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If you build it, they won't come, unless...
A/B tests and accumulating Twitter followers is not a marketing strategy, just as "we'll use salt and cheese" isn't a recipe.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 2,603 posts.
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Strategy is Not a To Do List
I had breakfast with two of my ex-students from Singapore who were building a really interesting startup. They were deep into Customer Discovery and presented a ton of customer data on the validity…
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How to get a job at a kick-ass startup (for programmers)
When I finished college, I was incredibly naive when it came to finding a great job. I knew that I...
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Where to See Silicon Valley
October 2010 Silicon Valley proper is mostly suburban sprawl. At first glance it doesn't seem there's anything to see. It's not the sort of place that has conspicuous monuments. But if you look, there are subtle signs you're in a place that's different from other places. 1. Stanford University Stanford is a strange…
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Stop lying on stage
Entrepreneurs crave information about successful startups, and they should. Most of the received wisdom about business and entrepreneurship ...
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Bitbucket Joins Atlassian
Automating releases, semantic version bumps, and API calls often involves configuring branch permissions and storing long-lived credentials in pipeline variables. Managing credential rotation adds an ongoing maintenance burden. Today, we’re introducing granular step-level permissions and container tokens in Bitbucket…
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Going Freemium: One Year Later
Browse how-to articles on starting, running, and marketing your business, plus thought-provoking podcasts and films to inspire your inner entrepreneur.
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What Happens At Y Combinator
Y Combinator provides a small amount of seed funding for startups. We work with startups on their ideas and help founders deal with investors and acquirers. We fund four batches of companies each year. Companies apply for the program by filling out an application form. Y Combinator is occasionally described as a boot…
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Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and Tips To Get Started
Why all entrepreneurs should invest time in writing and tips on how to get started.
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Facebook is not worth $33 billion
Facebook is an amazing success as a social network. Anyone who can get 500 million people to connect, share photos, and click on little cows in Farmville deserves major kudos. But the bullshit monopoly-money valuation merry-go-round has to stop. It’s getting beyond ridiculous and when even…
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How I launched a profitable minimally viable product in 3 hours
Today, Keynotopia is two months old. What started as a single blog post in June of 2010 became a product that got over 1,500 customers in the first 60 days. Before jumping into the story and lessons learned, here are some quick stats:
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You Negotiate Commodities, But You Seize Opportunities
It took losing something important to understand the difference between a commodity and an opportunity. Along the way I also learned yet another way entrepreneurs see the world differently from the…