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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

Both Sides of the Table

Moonlight Responsibly - If you are still employed please be very careful not to use your company’s resources to produce your product and please do not work on your next idea during business hours. That’s the difference between a founder and a non-founder. DO NOT start with product, start with the market.

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Finance Fridays: Getting Started – Allocating Equity and Founder’s Investment

Feld Thoughts

Jane and Dick worked together at Denver Health, the nation’s “most wired” hospital according to Hospitals & Health Networks Magazine. Through a series of conversations, Jane and Dick have come up with the idea to develop a social network tailored to the medical community. This will save a lot of pain down the road.

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How to pick a co-founder

venturehacks.com

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Picking a co-founder is your most important decision. It’s more important than your product, market, and investors.

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