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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

First Principles. 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. -

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8 Fundraising Deal Breakers Inexperienced Entrepreneurs Routinely Create

InfoChachkie

Solution – Identify the competencies that are critical to your startup's success and develop them internally. For instance, technology startups should maintain key development resources in-house, rather than relying exclusively on third-party, contract labor. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Lessons From Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon

InfoChachkie

Some musicians would have felt pressure to record hit singles to ensure the continuation of their recording contract. Creating your product based on your target market's reactions at every stage of the development process enables you to make bold choices with confidence, even when such decisions seem to defy conventional wisdom.

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Guerilla Marketing, Brad Feld Style

InfoChachkie

Brad proudly described how the company successfully used thought leadership marketing to seed a marketplace in which companies can outsource their SEO campaigns to a legion of independent, third-party “optimizers.” Instead, follow Brad’s lead and base your company’s marketing tactics on your company’s authentic personality. Share and Enjoy.

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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. They have developers or friends help code their software without having legal agreements in place. Not worth it. Make sure you own your IP.

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Entreprenurs Must Kick Down The Door When Opportunity Knocks

InfoChachkie

Once the tour concluded, the group returned to Ron’s office where he notified them that he would initially sign them to a development deal. He made it clear that this approach would allow the band to re-cut a few of their demos, which he would use to persuade the label to sign the band to a full-fledged recording contract.

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Improving Website and Wordpress Performance with Hard-Coded Share Buttons

SoCal Delicious

you should follow me on Twitter here and you should subscribe to my posts via RSS here or email here. I am happily contracted with Social Media Today and support Wordpress. You can subscribe by RSS or email or Twitter to keep in touch. What I write here is protected by a Creative Commons License.

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