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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

Not only is the Chinese ecosystem completely different but also the consumer demographics and user expectations are equally unique. 70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. websites that are sparse and slick, Chinese users currently expect complicated, crowded and busy web pages. New Rules for China. Unlike U.S.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

Not only is the Chinese ecosystem completely different but also the consumer demographics and user expectations are equally unique. 70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. websites that are sparse and slick, Chinese users currently expect complicated, crowded and busy web pages. New Rules for China. Unlike U.S.

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

Rails deployment made easy AppHarbor – Heroku for.net jQuery - cross-browser JavaScript library jQuery UI - official jQuery user interface library. Simple editing.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Once you have a first version of your app running, you can use the tools on this site to get it into the hands of users and to get paid.” Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Customer service. Add a class name to buttons, forms, quotes, etc. Sendgrid : Need to send email out to users? Codeacademy.

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Vertical Markets 4: Putting it All Together « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

In the last three posts, we drew the relationship of market risk and invention risk with vertical markets and pointed out verticals where customer development would be useful. In contrast to simply executing your business plan, the Customer Development process is built on low-cost and continuous learning and iterating.

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Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard

rob.by

It means they have to deal with finances and customers and investors and other things that aren’t what they love to do, which is building software. Now you go: Name (required). But software engineers also pay a price for working by themselves. I have side projects, and I hold entrepreneurial ambitions.

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

His quote on the subject, "no amount of finance will cure mismanagement". It sounds like youre assuming that your execution will be flawless, even something to be copied by competitors, but how can you know without testing it on the customer? Side note: Those who use Facebook as an example, please be realistic. Shocking, I know.

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