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What Startups Are Really Like A lot of founders were surprised how important persistence was in startups. It was both a negative and a positive surprise: they were surprised both by the degree of persistence required

Business 2.0: What a VC wants to see in you - Jun. 5, 2006 If you get a meeting, highlight your experience and what differentiates your startup from others, but keep your ego in check. In such a close-knit business relationship, VCs much prefer to work with people they get along with easily.

It's an interesting question why cities become startup hubs, but the reason startups prosper in them is probably the same as it is for any industry: that's where the experts are. The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups

On Startups by Dharmesh Shah The enemy of my enemy is thy friend.

Rookie entrepreneurs cite a bull shiitake study from a market-research firm that proves that the opportunity is big. How to Change the World

Most Disruptive Investor : Reserved for an investor who consistently demonstrated an investment strategy in 2011 of supporting innovative companies with big aspirations to disrupt established markets. Top Rated Investor in the Americas : Reserved for an investor who demonstrated an impressive track record in 2011, and received the highest acclaim from TheFunded.com's members in 2011 across North, Central, and South America. TheFunded.com: The Resource for Entrepreneurs.

Y Combinator: Startup Library How does a guy in Bentonville, Arkansas with no money blow right by Sears, Roebuck? If You Want to be Rich, First Stop Being So Frightened . A Lesson on Elementary Worldly Wisdom .

The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn So I'm going to number these points, and maybe with future startups I'll be able to pull off a form of Huffman coding.

Step 2: Assemble Your Back Office Objective: Let pros handle the admin so you can focus on the rest. Phase three: Develop the beta product - May. 24, 2006

36 Startup Tips: From Software Engineering to PR and More! You do not need these type of people on a small team. If everyone is sharp, knows what they are doing and executes on a task, why do you need a manager? People who try to overlay complex processes on top your objectives are going to slow you down and make you frustrated.

Stealth and speed will usually help beat-out large companies. Writing a business plan - How to write a business plan - Submit

While birthing a company is easier, succeeding is as difficult as ever. The general rule in the investment community is that only about a third of all startups ever turn a profit. Another third limp along at a break-even level, and the rest end in failure. Business 2.0: For entrepreneurs, now is the time - May. 24, 2006

Y Combinator: Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund July 2008 When we read Y Combinator applications there are always ideas we're hoping to see. In the past we've never said publicly what they are.