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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

Great tips, fully inline with “Four Steps to the Epiphany” Also reminds me of Dharmesh’s “Stealth Mode, Schmealth Mode” — [link]. bruce – i’m not saying you should publish your idea on the web (which is what my describing them on my site would amount to). link] Stealth mode is back.

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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

mashable.com

Kayserian sees what he calls “angel developing&# as a way for entrepreneurs to accomplish the same end — a product — without giving up control of their companies in the process. As a rule, Kayserian says that Kayweb will take no more than 40% of a company in exchange for development work.

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HOW TO: Sign Up Users Even Before You Launch Your Startup

mashable.com

In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. Within a few days, the site received thousands of user signups, according to its founder Mark Davis. It may not matter to you what Kohort is or isn’t, nor whether stealth is good or bad. To this day, the purpose of the site is still secret.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000.

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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

Now were not exactly in stealth-mode - weve pitched at Techcrunch - but Id rather not go dancing in my competitors faces. We run a web development company and we start by creating a splash page very similar to what is describe here. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

I’ve been a web developer for 10 years and I cringe when I see that I need a module that’s not included…there goes two hours of my day searching, configuring and installing dependencies. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder.