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Entrepreneurship: Nature vs. Nurture? A Religious Debate

Both Sides of the Table

At the margin you can make yourself better at sales, product design, marketing, leadership, capital raising, etc. You’re not born into being a world-class software developer. I just take issue with the words “highly statistical.&# It is not highly statistical and yet it has the aura of highly statistical.

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Do Not Obsess On Names – Obsess On Delivering Awesome Customer Value

InfoChachkie

In all cases, these names were derived by the Founders, without the involvement of consultants, MBAs, focus groups, statistically valid surveys or other hindrances to a startup’s ability to make quick, sound decisions. Cisco” is descriptive of nothing, offering no hint as to the company’s initial router design and development proficiency.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

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Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. . In 1995 he developed with Robert Morris the first web-based application, Viaweb, which was acquired by Yahoo in 1998.