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14 Interesting Findings From The Startup Genome Project

YoungUpstarts

The report was co-authored by Berkeley and Stanford faculty members along with other contributors including Steve Blank , the Sandbox Network and blackbox teams. Founders that learn are more successful. Solo founders take 3.6x Technical-heavy founding teams are 3.3x Technical-heavy founding teams are 3.3x

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Starting Up In Singapore (Part I) – Product/Market Fit

YoungUpstarts

However, they tend to be extremely difficult to navigate especially if you do not have a cofounder from and/or experience in that country. Hence, a Singaporean founder will find it easier to execute in the 3rd key market that is the MENASSEA region (Middle East, North Africa and South/Southeast Asia). Consumer Facing B2C.

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Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – The Startup Genome Project

Steve Blank

The email continued, &# The problem I’m working on is that many founders are either making uninformed decisions or inefficiently learning the new skills they need. The solution I’m exploring is a just in time learning methodology that accelerates founders’ learning curve by aggregating relevant content, peers and mentors.&#.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

Chatting with CEO and cofounder Kaufer this week, I was reminded of the fact that the company started with a very different business model in mind. Going B2C was daunting and not in our core DNA,” Kaufer remarked. TripAdvisor, in effect, was a model lean start-up with an engineering-driven, product-focused founder.

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

Blogs (VC): Antonio Rodriguez [link] – A very technical VC at Matrix partners who can actually code. I’d like to add [link] as a community for founders. Very easy to use and share. I am not associated with the company. Reply Dave Jafari , on April 10, 2011 at 10:11 am said: Great list Steve.