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You have thirty bullets to fire and this is not a charity; this is a war. You should meet with the best teams capable of building products with sweat equity (see chapter 7) and who have the most traction. Perhaps after you make a huge return, you can run an incubator for people with business plans, or a coding school for people who don’t know how t
... See moreJason Calacanis • Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000
With the exception of industry experts who have built very similar businesses, opinions are worthless. You want facts and commitments, not compliments.
Rob Fitzpatrick • The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
Entrepreneurship
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As billionaire PayPal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel put it: [You] probably won’t have a bunch of equally good distribution strategies. Engineers frequently fall victim to this because they do not understand distribution. Since they don’t know what works, and haven’t thought about it, they try some sales, BD, advertising, and viral
... See moreGabriel Weinberg • Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth
