who’s Your Daddy? 5 Lessons from GoDaddy

Growthink Blog

GoDaddy was created in 1997 as Jomax Technologies by Bob Parsons who had recently sold his other company, Parsons Technology Inc., Rather than demanding money for a number of different services, almost everything is optional and customers can spend as little or as much as they want. Your job is to learn from GoDaddy.

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How To Know If Your Niche Has Enough Demand To Be Profitable

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I created my first infoproduct way back in 1997. Intuitively I had picked a product that was in high demand by the target audience. Intuitively I had picked a product that was in high demand by the target audience. You must learn to correctly identify desire and assess demand. Very lucky.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Back in 1997, when I was a high school junior and my brother Evan was a freshman, we launched a local moving service called Meathead Movers. Working a full-time (and demanding) job, a home, school and life, in general, was no easy feat, so I chose to leave my corporate job to an academic job. 4- Started as a part-time work.