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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

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and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, Do you really want to spent $100k building a product to discover through Customer Development that the market is too small? The COGS (costs of goods sold) tells me about how big your customer acquisition costs will be. portfolios.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

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Want to know, for example, why Foursquare uses MongoDB to store check-in information? The 11 Harsh Realities Of Being An Entrepreneur - OnStartups , November 1, 2010 There's always talk about the end game in the form of an acquisition, funding announcement, or eventual flame out. This post is an accusation. call to arms.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

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Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0

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