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Raising Money Using Customer Development

Steve Blank

Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Entrepreneurs put together their funding presentation by extracting the key ideas from their business plan, putting them on PowerPoint/Keynote and pitching the company – until they get funded or exhausted.

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Founders and dysfunctional families « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

In this admittedly very unscientific survey I’ve found that between a quarter and half of the students I consider “hard-core&# entrepreneurs/founders (working passionately to found a company,) self-identified as coming from a less than benign upbringing. I’ve been surprised at the data. Comments and brickbats welcomed.

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Startup Tools

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

If you’ve got tips for other business owners or want to share your experiences with hiring developers, please leave us a note in the comments section. DIY Tools There are quite a few do-it-yourself options for the thrifty entrepreneur. Fees for these devs and shops run from under $5,000 to more than $20,000. PM OK, agree.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

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We love a good entrepreneurial success story – entrepreneur as protagonist overcomes obstacles and builds a thriving, successful company (and become wealthy while doing so). We had the wrong business model. Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. It’s free. Author : Todd. billion.