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8 Reality Checks That Every Startup Founder Dreads

Startup Professionals Musings

Product development is stuck at that 90% mark, a key person leaves, and customers are talking but not buying. In his book Reality Check , Guy Kawasaki summarizes some of the key issues. Maybe he was the only guy around who could design the product you envisioned, but delivering a scalable, quality product is another story.

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8 Clues that Your Business Honeymoon May be Over

Startup Professionals Musings

Product development is stuck at that 90% mark, a key person leaves, and customers are talking but not buying. In his book Reality Check , Guy Kawasaki summarizes some of the key issues. Maybe he was the only guy around who could design the product you envisioned, but delivering a scalable, quality product is another story.

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Eight Key Problems Every Startup Should Anticipate

Startup Professionals Musings

Product development is stuck at that 90% mark, a key person leaves, and customers are talking but not buying. In his book Reality Check , Guy Kawasaki summarizes some of the key issues. Maybe he was the only guy around who could design the product you envisioned, but delivering a scalable, quality product is another story.

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The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution.

Steve Blank

After 20 years of working in startups, I decided to take a step back and look at the product development model I had been following and see why it usually failed to provide useful guidance in activities outside the building – sales, marketing and business development. So what’s wrong the product development model?

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Eight Clues That the Honeymoon is Over

Startup Professionals Musings

Product development is stuck at that 90% mark, a key person leaves, and customers are talking but not buying. In his book Reality Check , Guy Kawasaki summarizes some of the key issues. Maybe he was the only guy around who could design the product you envisioned, but delivering a scalable, quality product is another story.

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TangoSource

www.tangosource.com

ve pointed people to different books, or made introductions. Executing the non-technical parts of your business plan is a must, but often this translates to providing funding for enough runway for V1 and possibly a major pivot afterwards. In the past, Iâ??ve As long as this feels like a personal gift, youâ??re re golden.

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Why Startup Founders Should Stop Reading Business Books

Software By Rob

You own a wall of books, or perhaps a Kindle or iPad bulging at the edge of its hard disk with non-fiction you’ve earmarked for future reading. You own a wall of books, or perhaps a Kindle or iPad bulging at the edge of its hard disk with non-fiction you’ve earmarked for future reading. Also a student of reading.

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