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Ideas Aren’t Innovation

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Guerilla Innovation Chapter Six. Ideas need development and implementation — get that done and you’ve still got to run the business. If you’re a start-up you’ll need to hire a team of people, raise funds, market your idea, sell it, and somehow profit from it. Ideas Aren’t Innovation.

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. At the early stages of your company’s life, you cannot rely on disinterested, hired guns to define your company’s key tasks. What would be the best way to get results without hiring a consultant from Silicon Valley?

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

Ideally, the economics of a development investment look like those of a cash investment; typically, a seed investor will get no more than about 20% of a company for his capital. Second, the company must eventually own the product development and maintenance functions in-house.

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What is the perfect startup team?

www.quora.com

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team? The former focussed on biz.