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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:09:38 CST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Safety Nets for Startups, Capitalism for Corporations]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/safety-nets-for-startups-capitalism-for-corporations/</link>
	<source url="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/02/the-entrepreneur-state-safety-nets-for-startups-capitalism-for-corporations/253211/"><![CDATA[Safety Nets for Startups, Capitalism for Corporations]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Here's a new framework for competitiveness: What if the law were biased, not toward the oil and gas industry or the cotton farmers, but to the creative, the self-employed, and the entrepreneurs? ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:09:38 CST</pubDate>
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	<votes>1</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[A university for entrepreneurs]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/a-university-for-entrepreneurs/</link>
	<source url="http://www.kernelmag.com/comment/column/1380/a-university-for-entrepreneurs/"><![CDATA[A university for entrepreneurs]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Universities could do more to nurture entrepreneurs, but expanding MBE courses is not the answer, says Alex Barrera. While we could go and discuss resources, professor quality, curricula and other touchy subjects, today I want to talk about what the university is doing for entrepreneurs. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:16:26 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/a-university-for-entrepreneurs/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Is this the beginning of the “Success by UX” era?]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-%E2%80%9Csuccess-by-ux%E2%80%9D-era/</link>
	<source url="http://www.andrewcross.ca/2012/02/14/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-success-by-ux-era/"><![CDATA[Is this the beginning of the “Success by UX” era?]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, while watching a bunch of video pitches from the 2011 SXSW Accelerator competition, I was amazed by how consistently user experience was the main point of differentiation. While some people see differentiation via user experience as a bit of a copout, there’s a lot of empirical evidence that suggests a product that solves a real problem with a simple, easy to use interface will succeed. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:14:49 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-%E2%80%9Csuccess-by-ux%E2%80%9D-era/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Why Great Entrepreneurs Are Choosing MA for Their Startups]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/why-great-entrepreneurs-are-choosing-ma-for-their-startups/</link>
	<source url="http://bostinno.com/2012/02/14/built-in-boston-why-great-entrepreneurs-are-choosing-ma-to-build-their-startups/"><![CDATA[Why Great Entrepreneurs Are Choosing MA for Their Startups]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Boston for tech: deep, underestimated, under-marketed. I originally came to Boston with low expectations. It made sense for me and my partnership, but I did not expect much. I had a vision of blue blazers and a closed, relatively sleepy ecosystem reflecting on its glorious past. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:07:31 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/why-great-entrepreneurs-are-choosing-ma-for-their-startups/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[How to Pick Startup Idea]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/how-to-pick-startup-idea/</link>
	<source url="http://grigy.com/blog/2012/02/15/how-to-pick-startup-idea/"><![CDATA[How to Pick Startup Idea]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[I’m at an inclination point, where I think to stop what I’m doing and start a new thing. While working on my last idea I learned a few things that hopefully will help me to choose the right path to success. Now the question is “if you got a few startup ideas which one you should work on?” ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:06:19 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/how-to-pick-startup-idea/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Look for opportunities rather than ideas]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/look-for-opportunities-rather-than-ideas/</link>
	<source url="http://swombat.com/2012/2/16/opportunities-not-ideas"><![CDATA[Look for opportunities rather than ideas]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Every founder who's been in the game a few years has clouds of potential ideas floating around that they can't find the time to work on. They might not all be good, but there are always too many of them. At the same time, though some people have this cloud of ideas following them even before they run their first business, many start off with few ideas. Before I started my first business (and for a year or two afterwards), I was one of those people... I didn't have that many ideas. But now? I spot (and ignore) new business opportunities on a weekly basis. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:03:31 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/look-for-opportunities-rather-than-ideas/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Startup Owners Manual by Steven Blank]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-books/startup-owners-manual-by-steven-blank/</link>
	<source url="http://www.stevenblank.com/startup_index_qty.html"><![CDATA[Startup Owners Manual by Steven Blank]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Now a decade after the Four Steps to the Epiphany sparked the Lean Startup revolution, comes its sequel… The Startup Owner's Manual. The Manual incorporates 10 years of learning and best practices that have swept the startup world. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:26:57 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>books</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-books/startup-owners-manual-by-steven-blank/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Building a Startup v. Building a Business]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/building-a-startup-v-building-a-business/</link>
	<source url="https://battlehardened.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/building-a-startup-v-building-a-business/"><![CDATA[Building a Startup v. Building a Business]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[One of the things I got horribly wrong with Distil was that I didn’t focus enough on building a business. Sure, me and the other founders would talk about the enormously successful company we imagined we were building. But my actions weren’t those of someone building a sustainable business. Instead I was building a startup.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:26:03 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/building-a-startup-v-building-a-business/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Management Team]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-management-team/</link>
	<source url="http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/02/the-management-team-guest-post-from-joel-spolsky.html"><![CDATA[The Management Team]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Very few company founders start out with management experience, so they tend to make it up as they go along. Sometimes they try to reinvent management from first principles. More often than not, they manage their startups the way that they’ve seen management work on TV and in movies. I’ll bet more entrepreneurs model their behavior on Captain Picard from Star Trek than any nonfiction human. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:24:40 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-management-team/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Emerald Valley: A Startup Hub for Northern Ireland?]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/emerald-valley-a-startup-hub-for-northern-ireland/</link>
	<source url="http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/02/11/meet-the-woman-who-wants-to-turn-a-small-northern-ireland-city-into-a-major-startup-hub/"><![CDATA[Emerald Valley: A Startup Hub for Northern Ireland?]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The small city of Newry isn’t the kind of place you’d expect to find a thriving startup hub with a global profile, but that’s exactly what it could become if one highly ambitious woman and her team have their way. Emerald Valley is, in essence, an incubator. It offers startups a place to work closely with others, helps them find the right support and focuses on “nurturing, encouraging and growing the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.” With seven startups now at home in the facility, it’s already heading towards full capacity. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:54:23 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/emerald-valley-a-startup-hub-for-northern-ireland/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Understanding Kickstarter]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/understanding-kickstarter/</link>
	<source url="http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/02/understanding-kickstarter.html"><![CDATA[Understanding Kickstarter]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[It was a big week for our portfolio company Kickstarter. In the span of 24 hours, not one but two projects passed $1mm in funding. Co-founder Yancey Strickler wrote a great blog post laying out the timeline of those 24 hours. Even with all the press about Kickstarter in the past year, I feel that it remains quite misunderstood as a service and a business. One of the best explanations of Kickstarter I've seen is a talk that Yancey gave last June at Creative Mornings. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:20:22 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/understanding-kickstarter/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Ron Conway is a Silicon Valley startup's best friend]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/ron-conway-is-a-silicon-valley-startups-best-friend/</link>
	<source url="http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/02/10/ron-conway-sv-angel/"><![CDATA[Ron Conway is a Silicon Valley startup's best friend]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The prolific angel investor has rarely met an Internet startup he didn't like. When it comes to picking the next big thing, there's a right way and a wrong way. And then there's the Conway. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:15:17 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/ron-conway-is-a-silicon-valley-startups-best-friend/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Litigation lunacy: Silicon Valley's lost its collective mind]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/litigation-lunacy-silicon-valleys-lost-its-collective-mind/</link>
	<source url="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-57374941-87/litigation-lunacy-silicon-valleys-lost-its-collective-mind/"><![CDATA[Litigation lunacy: Silicon Valley's lost its collective mind]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[From time to time the technology industry buys into convenient fibs that it tells itself even when anyone with two feet planted firmly on planet Earth knows that it's a lot of malarkey. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:09:41 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/litigation-lunacy-silicon-valleys-lost-its-collective-mind/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Why VCs Are Getting Into PR]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/why-vcs-are-getting-into-pr/</link>
	<source url="http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/12/why-vcs-are-getting-into-pr/"><![CDATA[Why VCs Are Getting Into PR]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[More than ever before, venture capitalists are digging in. To stay competitive and top-of-mind, VC’s are no longer loaning their advice and their capital, but actual “core” services that portfolio companies need. This shift isn’t necessarily new. For example, top VC firms like Kleiner Perkins and Greylock play a hands-on role in helping recruit talent. Recently, we’ve seen firms roll up their sleeves for another core competency: public relations. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:48:38 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/why-vcs-are-getting-into-pr/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Don’t Make it So Hard to Promote Your #Startup]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/don%E2%80%99t-make-it-so-hard-to-promote-your-startup/</link>
	<source url="http://fi.co/posts/504"><![CDATA[Don’t Make it So Hard to Promote Your #Startup]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[I’m no journalist, but I do write about and promote startups nonstop through both the Founder Institute program, and our Founder Showcase event. Lately, it’s become clear to me that most startups make it incredibly hard for people to write about or promote them. They simply do not have the necessary information available on their websites, and many times I just give up. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:37:26 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/don%E2%80%99t-make-it-so-hard-to-promote-your-startup/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Collison Brothers and Story Behind Stripe]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-collison-brothers-and-story-behind-stripe/</link>
	<source url="http://startupgrind.com/2012/02/true-startup-story-the-collison-brothers-and-stripe-com/"><![CDATA[The Collison Brothers and Story Behind Stripe]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[In early 2010 John and Patrick began working on Stripe together. At the time Patrick was working on several side projects and they debated why it was so difficult to accept payments on the web. They sought to solve the problem and see if it was possible to make it simple – really simple. The next 6-months they played with it, showed it to friends, and saw how people interacted with it, iterating along the way. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:30:59 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-collison-brothers-and-story-behind-stripe/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[20 Inspirational Articles for Startup Parents]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/20-inspirational-articles-for-startup-parents/</link>
	<source url="http://jeff.io/posts/20-inspirational-articles-for-startup-parents"><![CDATA[20 Inspirational Articles for Startup Parents]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[I’m married, have two wonderful boys (my oldest pictured above) and a range of startup products and projects on the go at any given time. In 2011 I tweeted and blogged about the challenges of combining a business/startup at home with raising a family. I’m working on new product, Intigi, which has helped discover content that is interesting and relevant to me. Here are 20 articles that sum up the issues faced by startup parents. Some made me laugh, others had me nodding (and sometimes cringing) in recognition but all contain nuggets of advice and perspective that is rare in the startup community. Most reassuringly, it’s a reminder that we’re not alone. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:18:03 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/20-inspirational-articles-for-startup-parents/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[There are two types of successful startup incubators in the world]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/there-are-two-types-of-successful-startup-incubators-in-the-world/</link>
	<source url="http://whoyoucallingajesse.com/past/2012/02/06/types-startup-incubators-world-yc-techstars/"><![CDATA[There are two types of successful startup incubators in the world]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[An oversimplification of the incubator/accelerator space is to classify them as either a Y-Combinator (YC) or a TechStars (TS). Incubators and accelerators have but one purpose: move startups along in their life cycle at a faster pace than they would normally and increase the likelihood of a return by providing that service. If you are a startup looking at applying to an incubator you need to understand that the differences in how these programs differ go beyond the money they give you in exchange for equity. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:16:34 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/there-are-two-types-of-successful-startup-incubators-in-the-world/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[The evolution of the businessman (infographic)]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-evolution-of-the-businessman-infographic/</link>
	<source url="http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/04/businessman-evolution-infographic/"><![CDATA[The evolution of the businessman (infographic)]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Business is so easy, even a caveman could do it – and he did. What was once the business of surviving has evolved over the years, but with one underlying similarity – the best will outlast the rest. The infographic below demonstrates significant eras of business by reintroducing prominent characters throughout history, a skill set for the time, and tools used and created to get the job done. As you journey through the prehistoric man, the medieval knight, and the poet of the renaissance, you may find yourself looking toward the future, and what we have contributed. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:30:45 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-evolution-of-the-businessman-infographic/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[In The Future, The Business Founder Will Not Be Ignored]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/in-the-future-the-business-founder-will-not-be-ignored/</link>
	<source url="http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/05/in-the-future-the-business-founder-will-not-be-ignored/"><![CDATA[In The Future, The Business Founder Will Not Be Ignored]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The entrepreneurial world loves nothing like a good meme. One of the more recent ones making the rounds from Palo Alto to Paris is that a startup simply can’t get off the ground without a technical founder. Investors, entrepreneurs and tech journalists alike will tell you that if you’re not a whiz kid fresh out of Stanford’s CS program, you are essentially not fundable — entrepreneura non grata. Well, I am here to tell you that they are right. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:55:15 CST</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/in-the-future-the-business-founder-will-not-be-ignored/</guid>
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