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SXSW Startups: My SideKick

Austin Startup

My own experience with street harassment is what inspired part of the mapping feature on MySideKick called Safety Pin. For about a year and a half, I worked in downtown Detroit and it was a 10-minute walk to and from my office. Get to know them and work with them over a period of time before fully committing. Don’t be in a rush.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like. Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door.