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October 2010 (I wrote this for Forbes, who asked me to write something about the qualities we look for in founders.
What We Look for in Founders
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6 Tips on Starting a Digital Business from the Founder of Pandora
These are a few tips that executives in charge of acquisitions at the companies told the tech community in Seattle at the TechNW conference on Monday.
How to Get Bought by Google, Facebook - NYTimes.com
How to get press from Techcrunch and other highlights e27
Two great sessions on the startup track at Accelerate 2010 featured Dr.
15 Small Business Lessons from Richard Branson : Managing :: American Express OPEN Forum
Peter Sturrock
Startups Or Behemoths: Which Are We Going To Bet On?
I knew I would be touching a raw nerve with my last two posts , on patents. But I was really surprised at the divergence of opinion.
When to Seek Funding - BusinessWeek
Many entrepreneurs dream of raising capital right out of the gate.
Minimum Viable Network VCMike's Blog
The Lean Startup movement has brought the concept of a “minimum viable product” into the mainstream of startup culture and strategy.
One of the most important lean startup techniques is called the minimum viable product .
Minimum Viable Product: a guide
At the recent Spigit Innovation Summit , MIT professor and leading Enterprise 2.0 thinker Andrew McAfee related the crowdsourcing story of Foldit , about which he also blogged . Foldit is an online game where rank amateurs can try their hand at folding proteins.
The Benefits of Letting Others Recast Your Problem
Virtual outsourcing: Mobile work | The Economist
THE idea came to Nathan Eagle, a research scientist with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, when he was doing a teaching stint in rural Kenya. He realised that, as three-quarters of the 4.6 billion mobile-phone users worldwide live in developing countries, a useful piece of technology is now being placed in the hands of a large number of people who might be keen to use their devices to make some money.Profitability often requires better rules and speed, not more time. (Photo: Jetta Girl )
The Margin Manifesto: 11 Tenets for Reaching (or Doubling) Profitability in 3 Months
Books for Startups Steve Blank
Over the last few years we’ve discovered that startups are not smaller versions of large companies. The skills founders need are not covered by traditional books for MBA’s and large company managers.My friend, Peter Sims , who had earlier introduced me to the Stanford D.School , was leading the charge into the unknown, hurtling us (hopefully) towards dinner in exotic Burlingame, where people from SF and Palo Alto compromise to break bread. The “us” included Alan M.
Start-up Strategy: To Change the Game, Change the Economics of How It’s Played
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