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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

Both Sides of the Table

I often talk with entrepreneurs who are kicking around their next idea. Sometimes they’re working full time at a company or sometimes they’ve already left their employer and they’re bouncing around ideas with friends. Even if you keep it dormant for 2 years while you work on your idea. Not worth it.

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Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More - Ten Recent Great Startup Posts

SoCal CTO

Of course, one of the best ideas around this is to have Negative Customer Acquisition Costs. HTML5 video markup, compatibility and playback - Niall Kennedy's Weblog , February 8, 2010 The emerging HTML 5 specification lifts video playback out of the generic element and into specialized handlers. Great stuff.

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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

Both Sides of the Table

The trends are legit, but we have no idea what unexpected breakthrough in human interaction is going to change everything.” It’s central standard was HTML (hyper text markup language) that described how we would show data on computer screens. But I valued getting my ideas out there. A tough way to drive.

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How to Hunt Programmers for Your Startup - A Field Guide

SoCal CTO

" In this case, he had a pretty compelling idea, had very little money, and didn't have the capacity himself to build it. Have a rough idea of what you are looking for in terms of talent. Ask around for ideas on where they hang out. Show you also want their input on the idea. Is this a Wordpress hack? Is it big data?

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Exploring A Brave New World Of Domain Names, With Rightside

socalTECH

The idea is that a domain is an extension of your brand, and it''s an extension of your name. I don''t think the HTML browser is going to change. Do you think there''s some challenge to the domain industry today due to mobile? Steve Banfield: That''s a great question, and something I''ve been thinking about a lot.

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Mark Suster’s Advice To Emerging Entrepreneurs – “Do Not Do, As I Have Done”

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There is nothing wrong with researching an idea yourself, getting it started yourself, validating the idea yourself and then asking people to join you.” We just knew that we were onto an idea that no one had thought of and we had better be in the press first because, of course, there is a first-mover advantage. Learn HTML.

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How to Hunt Programmers for Your Startup - A Field Guide

SoCal CTO

" In this case, he had a pretty compelling idea, had very little money, and didn't have the capacity himself to build it. Have a rough idea of what you are looking for in terms of talent. Ask around for ideas on where they hang out. Show you also want their input on the idea. Is this a Wordpress hack? Is it big data?

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