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Re:Ask HN: Startups, what are your most pressing needs? by Smerity on Monday May 14, 2012 @12:50AM (#3969505)
Focus. Both from my own ventures now and from start-ups I've worked with previously in the past, I see focus as one of the largest needs of a start-up.

Without focus, successful start-ups move on to too many fields, dividing their resources amongst too many projects. Early start-ups can distract themselves by losing sight of the primary issue they're aiming to solve and losing traction on those core concepts can be a death knell.

Sadly there's no easy way to outsource focus :)

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Re:Ask HN: Startups, what are your most pressing needs? by hatter10_6 on Monday May 14, 2012 @02:29AM (#3969758)
But there are ways to outsource the chores, right? What would be some of the chores that you could potentially outsource? I'd say this would count as a need.
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Re:Ask HN: Startups, what are your most pressing needs? by steventruong on Monday May 14, 2012 @06:12AM (#3970318)
Most startups in the earliest stages can't afford to outsource anything.
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