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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. That will keep the Silicon Valley wags buzzing for some time to come. If you’ve got patent or other IP needs, you may want to engage specialists in those areas. Sooner or later everybody in a startup knows what everyone else is getting paid.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. They have the same trade-off decisions that you do about packing up and moving to Silicon Valley vs. staying and building locally. The ingredients are all here. The answer seems obvious (to move) but it’s not. Elder Statesmen.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. I have 2 options: set up a new startup or share my idea with google (or maybe another big silicon valley’s company). It all depends on where you’re at. What/How should I do?

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

IP Location Tools. customer retention, churn reduction, lifetime value. British Library Business & IP Centre : Funded by the London Development Agency, the British Library supports inventors, small businesses and entrepreneurs from that first spark of inspiration to successfully launching and developing a business.