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In-House Business Innovation Requires a New Mantra

Startup Professionals Musings

This is a good thing for entrepreneurs and investors, who can win big, but it’s not a given. I see many startups who seem satisfied with a “me too” approach, building yet another social network or e-commerce site, rather than being truly innovative. You have to be able to convince others and sell your ideas.

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Innovation Takes Real Effort, Even For Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

This is a good thing for entrepreneurs and investors, who can win big, but it’s not a given. I see many startups who seem satisfied with a “me too” approach, building yet another social network or e-commerce site, rather than being truly innovative. You have to be able to convince others and sell your ideas.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. In many of them I get asked similar questions, including the inevitable “what makes a great entrepreneur?” Marketplace companies are notoriously difficult to start, so I'm constantly amazed that so many entrepreneurs chose this route. If you’re an entrepreneur, the glib answer is “no.”

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How to Hunt Programmers for Your Startup - A Field Guide

SoCal CTO

In the case of the entrepreneur that was the genesis of this post, he had done a lot on paper. It was a mobile app, so he ideally would find someone who had experience with mobile development or someone who could pick up a mobile framework. In this case, these sites didn't pan out all that well for the entrepreneur.

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How to Hunt Programmers for Your Startup - A Field Guide

SoCal CTO

In the case of the entrepreneur that was the genesis of this post, he had done a lot on paper. It was a mobile app, so he ideally would find someone who had experience with mobile development or someone who could pick up a mobile framework. In this case, these sites didn't pan out all that well for the entrepreneur.

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Source13 Gathers the Biggest Names in Mobile

Tech Zulu Event

Desai enthusiastically states, “It’s a great time to be an investor and an entrepreneur.” As for Flurry, Khalaf says the company continues to grow with the market, and is seeing growth in social networks and shopping. .” Keval Desai, InterWest Partners - a firm investing across the entire mobile stack.

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How an Entrepreneur Can be Open But Stay In Control

Startup Professionals Musings

The emergence of social networking and the Internet has caused a new focus and value on “openness,” which leads to a new element of leadership, called “Open Leadership.” I support her ten elements of the basic framework and vocabulary of open information sharing and open decision making: Explaining: creating buy-in.