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Re:How to Succeed with a Startup [video] by rmason on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @02:31PM (#17870486)
Number 4 is exceedingly important and it's counter to popular thought. Bootstrapping is painful but if you start growing fast you won't have to seek them out the VC's will find you.
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Re:How to Succeed with a Startup [video] by john_moscow on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @03:21PM (#17870938)
It just depends on the game you are playing. Currently you can make more money selling the emotion of owning a piece of something great to investors, than selling the actual product to customers.
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Re:How to Succeed with a Startup [video] by _hyn3 on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @03:42PM (#17871162)
Only over the short-term. Over the long-term, these should even out, all other things being equal.
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Re:How to Succeed with a Startup [video] by john_moscow on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @08:04PM (#17873111)
Long-term thinking feels like a lost art nowadays...
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