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4 Things Entrepreneurs Should Ignore From the Steve Jobs Formula

ReadWriteStart

Every product is built in isolation and while the details of Apple's product development process are not that "open" either from what I've heard often engineers don't even have a full picture of the product they are building. Building a reputation and community in your target market. Don't Be Secretive.

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The unimportance of product names

37signals.com

I definitely agree you shouldn’t get caught up on the URL , as there are endless ways of getting a good url to relate well to your biz or product. However, I do think a good amount of thought should be put in to the name of a product or biz. . it should relate to your product directly or indirectly. 27 Apr 10.

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How to Structure Your Optimization and Experimentation Teams

ConversionXL

Chad Sanderson, the Experience Optimization Manager for Subway, creates an analogy for how the centralized model is set up: Chad Sanderson, Subway. As Chad Sanderson explains below, if your company is small, you may want to choose the model that works best within your budget. Chad Sanderson, Subway.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

techcrunch.com

Chad and Steve from YouTube met while working at PayPal. Other cities like New York, Boston, Seattle, LA and Austin TX also have pretty strong startup communities. More often than not, a startup/company fails because the product developed is not what the marketplace sought. Cisco was a husband and wife team.