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Interview With Startup Boost, Matt Stodder and Blake Caldwell

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The concept, is we want o get them to an accelerator, get them investment, or get them to revenueany one of those paths would be great. We charge zero, and take no equity, and really there are very small operational costs for us to support startups. Blake Caldwell: We believe heavily in customer in customer development.

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Why The ‘Fail Fast’ Mantra Needs to Fail

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Research this market by doing market sizing, looking at existing products, talking to customers and deciding how you will make money. If you believe there is a market then build a prototype product that you can show customers, investors and potential employees. Paying customers. Validate that you can make money before starting.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. It is also true that there are good deals and good entrepreneurs that can't find anyone to invest in them. It may be that all the doomsayers are right.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

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How I Think About Seed Investing As A VC - Feld Thoughts , August 2, 2010 Last week saw an explosion of discussion around seed investing, including plenty of negative comments around VCs as seed investors. Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note.”. equity debate.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

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- SoCal CTO , January 13, 2010 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 No Accounting For Startups - Steve Blank , February 22, 2010 Startup Advice In Exactly Three Words - #StartupTriplets - OnStartups , January (..)

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