May 2011
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Customer Discovery (Concise)
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September 2010
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June 2010
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How to Pitch a VC (aka “Startup Viagra”) by Dave McClure
Jun 21st
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hiten: The UX-Driven Startup Follow Hiten’s blog, he frequently posts great finds like this
Jun 13th
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#Launch48 - 3 things to listen for during pitches...
Visit → London Launch48.com This evening you will hear pitches from fellow participants in the Launch48 weekend. Some will astound you with their charm and intelligence, some will be great ideas that are poorly presented, while others will just make you chuckle. Here are three questions that hopefully give you some guidance on what to listen for: 1) Does the idea interest you? This is a gut...
Jun 4th
May 2010
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May 25th
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April 2010
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hiten: The video of my presentation about Pivots at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23rd, 2010. Really useful advice from Hiten Shah
Apr 25th
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March 2010
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Entrepreneurism: The age gap (via venturebeat) Particularly cool for me to hear how successful entrepreneurs started during their CS studies. Listen out for the example of a company idea that didn’t win at a school development competition but did succeed as a real world business - that to me highlighted some of the differences (and perhaps the divide) that exists between the academic...
Mar 6th
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January 2010
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The Essential Startup Reader: 10 Lessons In... →
1. What Startups Are Really Like by Paul Graham 2. Milestones to Startup Success by Sean Ellis 3. Myth: Entrepreneurship will make you rich by Eric Ries 4. What is the minimum viable product? By Venture Hacks 5. The power of continuous improvement by Mike Speiser 6. Getting comfortable with People who make you uncomfortable by Mike Speiser 7. The Funnel Principle: Software & Making Money...
Jan 3rd
November 2009
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Nov 30th
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AskDaveTaylor.com - What are Angel Investors and... →
shutupinternet: I’ve contributed a few articles for Boulder local blogger Dave Taylor’s “ask and you shall receive” website AskDaveTaylor.com. My most recent article which went up today is for those who hear a lot about Angel Investors, Venture Capital and startup funding and wonder, “What does it all mean?” In my article I cover the three main types of funding in startups: Friends &...
Nov 30th
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October 2009
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Oct 25th
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“I met several people who had never even heard of Techcrunch. Personally I...”
– DirtyAndy’s summary of Day 1 at #Launch48
Oct 23rd
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Welcome
Think About Startups was launched for very similar reasons to thinkabouttech.com - we wanted a repository for thoughts and opinions. We aim to promote open discussion of business, strategy and marketing; with the occasional snippet of experience from startup life. Whether you are here to read or to write, we’d love you to say “HI!” in the comments. Alternatively you can chat to...
Oct 21st