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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

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People mistook extra doses of Ajax for a successful product. The last couple of years has also seen the huge initial success of Ycombinator, the Lean Startup and many other product driven approaches to going to market. I have seen really great product people espouse the death of the business plan. Do so at your peril.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

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Google monetized this with AdWords (ads on their home page). Golden rule of branding for me: 1) name your company or product your URL and 2) don’t paint yourself into a corner. &# Tweet&# = corner. Quirky - Platform facilitating collaborative design of consumer products through an online community. uh, hello!

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

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The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business. He took out an ad in the Yellow Pages (it was the early 80′s, pre Internet), which cost him $1,000 / month for a half-page ad. So the Yellow Page business was always “pay for placement.&#. If it worked in the Yellow Pages, why not on the Internet?

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The Customer May Not Always Be Right, But You Had Better Listen Just The Same

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On opposite pages were two ads for two very large companies. In fact, Customer Experience (CX) turns the product development chart upside down. We are rapidly changing from an Information Age to a time of Customer Experience. We are living in an age where we are surrounded with fantastic new products and services.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

Customer Care Today. Top linked domains from Facebook pages - Gabriel Weinberg , July 10, 2010 I've been messing around with Facebook pages for an upcoming DuckDuckGo integration, and I came across some data that seemed interesting enough to share. These are the top linked domains from Facebook pages. About Quick-UX.

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