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Here is How to Make Sense of Conflicting Startup Advice

Both Sides of the Table

There are some smart if not somewhat cerebral bloggers I read who say that you shouldn’t take any startup advice at all because it’s too generalized to be useful to your situation. While I have some sympathy with their intent I must point out that their opinions on this are – ironically – startup advice.

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Startup founders set up hacker homes to recreate Silicon Valley synergy

TechCrunch

The type of vibe you used to get from Y Combinator just doesn’t exist anymore,” Isenberg said, as these houses could recreate some of the scrappiness and like-mindedness that defined the incubator’s early days. Residents include former startup fellowship participants from On Deck , product managers and solo entrepreneurs.

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The Magic Midnight Mind Meld

Both Sides of the Table

As my college buddies used to say, “you could blindfold me with dental floss.&# And we’re here with Dan Martell , who like any great startup founder is wearing his company t-shirt for Flowtown. It was a bunch of members of the Austin Startup Factory mixed with some out-of-towners like myself.

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The Journey from Startup Founders to VC’s

Jason Malki

Jordan has an extensive background with 15 years of experience in wellness, personal training, and mixed martial arts. Can you share your personal journeys from being a startup founder to becoming a venture capitalist? Startups are seeing a growing market for sustainability and are responding to what consumers care about.

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

Watch/listen to the Interview: In this interview Richard Liew talks with James Burnes , Chief Executive at Ministry of Awesome , a Christchurch New Zealand based startup hub helping high growth startups throughout New Zealand to start, grow and scale up. For us, it was not a good use of money.

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What Tax Mistakes Should I Be Aware of as a Startup Founder?

Startup Blogpost

From trying to take on too much by yourself to overlooking crucial elections, here are nine answers to the question, “What are some unhelpful tax mistakes that every startup founder should know and avoid?” Mixing business and personal finances can make it challenging to track expenses and result in missed deductions.

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Extra Crunch’s top 10 stories of 2020

TechCrunch

But, speaking as someone who’s worked at several startups, Extra Crunch stories contain actionable information you can use to build a company and/or look smart in meetings — and that’s worth something. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. API startups are so hot right now.