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Rastin Mehr
I'm glad to know that the reason many startups fail is not some obscure out of the blue reason. It is often a simple and logical reason that was ignored through the process.
25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems http://foundersblock.com/featured/25-best-startup-failure-post-mortems/
Rastin Mehr
5 Things to Look for in a Co-Founder http://mashable.com/2013/04/08/startup-cofounder-traits/
Rastin Mehr
Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric http://onstartups.com//tabid/3339/bid/96738/measuring-what-matters-how-to-pick-a-good-metric
Rastin Mehr
Strategy: A Startup’s Foundation and how to use a lean canvas for your startup: http://blog.webfwd.org/post/25035496165/strategy-a-startups-foundation
Rastin Mehr
"A startup is a human institution designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty." - Eric Ries, The Lean Startup
Johnny Miniadis, Arash Sanieyan, Rastin Mehr commented on the topic Curious if anyone has experience with Kickstarter on Startup Hub's profile.
Scott Crawford
Just wondering if anyone has given it a try and what impressions you might have and be willing to share?
Related, I see the Death Star is back again:
http://m.techcrunch.com/2013/02/05/open-sourc...
Read More Wow, they already raised 31.741$. I think this project will be hitting the Big News really quick. :)
I never really got in to crowd funding but i read a lot about it. For a Good Project promotion on Kickstarter you'll need definitely a lot of things covered.
A good Article on that is -> This
It's so funny. When you read the comments, no one is treating it as a joke at all.
@Jonny I think it already has.
As for now they already raised 153.129$ :o WOW !!
I love their initial design. Completely doable.
Death Star MVP
Rastin Mehr
Why We (Still) Believe in Working Remotely http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2013/02/why-we-still-believe-in-working-remotely/
This is a fabulous article, thanks for sharing!
Rastin Mehr
The 4 Personality Types Every Startup Needs
http://onstartups.com//tabid/3339/bid/94858/the-4-personality-types-every-startup-needs
Yes, a perfect article! Very politically correct. A lot of *reasonable* advices. Written by someone (Hilary Little ) who probably would have rejected a young Steve Jobs in the design team (although I'm sure that today she would argue the opposite).
Like it or not, the world is not a linear syste...
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James Imani commented on the topic Looking for an author on Startup Hub's profile.
James Imani
There was an author who said it's better to have a strong team with a weak idea instead of having a weak team with a good idea. I don't remember the exact quote but do you know the author's name wh...
Read More Nobody has an idea? I hoped you know it...
James Imani started a new topic Looking for an author on Startup Hub's profile.
There was an author who said it's better to have a strong team with a weak idea instead of having a weak team with a good idea. I don't remember the exact quote but do you know the author's name wh...
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The most memorable quotes (he could capture) from startup school 2012 http://www.jasonshen.com/2012/the-most-memorable-quotes-from-startup-school-2012/
Rastin Mehr
Achieving The Network Effect: Solving The Chicken Or The Egg http://brianbalfour.com/post/25027886124/the-network-affect-solving-chicken-or-the-egg
Very well timed, and thanks for sharing.
This reminds me that I need to add a page for what I've learned myself on the ground with BL.
Arash Sanieyan
"Bad ideas are cheap. Good ideas are extremely rare and executing them is incredibly hard."
Good read
Rastin Mehr
Managing Startups: Best Posts of 2012 http://platformsandnetworks.blogspot.ca/2012/12/heres-my-compilation-of-2012s-best.html
Rastin Mehr
Mark Cuban's 12 Rules for Startups: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/222524 one of my favorites "If you have an exit strategy, it's not an obsession"
Rastin Mehr
Are You Making the Most Common Pricing Mistake? http://thinktraffic.net/most-common-pricing-mistake
Or if you don't want to bother with pricing you can do what the "Cards Against Humanity" folks did with their Pay-what-you-want holiday pack: http://www.cardsagainsthumanity.com/holidaystats/
Awesome, thanks!
Bob Bloom commented on the topic After failed startup on Startup Hub's profile.
James Imani
Is it true that a young guy or woman, whose startup failed, has difficulties to find a new job as employee because the company you want to work for doesn't want to hire business-failed people? Did ...
Read More Would all employers reject a failed start-up-ee? Some would, some won't. Who knows.
Managers who absolutely need transformative technology projects done look for outside help. Hire an expendable go-getter. Then find out that that "expendable" go-getter has amass key knowledge and is not so expe...
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James Imani
Is it true that a young guy or woman, whose startup failed, has difficulties to find a new job as employee because the company you want to work for doesn't want to hire business-failed people? Did ...
Read More That really depends on the company that is hiring. Entrepreneurs are by nature independent, rebellious, and non-conformists with little acknowledgement for authority figures. They often want to challenge the status quo, they don't like bureaucracy and want to find the shortest and most efficient...
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