Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

One way to conceive of our goal in an early-stage venture is to incrementally “fill in the blanks&# for the business model that we think will one day power our startup. For example, say that your business model calls for a 4% conversion rate – as ours did initially at IMVU.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

When do we hire that new person? We’re human and we need the specifics that we can work for, and the whole group needs to be able to see the specifics because then there’s peer pressure, and what we get from specific milestones is a higher likelihood of execution, so we get better business. You don’t need a CPA.

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Lean Business Plan Video Software Review 60

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

You need to get your personal debt under control and the reason why is because you’re probably going to need to use that credit capacity in the early years of your business. Most people who bootstrap their business do it on their personal credit card and if yours are maxed out from the day you start your business you’re going nowhere fast.

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Social Media Small Business Software Review Technical Review 60