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Everything you learn in YC, in 10 minutes

VC Cafe

So I thought it’s a good time to share the video where lists are the key learnings from YC on how to start a technical startup: Start with a strong technical co-founding team: You need two to four co-founders with at least 50% engineering background. Regularly review your monthly spending to identify areas for reduction.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

some came from our customer service, some were to improve performance / scalability from tech ops, some were bug fixes, etc.) They attended property management association meetings in Oregon outside of the technology echo chamber of California to get a sense for people’s daily problems. Back then it seemed foreign.

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Need Great Talent? Use Public Relations To Hire The Best!

Rembrandt Communications

By using public relations , this can be a reality. Public Relations Delivers Your Competitive Advantage. Develop messaging that describes all of the valuable benefits available at your business for new hires. Develop as human beings? • Use Public Relations To Hire The Best!

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Marketing Communications

Steve Blank

For example, to outflank a competitor who had faster products, Intel moved the conversation about microprocessors away from speed and technology to create a valued brand. Both Apple and Intel were selling complicated technology but did so by simplifying the message so it had broad emotional appeal. The question is when ?”

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Steven Blank Kills It at Greycroft CEO Summit

Both Sides of the Table

We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. It is the key to “customer development” that Steve Blank talks about. The Greycroft event was a 10 out of 10 so I’ve diligently taken notes.

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SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent.

Steve Blank

But my favorite was when the public relations manager said, “we’re here to write press releases and answer the phone in case the press calls.” competitive analyses, channel and customer collateral (white papers, data sheets, product reviews), customer surveys, and market requirements documents. The same was true for PR.

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The Semantic Web Opens a New Age for Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Technology environment savvy. Of course, many are still fighting it as well, due to privacy concerns. A bigger step is a recent personal assistant startup, Maluuba , an Android-based Siri competitor, who just unveiled a new platform to provide app developers with a natural language processing API.

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