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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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Startup Lessons From Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon

InfoChachkie

Lesson: As described in Go For The Quick Buck , wily startups also devise creative ways to secure funding from their customers, rather than from investors. Some musicians would have felt pressure to record hit singles to ensure the continuation of their recording contract. Follow my startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse.

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8 Fundraising Deal Breakers Inexperienced Entrepreneurs Routinely Create

InfoChachkie

In many instances, investors simply do not have the patience to wait for an entrepreneur to sufficiently clean up their deal once a significant issue is identified during the due diligence process. Geographic Dispersion – Significant physical separation of the startup's Tribe. Such deal breakers come in a variety of colors and styles.

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Entreprenurs Must Kick Down The Door When Opportunity Knocks

InfoChachkie

Because Your Big Break May Start As A Little One. Once the tour concluded, the group returned to Ron’s office where he notified them that he would initially sign them to a development deal. Industry veterans know each other and freely share information about up-and-coming products, companies and people. I am not surprised.

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Guerilla Marketing, Brad Feld Style

InfoChachkie

Serial entrepreneur, venture investor and startup accelerator pioneer Brad Feld has notoriously mocked traditional marketing throughout his career. For a long time, I had a line which was, ‘Whenever I hear the word marketing, it makes me throw up a little bit in my mouth.’”. This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE.

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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. Imagine you pour 5 years of your life into your next gig and it starts to become successful. Starting with 25% is even harder. Not worth it.

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Trade Show Guerilla Marketing – Booth Babes With Beards

InfoChachkie

I always enjoy a great guerilla marketing story, such as TestFlight’s use of T-shirts and Tacos to gain Steve Jobs’ attention at Apple’s 2011 developers’ conference. Be Closing, No Posing – The ultimate measure of effective marketing, especially at a startup, is revenue. Her company has since signed a contract with Central Desktop.

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