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Six Idea Validation Tests to Pass Before Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

What if you could go to a web site and find all the recipes you could make today, with just the ingredients you already have in your kitchen? No known patents filed. Maybe the solution hasn’t yet been commercialized, but a patent has been submitted by someone else, putting your idea in jeopardy. Real customer pain and money.

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How Deka Sounds Is Using 3D Printing For Your Next Bluetooth Headset

socalTECH

We caught up with founder and CEO Erik Adams to hear more about what is startup is up to, and how it''s trying to use the crowdsourcing site Indiegogo to raise money for its startup. I took some time off with my family, and in 2009 and 2010 came up with this idea for the Bluetooth. What is Deka Sounds? Why raise money on Indiegogo?

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How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener

SoCal Delicious

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener Posted on 30 December, 2009 This pamphlet is somewhat geeky. Here’s how you can (could) integrate a URI shortener into your site’s architecture. Your site’s architecture may require a different approach.

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Interview with Dave Waldman, Bccthis

socalTECH

We raised funding in September of 2009, about six months ago, raising $500,000 from private angel investors. We were developing games, applications, and WAP sites for lots of carriers around the world while at Twistbox. My co-founder, Michael Steuer and myself both came from Twistbox, which was later acquired by Mandalay Media.

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Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010

SoCal CTO

Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. Don Norman at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , June 21, 2010 Imagine you’re on the first slide of your powerpoint presentation and want to move to the next slide.

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How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague

SoCal Delicious

How to do it the right way Here is what a site owner can expect from a Twitter app’s Web robot: A meaningful user agent A Web robot must provide a user agent name that fulfills at least these requirements: A unique string that identifies the bot. XXXL t-shirt that I really like to get a descriptive link from this site.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent.

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