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"SF Bay Area only, w/ technical founders, building new technology, no media/social/ads." – @k9ventures Twitter bio, http://twitter.com/k9ventures.
Before product/market fit, you must be a saint to raise money. After product/market fit, many many sins are forgiven.
"Reid does not shoot from the hip. Ask him a question and he doesn't immediately launch into an answer." – @davidhornik, http://ventureblog.com/article...
Awesome tweets from students attending our online workshop: http://twitter.com/#search.... They're boiling the lessons down to single sentences.
Good marketers become great with the right product (RT @seanellis). Learn more at http://startup-marketing.com/my-slid....
"I’ll see you on the web." – Don Dodge (@dondodge), http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_nex...
First review of our workshop (http://venturehacks.com/article...). RT @footnote_it: Just had a great 'Y combinator meets Skype' meeting… absolutely awesome
Joel Spolsky (@spolsky) embraces distribution and scaling in the name of competitive survival: http://www.inc.com/magazin....
VC Mark Suster doesn't like most board observers. Why? They have too much influence. See http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009....
Best of the startup blogs: http://venturehacks.com/article.... We read the startup blogs so you don't have to. Thank you. You're welcome.
"[Celebrity investors] begin to embrace entrepreneurs once they think they are going to be successful anyway." – @honam, http://www.blog.altosventures.com/vc...
"No matter how big your board… they will NEVER produce the quantity or quality of leads your own team… will produce." – http://www.blog.altosventures.com/vc...
"All the worst problems we faced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors." – Paul Graham, http://www.paulgraham.com/startup...
Simple CAP TABLE for early stage startups: http://venturehacks.com/article.... By us. $9. One-click checkout. Check out the video tour and testimonials.
How to make email intros by @fredwilson: http://www.avc.com/a_vc.... This is exactly how I do my email intros — @naval taught me.
@sgblank explains how to eliminate startup risks *in the right order*: http://venturehacks.com/article.... A new guest post on Venture Hacks.
Lean startups aren’t Cheap Startups - http://venturehacks.com/article...
The long tail of VC blogs: http://venturehacks.com/wordpre... (pdf graph). Where are you on the graph? Based on the VC blog directory: http://larrycheng.com/2009....
Customer development by the book: http://venturehacks.com/article.... A new blog post on Venture Hacks. Please do not operate heavy machinery after reading.
How to hire Employee #1: http://blog.asmartbear.com/startup.... Practical, tested advice from @asmartbear.
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"Cover it up, rationalize the failure away, or redefine success." –@ericries, On typical reactions to bad news, http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2009...
When they're raising early money, entrepreneurs are evaluated on how well they sell their vision, not how well they listen to customers.
"A customer advisory board that has the ear of the company’s directors acts as a kind of appeals process for… decisions." http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2009...
The Foundations of Cooperation - http://startupboy.com/2009...
Fellow Venture Hacks author is blogging again. - Nivi
The Foundations of Cooperation - http://startupboy.com/2009...
Customer development: By-the-book - http://venturehacks.com/article...
Intuition vs. Data-Driven Decision-Making: Some Rough Ideas - http://bobsutton.typepad.com/my_webl...
"For Steve Jobs "mistakes" see the early history of Pixar, NextStep, Apple TV, the Apple cube… Who said Chrome was going to crush Firefox? And Chrome market share is actually quite significant given the state of its development and age." - Nivi
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