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Looking At Startups By The Rules Of Natural Selection

Startup Professionals Musings

In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses. Talent can also be outsourced, but surviving in the business jungle without talent is unlikely. The laws of the jungle apply to all.

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4 Laws Of Natural Selection Relate To Every Business

Startup Professionals Musings

In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses. Talent can also be outsourced, but surviving in the business jungle without talent is unlikely. The laws of the jungle apply to all.

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Entrepreneurs Need To Understand Survival Basics

Startup Professionals Musings

In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses. Talent can also be outsourced, but surviving in the business jungle without talent is unlikely. The laws of the jungle apply to all.

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Startup CTO or Developer

SoCal CTO

Of course, I have an advantage because I organize the LA CTO Forum. Of course, since you know those questions, you can just collect up the answers and provide them to your developers. What do we build in-house or outsource? Of course, it’s never complete. Gap closed, right? Probably not. What technologies will we use?

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4 Startup Survival Lessons Lead To Business Success

Startup Professionals Musings

In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses. Talent can also be outsourced, but surviving in the business jungle without talent is unlikely. The laws of the jungle apply to all.

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Learn the Laws of the Jungle for Business Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses. Talent can also be outsourced, but surviving in the business jungle without talent is unlikely. The laws of the jungle apply to all.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

Both Sides of the Table

I told people privately my perfect spec: computer science undergrad from MIT (or any other great school), 2-years at McKinsey but no more than that (I love the analytical framework that the top strategy consulting firms provide. My friends were astonished that you didn’t have to swap disks all the time.

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