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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

Both Sides of the Table

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. Nascent startup markets are like fine wine, they take time to develop.

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Doing the Right Things is More Important than Doing Things Right

Both Sides of the Table

They are tasked with “getting deals done&# so they race around talking to tons of potential partners inking anything from channel sale deals , product integration, international distribution agreements, co-marketing arrangements, M&A discussions, etc. You have a marketing department with three people.

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Car Door Slam Or Spare Tire? Should Startups Build For Buyers Or Users?

InfoChachkie

I learned the hard way that during a startup’s early days, entrepreneurs should give slightly greater emphasis on developing buyer features, in order to reduce the friction of the sales cycle. I implored my development team to imitate WebEx’s strategy, but I could not convince my engineers to build a similar on/off box.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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ConTraps Part III – Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs

InfoChachkie

Although necessary, “stepping stone” approach of initially utilizing smaller VARs to enter new geographic markets can become problematic as your business grows, because large VARs often demand uncontested, broad, multi-country coverage. Do Not Agree to Bundling Without a Minimum Price. I am not a lawyer and I never played one on TV.

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How to Save MySpace

Jason Nazar

Work with the studios to have premium Hulu-ish content prominently branded and for sale. The user generated content on MySpace is user profiles, updates, blogs and pictures. Leverage a worldwide community to enable a perfect market for outsourcing activities like online research, writing, & content review.