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Why Successful Startups Often Have A Pair Of Founders

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet I find a big difference between “starting a new business” and “creating a new product.” In my experience, most successful entrepreneurs have indeed created a new product, but most people who claim to be inventors have a hard time starting a business. Two people with complementary skills are often equal to three.

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7 Steps To Turning Business-As-Usual Into A Moonshot

Startup Professionals Musings

Moonshots are simply efforts that demand breakthroughs that are not possible within business-as-usual practices. Elon Musk has done it with SpaceX and Tesla, and Steve Jobs did it on a regular basis at Apple. Patents and other intellectual property must be secured at this point. Announce and launch an operational product.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

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Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com. You might know Demand Media better as the people behind Cracked, DailyPuppy, and GolfLink. Elon Musk – SpaceX, Tesla Motors, PayPal. Follow PandoDaily: Search.