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What Would Happen if you Built the Reverse of Amazon? It Might Look Something Like This …

Both Sides of the Table

But while Amazon blew away existing physical distribution channels to deliver products to you, we are blowing away existing physical infrastructure to help you store the things you want to keep – just not at your home. After 9 months it was time to raise seed capital and go test drive our new software and processes.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

I just launched a small online retail business last week, and feel a bit lost about marketing ideas and how to get the most out of social media channels. We are raising seed capital, but would like to have a US tech investor. The thing about Facebook is you never know what image is going to work, so try a lot of them.

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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars

Steve Blank

the failure rate of new ventures (startups had no formal rules and were a hit or miss proposition), the slow adoption rate of new technologies by the government and large companies. The plummeting cost of getting a first product to market (particularly for Internet startups) has shaken up the venture capital industry.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

When the product and channel are bits, adoption by 10’s and 100’s of millions and even billions of users can happen in years versus decades. Continuous innovation requires the imagination and courage to challenge the initial hypotheses of your current business model (channel, cost, customers, products, supply chain, etc.) The founders.

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