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<description>Your Source for Startup, Entrepreneurship Stories, News, Help, Info, Videos, Books & Jobs</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2000 01:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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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://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/there-are-two-types-of-successful-startup-incubators-in-the-world/"><![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 -0600</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
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	<title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley’s Productivity Secret]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/silicon-valley’s-productivity-secret/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/silicon-valley’s-productivity-secret/"><![CDATA[Silicon Valley’s Productivity Secret]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The wonder of Silicon Valley has been its rich history of producing incredibly capital efficient companies operating at massive scale.  No doubt part of that achievement lies in the capital efficiency of software engineering itself where technology gives incredible leverage to create and disrupt established industries.  Nevertheless, as a company scales, individual engineers need to work together in concert which results in the industry-agnostic problem of people management. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:56:46 -0600</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/silicon-valley’s-productivity-secret/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Flailing Fast: A Startup Story]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-books/flailing-fast-a-startup-story/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-books/flailing-fast-a-startup-story/"><![CDATA[Flailing Fast: A Startup Story]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Common wisdom dictates that modern startups should fail fast and cheap. Until recently, common wisdom extolled the virtues of asbestos and eugenics. I'm uncommonly skeptical of common wisdom." - An exceptional smart ass ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:51:12 -0600</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>books</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-books/flailing-fast-a-startup-story/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[An Introduction to Stock & Options for the Tech Entrepreneur]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/an-introduction-to-stock-options-for-the-tech-entrepreneur-1/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/an-introduction-to-stock-options-for-the-tech-entrepreneur-1/"><![CDATA[An Introduction to Stock & Options for the Tech Entrepreneur]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[This guide is written for technical entrepreneurs or those looking to join an early-stage technology startup in Silicon Valley and a... by david_weekly in Business/Law, debt, and investment. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:44:08 -0600</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/an-introduction-to-stock-options-for-the-tech-entrepreneur-1/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Killing your startup while looking smart: Half Measure Syndrome]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/killing-your-startup-while-looking-smart-half-measure-syndrome/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/killing-your-startup-while-looking-smart-half-measure-syndrome/"><![CDATA[Killing your startup while looking smart: Half Measure Syndrome]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[In the wide world of startups, we mostly like to think of ourselves as go-getters, ass kickers, "in all the way" sorts. We also like to think of ourselves as tinkerers, rapid iterators who test unceasingly. But the combination of those two traits can lead to one of the most dangerous cycles in startup - half measure syndrome (HMS). ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:02:56 -0600</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/killing-your-startup-while-looking-smart-half-measure-syndrome/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Idea for a Startup? Don’t Launch a Company, Launch an Experiment]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/idea-for-a-startup-don’t-launch-a-company-launch-an-experiment/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/idea-for-a-startup-don’t-launch-a-company-launch-an-experiment/"><![CDATA[Idea for a Startup? Don’t Launch a Company, Launch an Experiment]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Two users. That's it. It had been a week since we had announced to friends and family our latest idea, LinkFalcon, and only two of them had bothered to try it. I thought LinkFalcon had some real potential. It solved a real problem for me and one that I hoped others had. Complete disaster. Failure. Six months down the drain. Back to our real jobs. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:01:46 -0600</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/idea-for-a-startup-don’t-launch-a-company-launch-an-experiment/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Product / Idea Prioritisation: Opportunity v/s Execution]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/product-idea-prioritisation-opportunity-vs-execution/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/product-idea-prioritisation-opportunity-vs-execution/"><![CDATA[Product / Idea Prioritisation: Opportunity v/s Execution]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[A simple template for idea/product prioritization. You want to go for the dot that is at the very top right. Often in product brainstorming you get many ideas that are very attractive and a no-brainer. The key is how do you choose the one that is best for the company. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:19:23 -0600</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/product-idea-prioritisation-opportunity-vs-execution/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Alex Osterwalder on simple business models]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/alex-osterwalder-on-simple-business-models/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/alex-osterwalder-on-simple-business-models/"><![CDATA[Alex Osterwalder on simple business models]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[When I see a business model with 5 revenue streams, I know they really have zero. The business model canvas has always felt wonderfully playful. I've had a great deal of [misguided?] fun concocting increasingly complicated models. Tempted toward the clever. Upon tanking my next company, I was ever-so-gently reminded that "clever" usually means "convoluted" and is a wonderful way to lie to yourself. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:37:55 -0600</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/alex-osterwalder-on-simple-business-models/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Death of the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) in Competitive Markets]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-death-of-the-mvp-minimum-viable-product-in-competitive-markets/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-death-of-the-mvp-minimum-viable-product-in-competitive-markets/"><![CDATA[The Death of the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) in Competitive Markets]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[In bluer oceans this approach was acceptable, but more and more frequently startup folks seem to think that, by following the MVP strategy, it's OK to simply launch a "minimal product". What happened to the "Viable" part? These products have been compromised and rationalized to death, or been simply launched incomplete. As a result, their initial public launch is so sluggish and uninspiring that any launch energy they should have leveraged thereafter quickly dissipates. Note: failure to convert initial launch energy is often times a death sentence.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:10:22 -0600</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-death-of-the-mvp-minimum-viable-product-in-competitive-markets/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[It's Always Sunny in Silicon Valley]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/its-always-sunny-in-silicon-valley/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/its-always-sunny-in-silicon-valley/"><![CDATA[It's Always Sunny in Silicon Valley]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The Valley's techies live in a bubble of prosperity. Optimism has its advantages, but some worry the region may lose touch with the rest of the world. It's tempting to view this latest Golden Age with skepticism, a boom as fleeting and disappointing as the one in the late 1990s, before the dot-com crash. But the strengths underlying the Valley's optimism appear more solid this time around. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:19:52 -0600</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/its-always-sunny-in-silicon-valley/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Kickstarted: How one company is revolutionizing product development]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/kickstarted-how-one-company-is-revolutionizing-product-development/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/kickstarted-how-one-company-is-revolutionizing-product-development/"><![CDATA[Kickstarted: How one company is revolutionizing product development]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[The million dollar idea. We've all had it at one time or another, with very few luxuries to show for our sudden fits of brilliance. Unfortunately, it's not the idea but its execution that yields rewards. Faced with the daunting prospect of applying for a bank loan or seeking private investors, most would-be inventors wither against the obstacles, shrinking into the comfort and stability of their nine-to-five lives and disappearing into what T. S. Eliot called the shadow between conception and creation. Never pursuing their passion. Never taking a risk to bring something new into this world. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:35:45 -0600</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/kickstarted-how-one-company-is-revolutionizing-product-development/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Pivoting is really hard]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/pivoting-is-really-hard/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/pivoting-is-really-hard/"><![CDATA[Pivoting is really hard]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Pivoting looks easy. It seems to happen three times a day, per startup in the Valley. It's not. Pivoting is really hard. Let's say you're the founder of a startup with a product that isn't working. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:36:30 -0600</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/pivoting-is-really-hard/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[It will never be… ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/it-will-never-be…-/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/it-will-never-be…-/"><![CDATA[It will never be… ]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[It will never be: easy, perfect, the right time<br />Nobody is going to: tell you exactly what to do, drag you out of bed in the morning, yell at you to eat healthy, lift weights for you, run a race for you ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:12:35 -0600</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/it-will-never-be…-/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Obvious, the Easy, and the Possible]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-obvious-the-easy-and-the-possible/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-obvious-the-easy-and-the-possible/"><![CDATA[The Obvious, the Easy, and the Possible]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Much of the tension in product development and interface design comes from trying to balance the obvious, the easy, and the possible. Figuring out which things go in which bucket is critical to fully understanding how to make something useful. Shouldn't everything be obvious? Unless you're making a product that just does one thing - like a paperclip, for example - everything won't be obvious. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:34:50 -0600</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-obvious-the-easy-and-the-possible/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Pricing experiments you might not know, but can learn from]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/pricing-experiments-you-might-not-know-but-can-learn-from/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/pricing-experiments-you-might-not-know-but-can-learn-from/"><![CDATA[Pricing experiments you might not know, but can learn from]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Lots of entrepreneurs struggle with pricing. How much to charge? It's clear that the right price can make all the difference - too low and you miss out on profit; too high and you miss out on sales. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:49:01 -0600</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/pricing-experiments-you-might-not-know-but-can-learn-from/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Wisest Entrepreneurs Know How to Preserve Equity]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-wisest-entrepreneurs-know-how-to-preserve-equity/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-wisest-entrepreneurs-know-how-to-preserve-equity/"><![CDATA[The Wisest Entrepreneurs Know How to Preserve Equity]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[So you want to be an Internet billionaire. It's not just about having a great idea and building a world-class business at light speed. A review of recent initial public offering filings for Internet start-ups shows that the founders of Groupon and Zynga - and by other indications, Facebook, which has yet to file - have had to do more. These entrepreneurs avoided selling their precious equity early, before reaching the I.P.O. milestone. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:22:28 -0600</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-wisest-entrepreneurs-know-how-to-preserve-equity/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Why VC’s Should Be Startup CEO’s]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/why-vc’s-should-be-startup-ceo’s-1/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/why-vc’s-should-be-startup-ceo’s-1/"><![CDATA[Why VC’s Should Be Startup CEO’s]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Venture Capitalists who are serious about turning their firms into more than one-fund wonders may want to have their associates actually start and run a company for a year.  Running a company is distinctly different from simply having operating experience - (working in bus dev, sales or marketing.) None of that can compare with being the CEO of a startup facing a rapidly diminishing bank account, your best engineer quitting, working until 10pm and rushing to the airport and catching a redeye for a "Hail Mary" close of a customer, with your board demanding you do it faster. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:50:12 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/why-vc’s-should-be-startup-ceo’s-1/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Want To Be A VC? Start A Company.]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/want-to-be-a-vc-start-a-company-/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/want-to-be-a-vc-start-a-company-/"><![CDATA[Want To Be A VC? Start A Company.]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Steve Blank has a great post up on his blog suggesting that VCs should require startup CEO experience in their partners' resumes. He quotes from me in that post but I'm not going to state which one came from me. You can guess if you want. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:48:58 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/want-to-be-a-vc-start-a-company-/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech's Hottest Startup]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/dropbox-the-inside-story-of-techs-hottest-startup/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/dropbox-the-inside-story-of-techs-hottest-startup/"><![CDATA[Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech's Hottest Startup]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Here's that rare Steve Jobs story, one that's never been told, about the company that got away. Jobs had been tracking a young software developer named Drew Houston, who blasted his way onto Apple's radar screen when he reverse-engineered Apple's file system so that his startup's logo, an unfolding box, appeared elegantly tucked inside. Not even an Apple SWAT team had been able to do that. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:23:23 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/dropbox-the-inside-story-of-techs-hottest-startup/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Sean Parker: Agent Of Disruption]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/sean-parker-agent-of-disruption/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/sean-parker-agent-of-disruption/"><![CDATA[Sean Parker: Agent Of Disruption]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Pointed toward his 18-acre compound in Marin County, Sean Parker rips through the night fog on the Golden Gate Bridge in a stealthy Audi S6 that masks a Lamborghini engine, one pale hand on the wheel, the other toggling through thousands of songs uploaded on the car's sound system. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:25:48 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/sean-parker-agent-of-disruption/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[African Entrepreneurs Are Making Ghana Into a Tech Startup Hub]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-news-and-stories/african-entrepreneurs-are-making-ghana-into-a-tech-startup-hub/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-news-and-stories/african-entrepreneurs-are-making-ghana-into-a-tech-startup-hub/"><![CDATA[African Entrepreneurs Are Making Ghana Into a Tech Startup Hub]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[African web entrepreneurs rarely receive the support they need, but a foundation training program is helping Ghanaians put their mark on the web. Step aside, Silicon Valley and Bangalore. A group of aspiring web entrepreneurs in Ghana are looking to turn Accra into the newest startup hub. The nonprofit World Wide Web Foundation is working with local developers through a training program called Mobile Web Ghana to give participants the business and technology skills they need to leverage ideas into successful mobile web companies. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 07:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>news</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-news-and-stories/african-entrepreneurs-are-making-ghana-into-a-tech-startup-hub/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Meet Amazon.com’s first employee: Shel Kaphan]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/meet-amazon-com’s-first-employee-shel-kaphan-1/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/meet-amazon-com’s-first-employee-shel-kaphan-1/"><![CDATA[Meet Amazon.com’s first employee: Shel Kaphan]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Amazon.com today is approaching 40,000 employees. Seventeen years ago, Shel Kaphan was No. 1. Long before Amazon turned into a multi-billion dollar online retailing powerhouse, and technology giant, it was just a few people working in a converted garage in Bellevue. Kaphan was its first employee. A computer industry veteran and former Whole Earth Catalog employee who moved to Seattle from Santa Cruz to take the job in 1994, he's an important character from the region's technology history whose story has never before been told. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 07:22:24 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/meet-amazon-com’s-first-employee-shel-kaphan-1/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Fallacy of Customer Development]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-fallacy-of-customer-development/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-fallacy-of-customer-development/"><![CDATA[The Fallacy of Customer Development]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[In order to build a successful product, you have to eventually find a scalable and repeatable way to reach customers. There is an implicit expectation that customer development will uncover that path to customers. My experience (with web based products) has been that it's not as much the uncovering of the path but the building of the path that is troublesome.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:23:05 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-fallacy-of-customer-development/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[What Does a CEO Do, Anyway?]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/what-does-a-ceo-do-anyway/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/what-does-a-ceo-do-anyway/"><![CDATA[What Does a CEO Do, Anyway?]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[These three are core job responsibilities of any CEO, probably of any company, any size.  I'd like to build on that premise by adding two other dimensions to the list.  Fred was kind enough to offer me a "guest blogger" spot, so this post also appears today on his blog as well. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:24:52 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/what-does-a-ceo-do-anyway/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[The 5 Secrets of Silicon Valley]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-5-secrets-of-silicon-valley/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-5-secrets-of-silicon-valley/"><![CDATA[The 5 Secrets of Silicon Valley]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Above all, celebrate failure. Silicon Valley has entrepreneurs who got lucky on their first try. But more succeeded on their second or third attempt. As a serial entrepreneur and professor in Silicon Valley, I am frequently asked what it takes to create an ecosystem of start-up innovation. Usually, the question is phrased like this: "What does it take to create a Silicon Valley in our backyard?" ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:02:41 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-5-secrets-of-silicon-valley/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Website Launch Checklist]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/website-launch-checklist/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/website-launch-checklist/"><![CDATA[Website Launch Checklist]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Launch day is one of the scariest and most stressful times in web development. Getting everyone on the same page in terms of what's going to happen and when it's going to happen goes a long way in making the entire process smoother. Things are less likely to go wrong and people are less likely to start throwing recriminations around if the processes for deployment and dealing with issues are well documented.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:55:23 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/website-launch-checklist/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Founder/market fit]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/foundermarket-fit/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/foundermarket-fit/"><![CDATA[Founder/market fit]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[An extremely useful concept that has grown popular among startup founders is what eminent entrepreneur and investor Marc Andreessen calls "product/market fit", which he defines as "being in a good market with a product that can satisfy that market". Andreessen argues persuasively that product/market fit is "the only thing that matters for a new startup" and that "the life of any startup can be divided into two parts: before product/market fit and after product/market fit." ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:44:05 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/foundermarket-fit/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[A 4-Step Guide to Networking in Silicon Valley]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/a-4-step-guide-to-networking-in-silicon-valley-1/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/a-4-step-guide-to-networking-in-silicon-valley-1/"><![CDATA[A 4-Step Guide to Networking in Silicon Valley]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Networking in Silicon Valley should be the easiest thing in the world. The Valley thrives on a free exchange of new ideas, so people always want to meet other people who might have interesting ideas or connections. As a result, people I hardly know introduce me to people they hardly know. Sometimes I get cold-emailed. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:39:47 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/a-4-step-guide-to-networking-in-silicon-valley-1/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Executing an idea, means monetizing that idea]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/executing-an-idea-means-monetizing-that-idea/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/executing-an-idea-means-monetizing-that-idea/"><![CDATA[Executing an idea, means monetizing that idea]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[I read the above quote by Sarah Prevette in a post about how failures in startups serves to make founders stronger (and enable them to potentially move on to bigger & better projects). I've read a lot of different opinions about monetization online and whilst most arguments make sense, the one above really resonated with me. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:00:13 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/executing-an-idea-means-monetizing-that-idea/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Investing in ideas, not just startup companies]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/investing-in-ideas-not-just-startup-companies/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/investing-in-ideas-not-just-startup-companies/"><![CDATA[Investing in ideas, not just startup companies]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[I understand many entrepreneurs are very protective about their self-proclaimed "genius" ideas and often won't tell anyone what it is because they're afraid someone else is going to steal their genius idea and make millions off of it.  But look, Bill Boebel's not afraid to share his ideas.  Neither am I.  I'm sure there are many more "idea freelancers" out there willing to shoot ideas out. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:32:46 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/investing-in-ideas-not-just-startup-companies/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[5 ways to boost your freemium conversion rates]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/5-ways-to-boost-your-freemium-conversion-rates/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/5-ways-to-boost-your-freemium-conversion-rates/"><![CDATA[5 ways to boost your freemium conversion rates]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[As startups seek to gain an edge in today's economic climate, the freemium business model has been gaining strength. Certainly it makes sense to to charge for your premium offerings, but the true success of a business often lies in how many customers it can convert from free to paid users. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:52:49 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/5-ways-to-boost-your-freemium-conversion-rates/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Real Entrepreneur]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-real-entrepreneur/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-real-entrepreneur/"><![CDATA[The Real Entrepreneur]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA["Most Entrepreneurs are fake - or simply confused", was the opening line to a talk that I gave at a recent event in Delhi to a room full of entrepreneurs. That could have been a recipe for disaster, saying such stuff to supposed entrepreneurs, and when the exit to the room was way past all of them. Darn. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:37:57 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/the-real-entrepreneur/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/want-to-know-the-difference-between-a-cto-and-a-vp-engineering/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/want-to-know-the-difference-between-a-cto-and-a-vp-engineering/"><![CDATA[Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I'm guessing this post will come under more scrutiny.  The terms "CTO" and "VP Engineering" have such stigmas associated with what they are that I'm sure some people will feel uncomfortable with the definitions I've put forward.  Still, I believe I'm offering an accurate representation of the ideal configuration of the main technology leaders. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:29:08 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/want-to-know-the-difference-between-a-cto-and-a-vp-engineering/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Addictive Personality? You Might be a Leader]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/addictive-personality-you-might-be-a-leader/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/addictive-personality-you-might-be-a-leader/"><![CDATA[Addictive Personality? You Might be a Leader]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[WHEN we think of the qualities we seek in visionary leaders, we think of intelligence, creativity, wisdom and charisma, but also the drive to succeed, a hunger for innovation, a willingness to challenge established ideas and practices.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:08:37 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/addictive-personality-you-might-be-a-leader/</guid>
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<item>
	<title><![CDATA[Startup Life Is...]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/startup-life-is--/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/startup-life-is--/"><![CDATA[Startup Life Is...]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Working on raising a half-million dollar seed round. Getting commitments for half of said seed round. Feeling really good about the future. Networking. Making phone calls. Doing demos. Banging out Keynote presos. Booking last minute tickets to San Francisco for pitch meetings with a couple of the most legendary personalities in the valley. Feeling proud of yourself and a little scared at the same time. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:09:21 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/startup-life-is--/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[What motivates serial entrepreneurs?]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/what-motivates-serial-entrepreneurs/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/what-motivates-serial-entrepreneurs/"><![CDATA[What motivates serial entrepreneurs?]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Serial entrepreneurs are the stuff of legend in the entrepreneurial world. Whereas launching a single startup drains most people, serial entrepreneurs thrive on the chaos. Wences Casares and Meyer Malka, serial entrepreneurs themselves, discuss what it is that has kept them going through the years in this Entrepreneur Thought Leader Lecture given at Stanford University. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:43:17 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/what-motivates-serial-entrepreneurs/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[European VC Needs Revolution, Not Evolution]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/european-vc-needs-revolution-not-evolution/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/european-vc-needs-revolution-not-evolution/"><![CDATA[European VC Needs Revolution, Not Evolution]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Great entrepreneurs talk amongst themselves about their experience with venture capitalists, and I never miss an occasion to listen hard. Unfortunately, the feedback is almost universally negative; entrepreneurs typically have had a bad experience with Euro VC's and are generally wary of taking their money.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:58:19 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/european-vc-needs-revolution-not-evolution/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[How to make your startup launch a success]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/how-to-make-your-startup-launch-a-success/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/how-to-make-your-startup-launch-a-success/"><![CDATA[How to make your startup launch a success]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Your startup launch is the first day you will show your "baby" to the world and let the public have a hand at your stuff. A good launch can do great things to your brand & build enough momentum to cut marketing & sales expenditure drastically. Remember the lines on the day before iPhone and Sony PS II launches? You might not get that far for your product (!), but you still could generate a lot of buzz without spending too much if follow these ideas. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:05:56 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/how-to-make-your-startup-launch-a-success/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Google: The Beginning]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/google-the-beginning/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/google-the-beginning/"><![CDATA[Google: The Beginning]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[An insider recounts the early days: The bizarre job interview, April Fools' pranks that enraged users, roller hockey, platters of sushi-and the uneasy leap to the mainstream. An excerpt from I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59 by Douglas Edwards. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:12:44 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>2</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/google-the-beginning/</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[What I have learned about Idea Validation]]></title>
	<link>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/what-i-have-learned-about-idea-validation/</link>
	<source url="http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/what-i-have-learned-about-idea-validation/"><![CDATA[What I have learned about Idea Validation]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[I have ideas.  Lots of them.  My head is literally overflowing with ideas.  We all know, ideas are cheap and execution is everything. I have been spending alot of time recently trying to figure out how to validate individual ideas to give them the best chance of successful execution.  All that thinking has been boiled down to the 7 points below. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:40:39 -0500</pubDate>
	<author>admin</author>
	<category>help</category>
	<votes>1</votes>
	<guid>http://www.startupbug.com/startup-help/what-i-have-learned-about-idea-validation/</guid>
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