There are plenty of non-fiction books on the subject of startups and entrepreneurship. But what about when you don't have the energy to learn? Please recommend me some novels on the subjects of creating products, building companies, etc. Inspiring tales of business and innovation...
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posted by ChristopherS
on Aug 14, 2012 -
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Moving to Boston to join a new tech startup. How can I quickly get involved in the tech startup community?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 5, 2012 -
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How do you help guide others to recognize, accept, and work towards a unified vision resulting in orgazational change?
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posted by meta.mark
on May 28, 2012 -
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Where do I find information about cutting edge, uber creative "this will blow your mind" kind of projects?
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posted by raghuram
on May 20, 2012 -
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I'm a medical student, taking a year off before residency. During the year, I'm going to be working for a new start up that creates medical apps. I will be creating content for their apps and working on their social media strategy. Does anyone have any ideas about how I can determine what I should be paid, and/or how to negotiate it?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 24, 2012 -
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In startup businesses, how much funding is required, on average, to create one job? I'm looking for hard data, ideally broken out for different industries.
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posted by beagle
on Mar 18, 2012 -
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I was bullied out of one startup and joined another one that is struggling. How can I regain my professional confidence and move on with my life?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 8, 2012 -
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I want to work for companies like Tumblr, Kickstarter, Meetup, OKCupid, Yelp, and the rest of the hip NYC startup crowd. How can I become involved in the startup scene? What do I need to do to make myself a competitive applicant, especially when I have no idea what job title suits me?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 21, 2012 -
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How many new companies start each year in the tech biz? My google-fu/techcrunch-fu/linkedin-fu is failing me. Anything is appreciated: in Silicon Valley, in the US, globally, in 2011, over the last five years, since Adam met Eve.
posted by Hermanos
on Feb 4, 2012 -
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I'm working on new finance-based startup in the Marietta, GA (just outside of Atlanta, GA) and I'd like to hire someone to come in do bi-weekly interviews of me and my team as we go through the process (kind of like the Robert Scoble interviews if you've ever seen them).
It's a pretty exciting time for us and our product and I've been told by many that we should start a blog or youtube channel to share our experiences. There's also an interesting personal piece that both me and the CEO would be interested in sharing and that I think a lot of young people would be interested in hearing.
The problem is that in the list of things we can spend our time doing, setting up equipment, doing the interviews, and editing the videos is low priority.
Can anyone recommend a company or how I can find an individual who would be interested in doing this for us?
posted by joshuamcginnis
on Dec 13, 2011 -
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Where can I find some co-working spaces for tech startups in Australia? I'm building a web/mobile startup with my co-founder and would like to be working amongst fellow startup companies.
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posted by tomargue
on Nov 5, 2011 -
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I moved into work in IT in my early 30's, and am now 35. I have had 2 Jr. DBA positions in that time period, although I do not have any database certifications.
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posted by ElisaOS
on Oct 8, 2011 -
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A friend and I are starting on a side project together - do we really need to incorporate?
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posted by jourman2
on Sep 27, 2011 -
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What would go on your reading list for an aspiring entrepreneur, looking to open his or her small business soon?
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posted by furnace.heart
on Aug 5, 2011 -
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[Being a girl filter] Health issues, high pressure environments, and still showing everyone how fucking awesome you are.
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 23, 2011 -
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I am a freelancer and recently a startup launched that does exactly what I do, and it looks to me like they want to head in a direction that I'd like to go. I really want to do what they're doing, and I want to tell them I'm really interested in helping. I would even be happy doing some sort of internship for them (I am currently a college student). How do I express that to them without selling myself short?
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 13, 2011 -
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Back in the year 2000 during the tech boom, business space was in HUGE demand and landlords in San Francisco's SOMA district used to ask for very long leases and even a % ownership stake in your startup. I'm wondering, ten years later, did any property owner rent out their space to a successful startup and end up getting a payday when they flipped?
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posted by mathowie
on Feb 28, 2011 -
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A husband-wife freelancing team has decided to become "official" in the eyes of Uncle Sam.
It's just that the poor old guy doesn't make sense some times. Any mefites out there familiar with starting a business with their significant other?
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posted by shiggins
on Feb 20, 2011 -
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I've got software engineering expertise and a solid understanding of business fundamentals. I'm looking to drive the project & team(s) - not build the idea myself (assuming its software-based).
Any thoughts on how to find the best idea and wisely invest these funds?
posted by joshuamcginnis
on Jan 24, 2011 -
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I have an idea.
Is there a website that will let me get feedback on my idea, protect my idea and then help me start building my idea?
I've Googled, but I'm looking for personal recommendations.
posted by joshuamcginnis
on Nov 12, 2010 -
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What are the best ways to use crowdsource and get accurate feedback on a new startup idea? Trying to look beyond in person focus groups, two way mirrors, etc. Are there any success stories in the recent social media universe?
posted by ashepp
on Nov 8, 2010 -
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How can I take advantage of a long road trip to learn about entrepreneurship and niche marketing?
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posted by mokudekiru
on Mar 19, 2010 -
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So a little while back, I bought a big old brick house in Richmond, Indiana (for $8000). It's way more house than I need, and there are lots of other fantastic brick houses here, just no economic reason to buy them. Why shouldn't I give free room and board and bandwidth in return for equity in a tech startup? (See also
HNN's comment threads.)
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posted by Michael Roberts
on Oct 12, 2009 -
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Where might I find evidence that there was a surge of wiki startups circa 2005, which has since tapered off?
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posted by teracloth
on May 13, 2009 -
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I have some interest in getting a little startup going. I'm thinking through who could help, and some of the people on my list are still at my former employer. I worked there for quite some time, and would like to ask a couple of folks there if they want to commit some off-hours to this as a side project. Problem is: will their employer (my former employer) have any claim on what we create - since they still work there? I'm thinking of the whole anything-you-invent-while-working-here clause we all sign when we get a new job. It's not a competitive idea, necessarily, though it is something the aforementioned company should do themselves and might even be interested in buying someday. Would I spoil things by involving folks who still work there? This is in California.
posted by anonymous
on Aug 29, 2008 -
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TechHistoryFilter: Can The Hive Mind name any instances of technology or net-based products that began life as a "white label" business service solution before being rolled out as a consumer-facing service?
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posted by mrkinla
on May 20, 2008 -
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How much ROI would a VC be looking for in a late-stage biotechnology startup?
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posted by alms
on May 16, 2008 -
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I've been playing with a promising idea for a website for a while, and I feel I'm ready to get things moving. I've got a fairly clear idea of what I want, who would use it, and why it would take off. Income would be ad-generated, in an area where I believe prospects are good. The problem is, there's no out-of-the-box software that does what I need it to do, and programming the site is beyond my capabilities.
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posted by muckster
on Feb 29, 2008 -
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Some former co-workers have asked me if I'm interested in leaving my current position (where they used to work as well) to join them at their startup. Does this burn bridges at the old job?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 27, 2008 -
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What's the startup community like in Korea and Japan? I'm sorta wondering how I can find out how many small businesses there are (and what kind of moolah funds them) in Korea and Japan.. but just the ones that are sorta "Web2.0" or have a mostly online business. Any ideas? Are there government resources that track private companies and categorize them that way? Thanks in advance!
posted by mhh5
on Jan 22, 2008 -
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Please help me find this biz book. Topic: small biz startups. Author: a serial entrepeneur who claims to have started ~20 companies, none of which failed. Date: About 2-3 years ago. (I'm basically interested in any authors who have a track record of multiple successful small biz starts.)
posted by Moistener
on Jan 1, 2007 -
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I'm looking for names of prominent technology companies that were founded or took their first round of VC investment in 2002, during the post-bubble nadir.
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posted by nyterrant
on Jul 6, 2006 -
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If you thought you had a great business idea, but it was too expensive to just go for it on your own, how would you go about getting venture capital funding (in England)? Or would you do something completely different?
posted by reklaw
on Jul 16, 2004 -
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