Each week we highlight blog posts added to BigStartups or linked to from our startup news section. If you've written or have seen a post you think is worth being highlighted be sure to add it to BigStartups. We forgot to put together the startup posts of the week last week, so here's the top 10 startup and entrepreneur related blog posts from the past two weeks.
We all start somewhere (i.e. don't blow off the next John Cook) - Treat everyone you do business with and meet with respect and don't blow them off even if you think their non important. They might be someday.
Should a Founder License IP to a Startup - The Startup Lawyer answers the question, should a founder license or transfer his current IP to a new startup?
Getting the Size of the Early Stage Note Round Right - Local startup attorney Bill Carleton provides advice on putting together an early stage angel investment round.
How to Launch Your Start-Up While Keeping Your Day Job - In an ideal world you can throw all of your effort behind a new startup but most times this doesn't match the reality of having to pay your monthly bills.
The paradox of messaging - Hypios on why paid messaging may actually be more cost effective than free messaging.
Connect and Collect: Two Rules to Win Customer Loyalty. - Moogo writes some advice on how to win customer loyalty.
Two tests to see if your business model works. Telling a good story and adding up the numbers. - "good business model begins with the insight into human motivations and ends in a rich stream of profits"
Learning how to rely on your co-founder at a startup - Damon Cortesi on the importance of being able to rely and trust your co-founders.
VCs Are Not Evil: What Entrepreneurs Need To Know - "Venture capitalists are not evil. That is the message that Bill Bryant, the prominent Seattle venture capitalist and venture partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, had for Seattle technology entrepreneurs earlier this month at the STS (Seattle Tech Startups)"
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Posted by inrumor.com on Feb, 08 at 11:27 AM
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I think the most important one on the list is the last, the numbers Bill Bryant goes through help identify the startup hurdle and set expectations for a game-changing company. While Bryant is speaking from the perspective of a VC, the metrics he goes over in basic napkin math identify the types of financial structures any entrepreneur should know... simply so they know what they are trying to build (or the value of what they already have built. ) |
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Posted by barryhurd on Feb, 08 at 11:54 AM
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