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# For curious entrepreneurs who are interested in SaaS startups

 Insightful information about software startups from Dharmesh Shah

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[Important Questions Startup Co-Founders Should Ask Each Other

September 16, 2006 

One thing I have learned in my experience with startups is that if you are not careful, you are as likely to experience as many challenges with your co-founder(s) as you are with the…

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[Startup Strategy: Are You Thrashing In A Red Ocean?

#StartupAdvice September 15, 2006 

As a general practice, I read a lot of business books (all sorts of topics like sales, marketing, technology, innovation and strategy). One area that is always difficult to find good…

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[Business Geeks: Automated Software Testing as Competitive Advantage

startups September 13, 2006 

This blog’s audience can be simplistically divided into two types of people: 1. technology geeks (folks with a technology background, and more specifically a software development…

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[Web 2.0: Soft Landings vs. Hard Crashes

startups September 11, 2006 

I’ve gotten a bit of criticism for a couple of my prior articles about the Web 2.0 startup crashes of Kiko and HuckABuck, both of which listed their companies for sale on eBay. [Note:…

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[Web 2.0 Crashes: Another Startup Being Sold On eBay

startup September 7, 2006 

First, there was Kiko (which was widely covered all over the blogosphere, including here at OnStartups.com). Now, we have HuckABuck being offered on eBay:…

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[Why Web 2.0 Is Like Pornography

startups September 6, 2006 

Recently, I had the opportunity to present to CommonAngels on the topic of Web 2.0. CommonAngels is a prominent Boston-based angel investor group of which I am a member. As part of…

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[Web 2.0 Revenues: Charge Early, Charge Often

startups September 4, 2006 

I came across this article on Dead 2.0 this morning: YCombinator Says YProfit? Besides the clever title, and I’m a fan of clever titles, I think some of the points were dead-on. This…

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[Startup Founders: Are You Experiencing Enough Pain?

strategy September 1, 2006 

Auhtor's Note: The original title for this post was "Startup Pain: If It Doesn't Kill You, It Just Hurts A Lot". I changed it because I thought the original was trying to be overly…

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[Google: Apps On A Domain

strategy August 28, 2006 

The blogosphere is buzzing today with Google’s announcement of their new “Google Apps For Your Domain”. I can’t help but wonder if whoever was responsible for this name (or lack…

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[Web 2.0 Startup Kiko Sells On eBay: $258,100

startups August 26, 2006 

For those of you that have been watching the auctioning process, the results are in. Kiko sold its assets on eBay for what seems to be $258,100. Original article I wrote on the topic:…

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[Notes from Startup Success 2006 with Guy Kawasaki

startups August 26, 2006 

I listened to a video segment for the Churchill Club’s “Startup 2006” event moderated by Guy Kawasaki and featuring a panel of entrepreneurs including Reid Hoffman, the CEO of…

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