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Turns at Albuquerque: How I Measure My Career

This is going to be BIG.

It''s my favorite thing to teach as well--and I''ll be giving a class at Startup Institute this Tuesday night about it. They''re a career accelerator, which is a pretty neat concept--doing what YC and Techstars do for startups, but for your career. He joined a startup that wound up getting bought by AOL.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups.

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I’m Speaking at IBM’s Smart Camp on May 18, 2011

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I just got back from a conference put on by one of the Austin Technology Incubators funders, the Economic Development Agency, held in Albuquerque. Scott Case, CEO of Startup America , will speak about Startup America and share his views for the Austin entrepreneurial community.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

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Albuquerque. Speaking with many angel leaders , I believe we have identified several possible explanations for group-to-group variations: 1) Clearly, startup ventures in some business verticals command high pre-money valuations that others. (in millions). Boise Angel Alliance. up slightly. Fargo/Morehead Angels. Maple Leaf Angels.

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Don’t Settle When You Decide Where to Settle

Austin Startup

This will not be a personal essay about that move, which is motivated by family and opportunity, but it does give me reason to address the decision process about where to locate your startup. The leadership centers of the microcomputer world shifted from Albuquerque to the San Fernando Valley (LA), the Bay Area, and Seattle.

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Startup Lessons Learned

One of the most important things we do with The Lean Startup Conference is make a livestream of the plenary talks available for free to groups around the world, supporting entrepreneurship communities everywhere. The number of hosts has grown annually, and this year, we have 200+ groups joining us on Monday, December 3.

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Do Things that Don't Scale

paulgraham.com

Want to start a startup? A lot of would-be founders believe that startups either take off or dont. 1 ] Actually startups take off because the founders make them take off. Nearly all startups have to. Stripe is one of the most successful startups weve funded, and the problem they solved was an urgent one.

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