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Some recent highlights from our Twitter (RSS) and FriendFeed (RSS):
Mike Maples
From Mike’s lecture to Steve Blank’s customer development class at Berkeley:
“The first mistake that I see people make when they approach us is, they don’t really have that big of an idea. The second mistake that I see them make is all they have is [...]

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Some recent highlights from our Twitter (RSS) and FriendFeed (RSS):
“Some of the ways I’ve learned to estimate whether a team will be successful is how high-impact their project is, but also 1) how quickly they can iterate and 2) how they react to feedback.” – Matt Cutts, Google

“Firms should not pay high executive salaries merely [...]

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Some recent highlights from our profiles on Twitter and FriendFeed:
“Morons! I know there’s nothing out there. That’s why I want to build the railroad!” – Dean Kamen, channeling J.P. Morgan
“Balance is a bad word. Work-life balance: what does that mean? Don’t balance work and life — integrate them.” – Me
“The truth is that promoting science [...]

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Here are the latest and greatest posts from Twitter (RSS) and FriendFeed (RSS). We use FriendFeed for the longer stuff and Twitter for the shorter stuff!
On specialization in lean startups:
“Specialization is for insects.” – Robert Heinlein
“Break the ‘union mindset’ of specialization. Ask everyone to attack the bottleneck wherever it is.” – Bernie Thompson
Kayak’s CEO on [...]

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We use Twitter (RSS) to share great quotes, brief thoughts, and links. If you like this blog, you’ll like our Twitter feed. Here are some of the latest and greatest tweets:
Epic post on how to demo from Wufoo: How We Prepare a Demo.
Startup compensation studies from 2008 and 2007 for IT and Life Sciences.
What the [...]

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We’ve been using our Twitter feed more and more often to share great quotes, brief thoughts, and links. That’s the place to go if you desperately need more Venture Hacks in your life. You can also subscribe via RSS and email (no more than one email a day).
Here are some of our latest and greatest [...]

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“If you want to improve your chances, you should think far more about who you can recruit as a cofounder than the state of the economy. And if you’re worried about threats to the survival of your company, don’t look for them in the news. Look in the mirror.”
– Paul Graham

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Here are the latest great quotes from our Twitter feed (RSS):
“It is an odd reflection on the priorities of our society that we value finance over technological innovation.” – Peter Thiel
Eric Ries
“At IMVU, we opened up our board meetings to the whole company.” – Eric Ries
“Every startup has a chance to change the world, by [...]

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Venture Hacks is back from a long and boring summer vacation. It’s good to be back.
Let’s get into the blogging groove with the latest quotes from our Twitter feed (RSS):
“I believe that the biggest advantage a startup has over a big competitor is intellectual honesty.” – Mike Speiser
“How often do you hear business people poke [...]

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