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by eladgil 16y ago
I totally agree. The premise is not that they can not work - rather, that many people have tried them, or thought of them, but they have not worked as of yet. Even more importantly for the article, the really do come up in every brainstor
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Startup Ideas Every Nerd Has (That Never Work)(blog.eladgil.com)
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IncubatorIncubator: An incubator for incubators, co-working spaces, etc(incubatorincubator.com)
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The Benefits of Thinking Small(blog.eladgil.com)
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Breaking Apart the Startup in the Cloud - A Dramatic Shift in Company Building(blog.eladgil.com)
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by eladgil 16y ago
I dont think you need to be young. But I think it helps. I consider Reid Hoffman a visionary who views LinkedIn as his way to make a big impact on the world. He started LinkedIn in his late 30s. However, in general, true visionaries te
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by eladgil 16y ago
Agreed. Most companies that do well are started by people who are not "visionary entrepreneurs". I think the point is that having 1 on board can increase the likelihood of either building a really huge company, or completely cratering :)
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Are You A Visionary Entrepreneur?(blog.eladgil.com)
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Investor - Want an Equity Seed Round? Pay For The Legal Fees(blog.eladgil.com)
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Your Lawyer and 3 Other People You Should Not Give Equity To(blog.eladgil.com)
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10X Your Business(blog.eladgil.com)
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Put Your Investors To Work For You(blog.eladgil.com)
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Are You an Alcoholic Yet? Dealing With Stresses of Founding a Company(blog.eladgil.com)
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The Fundingpocalypse: Your Mom Wants To Angel Invest(blog.eladgil.com)
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Party Rounds: How Y Combinator, AngelList, Super Angels Have Changed Fundraising(blog.eladgil.com)
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by eladgil 16y ago
This is part of my next blog post - I think e.g. AngelList and YC are two access points....
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Party Rounds: How To Get a Crazy Valuation For Your Seed Startup(blog.eladgil.com)
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by eladgil 16y ago
Great point. I think this is a broader question - what are all the ways you can fund the business? Can you have customers pay for development? Can you file for a government grant? *Can you take out a loan? In many cases, one of these rou
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Questions to Ask Yourself Before Raising Money(blog.eladgil.com)
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by eladgil 16y ago
Thanks!
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Angels vs Superangels - What is the difference?(blog.eladgil.com)
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by eladgil 16y ago
Good points. However, think of all the talent buys or technology buys or "strategic buys" that companies make. E.g. Aardvark was acquired by Google for $50 million and I doubt they had any revenue. For early stage technology companies, m
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by eladgil 16y ago
Absolutely agree - founders should think through what they want from their business up front, and what sorts of headaches they do or do not want to have to deal with over time.
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by eladgil 16y ago
Really good point. I was thinking of putting this in the post but decided to not get into it. Thanks for pointing it out.
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Is Your Startup A Cash or Equity Business?(blog.eladgil.com)
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by eladgil 16y ago
I definitely agree with this - I think there are really good reasons to raise money. As I mention in the blog, if you are raising money to accelerate what you are doing, want to scale the company etc. you should absolutely do so. I think th
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3 Stupid Reasons to Raise Venture Funding(blog.eladgil.com)
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by eladgil 16y ago
Very good, thoughtful comments. 1. Agreed. There are only certain types of people who can do this. Most of the people who did this with us already had a full time job and were working with us weekends/nights only. So this was not an issu
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Bootstrapping Startup: Raise Debt From Your Employees(blog.eladgil.com)
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by eladgil 16y ago
I know of one company in particular that raised $1 million for their entire seed from a VC. 1 year in the VC partnership decided things weren't going well enough to invest more, and they shut down when they couldn't raise money. I can't n

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