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The future of service marketplaces is AI

VC Cafe

Readers of VC Cafe know I’ve been following the developments in this space for the past couple of years, but it feels like we’ve stepped up the pace of ‘ creative automation ‘ over the past few months. The application landscape, while still in the early stages, seems to be rapidly growing.

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Are you ready to take on an office lease?

Berkonomics

During the discussions with the CEO about hiring North American managers, he made it clear that he wanted us to find a first-class office facility from which to start the search process, and proceeded to name cities that attracted him.

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Have you heard the rule of the thirds?

Berkonomics

Think of startups and early stage businesses whose entrepreneurs you know. We should think of the creation and growth of a high valued company as the sum of three parts, with three distinct classes of participants helping to make real value out of a raw start-up. It starts with sharing the opportunity and upside.

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

The people who are the lifeblood of an early-stage startup are earlyvangelists. Q&A with an actual reader The lean startup comes to Stanford You don't need as many tools as you think The three drivers of growth for your business mode. They just dont need another authority figure in their life.

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Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

Startup Lessons Learned

A discounted price is available for early stage entrepreneurs and students. As usual, if youre a reader and can attend, please come say hello. The event will include a talk from Eric on The Lean Startup over dinner, followed by moderated table discussion and then final Q&A with Eric.

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Careful about equity and options in early stage businesses

Berkonomics

And then there are options: [Email readers, continue here…] Stock options or phantom stock are the tools of early stage businesses used to attract great talent when there is not enough cash to pay market rates. There are some rules. The fee for registration is well under $100, so this is not an issue.)

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10 Rosh Hashanah Resolutions for Startup Founders

VC Cafe

So in terms of hiring, get people that can help you build the product faster… anything that minimizes the time between observing a need or a problem, and the execution or the fix for it.” Early hires are super important: check for skills, motivation and cultural fit. Remember that speed is the secret weapon of startups.

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