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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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But I would point out that these days there are really talented tech developers & teams everywhere. For starters, as Josh Kopelman outlined in this excellent post on their Dorm Room Fund , many great innovations including Microsoft, Google & Facebook started in a dorm room. Here are mine: 1. And I really mean everywhere.

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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

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Would you want to run the risk that your former employer could have a claim against the intellectual property you’ve created because you broke company policies and developed your ideas on company resources? I know it happened in the late 90’s and there are some very wealthy minority shareholders from Google’s early days.

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