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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

Both Sides of the Table

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. This benefits you, the entrepreneur. It takes options off of the table.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

For example, Excel was able to read files from Lotus, and was able to save the file without losing any information. Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? Companies historically have structured their development teams in different ways. Defensibility in Software. Pricing information.

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Startup Runway Length Depends on Your Burn Rate

Startup Professionals Musings

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. There’s tremendous leverage in learning to use Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, and how to Google for sample contracts and the latest tax changes. This will equate to 2 working founders (taking no salary), hiring a 5-person development team for a year.

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High Burn Rates Result in Short Startup Runways

Startup Professionals Musings

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. There’s tremendous leverage in learning to use Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, and how to Google for sample contracts and the latest tax changes. This will equate to 2 working founders (taking no salary), hiring a 5-person development team for a year.

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

I never built Google. I learned how to establish a technology center in India and how to manage disparate development teams (and this has drive my thoughts also about what does NOT work.). I learned how to do a pipeline review with sales people without getting bullshitted to. Think about me as an example.

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Don’t Get Burned By Your Startup Burn Rate

Startup Professionals Musings

As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. There’s tremendous leverage in learning to use Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, and how to Google for sample contracts and the latest tax changes. This will equate to 2 working founders (taking no salary), hiring a 5-person development team for a year.

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