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Do Less. More.

Both Sides of the Table

I rarely talk to any startup entrepreneur or VC who doesn’t feel it and somehow long for simpler times despite the benefits we all enjoy from increased enthusiasm for our sector. I promise it’s not just you and I hear it from nearly everybody I know. We are experiencing a frenetic time. What is one to do?

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. ” I highly recommend reading it. I love how transparently Danielle lives her startup (& encourages other to join in) because it provides much needed transparency to other startups.

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Balance Minimal Product Viability With Maximum Utility: Maximize Your Startup’s Value Proposition – MVP²

InfoChachkie

According to George Martin, The Beatles’ Producer, “At the time, I didn’t want to shortchange the public. Assuming the fans had bought the single, I figured they wouldn’t want to hear it again on the album.”. Follow the Beatles’ lead. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. MVP² = Minimally Viable Product With The Maximum Value Prop.

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Fast Follower III – First Mover Disadvantage

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Click here for Part I and Part II. As noted Fast Followers II , fast-follower entrepreneurs must have a solid point of differentiation in order to succeed. A runner who has no chance of winning the race is designated as the rabbit and is instructed to set a very fast initial pace. Copyright © 2007-9 by J.

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Interview: Thorsten von Eicken of RightScale

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I thought the analogy was preposterous back in 2006-2007 but it has become obvious. I taught a somewhat crazy course about writing and deploying a scalable website in Ruby on Rails and deploying it in EC2. I was learning Ruby on Rails just ahead of the students and wrote the tools to help them manage the servers in EC2.

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Interview with Cody Simms, Techstars LA

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We started in Boulder, Colorado, all the way back in 2007, with just ten companies. Those companies have raised more than $2 billion in follow on capital, and have a valuation of over $6.5 Cody Simms: Obviously, I live here in LA, and I have been since 2005. billion combined. Thanks, and good luck! READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Adam Bernhard, HauteLook

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We started in December of 2007, and my background is from the apparel business. CNC put up three items on sale, and the followers were able to choose what they would sell for 80 percent off through Hautelook. I think all of these popup and copycats have affirmed that this is the new way of shopping on the web.

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