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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

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It’s why I love the idea of the FailCon conference and hope to speak there one day. 4:30 How did you come up with the idea of customer development? 37:45 Let’s talk about the dichotomy between customer development and Y Combinator? 50:30 Will Udacity change the education system in this country?

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

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Paul Graham on trends for the future - Business of Software Blog , August 25, 2010 Paul Graham spoke at last year's Business of Software conference. Teach Like You’re the Student - Steve Blank , August 10, 2010 “I never have let my schooling interfere with my education.”. Say you want some code that does X. Short-sighted, no?

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. Bill had previously created a packaged software company called Knowledge Adventure the produced children’s educational software. Summary notes, as always, provide below. It was a pleasure to write them myself.

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Why The ‘Fail Fast’ Mantra Needs to Fail

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I’ve heard the insufferable speeches at conferences. I understand that many people argue that “fail fast&# just means launch products and learn from customers. Why fail fast is wrong, irresponsible, unethical and heartless : I’ve read all of the fail fast, fail cheap articles. How do I know this? This is wrong.

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