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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Your Product Plan must fit into context of your overall business mission. I’m never surprised when I see product development driven by engineers proceeding at top speed developing the next cool thing. If you’ve got patent or other IP needs, you may want to engage specialists in those areas.

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. Copyright © 2007 - 2011 infoChachkie. Works out better that way – they only get the relationships that make their attitudes into self-fulfilling prophecies. startupcto

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betaworks, vc

aweissman.com

John Borthwick , re betaworks : Mid 2007 we flipped our approach — and went bottoms up. By the fall of 2007 we had assembled our learning and formally started to build out the platform. We stayed small, under the radar, focussed on our theme, seeking not to be distracted by opportunism. — a little less George Clintoneque.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. Thanks alot!

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

Eric, When I came to IMVU back in 2007, I had really enjoyed the actual product (the chat client) and getting to know the regulars on the forum. Compared to 2007, the chat client runs whole lot smoother (well, right before 2.0 In fact, one of your own mods, told another customer to literally go f themselves.

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