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New Year, New Fund

Seeing Both Sides

We heard a consistent set of themes: treat them with respect, bring real expertise to the table, and have an investment approach that is consistent with the new world of the capital-efficient startup. The advent of the cloud, open source development tools and lean startup practices have led to a different evolutionary pattern for startups.

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16 Common Mistakes Young Startups Make

mashable.com

How many entrepreneurs opening words are about how stealth their project is, followed by a 10-page NDA to hear word one? In Running Lean , Ash Maurya says that you know when you have spoken to enough customers when you can start to predict what they will say. Guarding The "Big Idea". I was totally guilty of this back in the day.

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