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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

mashable.com

No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter December 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Prestigious London-based Monocle magazine, a global briefing journal covering international affairs, business, culture and design, has chosen Haifa as the city with the most promising business potential for 2011. TWO ISRAELI COMPANIES WIN GE CLEANTECH CHALLENGE.

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Why Startups Die

The Next Web

In early 2011, I wrote a post, Startups: Not for the faint of heart , that discussed Parse.ly’s survival through a one-year bootstrapping period after Dreamit Ventures Philly ’09. Here’s the problem: this opportunity doesn’t exist for early-stage startups, because, by definition, they have no users or customers.

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What is the perfect startup team?

www.quora.com

Sure, you can create a product, but it takes someone who can sell something that doesn't exist yet to people who don't know if they need or want it, to drive revenue. Dave McClure • Jan 9, 2011 Home run Saul. Dave Morin • Jan 9, 2011 Very well written Saul! Could not have said it better myself.

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Convergent Technologies: War Story 1 – Selling with Sports Scores.

Steve Blank

They couldn’t keep up with the fast product development times that were enabled by using standard microprocessors. So their management teams were insisting that they OEM (buy from someone else) these products. Memorex is turning 50 years old in 2011. Convergent Technologies was one of those OEM suppliers.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

Stephen Pitt-Francis • Jan 5, 2011 Why? Murray Robinson • Jan 5, 2011 Stephen.so Tristan Kromer • Jan 5, 2011 I have given many people the same advice. Michael Staton • Jan 6, 2011 Condescending tone undercuts whatever useful info might be in the answer. Justin Cambria • Jan 9, 2011 oooooh.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Great for visualizing work of product development. NESTA : They invest in early-stage companies, inform and shape policy, and deliver practical programs that inspire others to solve the big challenges of the future. Crunchies 2011.