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Delicious Closing Leaves a Bad Taste in My Mouth

This is going to be BIG.

The first meeting I ever took with an entrepreneur was with when Fred asked me to come meet Joshua Schachter. We’d see them all the time and get to be feature testers and product guinea pigs. Is there really no entrepreneur who could take the service and make something out of it? that I didn’t get right away.

Guinea 127
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If you build it, they won't come, unless.

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Does 37signals have over three million users because their software is "better" than the competition, or is it because they motivate designers and entrepreneurs through their writing and philosophy? During beta-testing they would be guinea pigs. During ideation, they would brainstorm. After release of v3.0

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Twitter Link Roundup #275 – Fascinating Stuff for Small Business, Startups, and Design!

crowdSPRING Blog

The 7 scars of an entrepreneur | Chicago Tribune – buff.ly/1RwMT17. The C-Suite Needs a Chief Entrepreneur bit.ly/1GNvluK. Golden Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn From ‘Entourage’ crowdspring.co/1MmiPUj. Adversity Only Makes These Immigrant Entrepreneurs More Determined crowdspring.co/1IDyalF.

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Here’s How Dropshipping Can Be Turned Into A Successful Venture

YoungUpstarts

Dropshipping is the most efficient ecommerce model that could be adopted by newbie entrepreneurs. This method reduces all the risks that are related to stocking inventory which could be a great deal for budding entrepreneurs. It’s great for testing out new product ideas in a short period of time.

Guinea 113
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A New Way to Teach Entrepreneurship – The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford: Class 1

Steve Blank

Could we even could find 40 Stanford graduate students interested in being guinea pigs for this new class? A few weeks before the Stanford class began, the teaching team went through their Rolodexes and invited entrepreneurs and VCs to volunteer as coaches/mentors for the class’s teams. What if I was wrong? Would anyone even show up?

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6 Creative Ways to Figure Out If You’ve Got a Good Business Idea

Up and Running

Two successful entrepreneurs in two different countries let us know that putting up public ads on free sites to form focus groups was easy and effective. Be your own guinea pig. Some business ideas require a human guinea pig or person willing to volunteer to use the product or perform the service.

Guinea 155
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New Business Book, Surge by Mike Michalowicz, Demystifies Market Timing

Mike Michalowicz

After launching and selling two multi-million companies, Michalowicz set out on a mission to eradicate entrepreneurial poverty through mentoring business leaders, and writing game-changing, “from the trenches” business strategy books that helped entrepreneurs save and grow their businesses—and their bank accounts. Then I wrote the book.

Guinea 60