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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

10 Things I Look for When Reading a Business Plan. It’s the end of May as I write this so I’ve just finished my annual April-May business plan marathon reading more than 100 business plans for my angel investment group and four different business plan contests. Power Pitches.

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4 Steps to Opening Your Own Accounting Firm

The Startup Magazine

Many factors play into the success of a small business startup , and you must be prepared to invest a great deal of time and money. As you draw up business plans for your startup, consider your financing needs. If you’re looking to establish a reputable, credible accounting firm, follow these essential steps. Find the Financing.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 11: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

While traveling to England on vacation in 1810 Francis Cabot Lowell, who was already wealthy from his families shipping business, became fascinated by English power looms. Unable to buy any plans or models he committed the details to memory.

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Ardent War Story 6: Listen more, talk less

Steve Blank

What did the company do when we heard customer input that contradicted our business plan and assumptions? As often happens in a startup, we confused our own vision and passion with the passion of our potential customers. I had talked too much and listened too little. More in the next post.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

The VAST majority of what you’re dealing with (HTTP, MIME, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, relational databases, page template, authentication, session management, caching, etc.) But if I want to hire people that know about byte alignment and cache thrashing I look in the one place where.Net does not feature. Like what?!

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Varnish Cache (reverse proxy). That’s why we gathered a collection of 20 online resources for European startups that will help you with business plans, recruiting, publicity and networking. BPS : Business Plan Servicesâ?? The British Library is a one-stop-shop for business start-up information.