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ConTraps Part III – Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs

InfoChachkie

Agree to Bundling Without a Minimum Price. Although necessary, “stepping stone” approach of initially utilizing smaller VARs to enter new geographic markets can become problematic as your business grows, because large VARs often demand uncontested, broad, multi-country coverage. Forgo Change of Control or Agree to a ROFO or ROFR.

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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

He taught me, amongst other things, the benefit of “ top down thinking &# that changed the way I analyzed markets, companies and people. We worked together at Andersen Consulting between 1996-99 when the markets were booming. See, Mark, in a booming market you can never tell the winners from the losers.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - . - 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles.

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How Sendgrid Makes Sure Those App Emails Go Through, With Jim Franklin

socalTECH

This is one of those services that when you create a new company, it makes sense to outsource things. For $79, you get 100,000 emails, and you're able to control your own IP address. Controlling your IP address is a big deal. That why we offer a price point where you own your own IP address, and you can control your own destiny.

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Ten Rookie Startup Mistakes You Won’t Make

InfoChachkie

Rationale: My idea is so mind-blowingly fantastic that I must immediately spend a small fortune to protect it before I perform any market validation. Once you prove that a substantial, addressible market segment is willing to pay a price for your solution that exceeds your costs, you can consider a licensing strategy.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

You own the IP you create. Services for services sake - The type of business that is generally shunned in Silicon Valley is the “pure services&# business like consulting, system integration, value-added resellers (VARs), customer support businesses, outsourcing companies, etc. This is a huge mistake.

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