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by startupstella 13y ago
This is a very narrow view of mentorship. Mentorship is incredibly selfish: often the person doing the mentoring gets more out of the conversation than the mentee...case in point. Here, the author was challenged on basic ideas that led him
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by startupstella 13y ago
Some of the most valuable insights/learnings have happened to me when I'm sharing advice with people. Often, I don't even realize I knew something until I've shared it. Startups are also built on reciprocity- I'm on
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by startupstella 13y ago
I love this post because everyone in this community takes the Lean Startup truths to be self evident, however, the rest of the 99% still ascribe to truths that are unbelievably archaic. I see this all the time in bschool (luckily bschool en
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by startupstella 13y ago
Great question! We currently offer this payment system on matchist and many of our developers have requested to use it with clients outside of matchist. Online dispute resolution processes tend to be standard (check out Modria). The cool th
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by startupstella 13y ago
My college (im sure like many others) had a bunch of rich international students from India. I found them to be hard working, ambitious, and generally down to earth. Perhaps it was because they were well traveled and had a will to surpass t
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by startupstella 13y ago
I would agree with many of the other commenters but chime in with the "correlation does not prove causation" there are many other factors why the other startups could have failed: the other companies were better capitalized, had b
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by startupstella 13y ago
Jason addressed this issue at one of the Entrepreneurs Unpluggd events (you can see it here http://entrepreneursunpluggd.com/premium-content ) Essentially, their argument was that if Jeff Bezos invested, they could have acce
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by startupstella 13y ago
This article is great because the author has an authentic voice and explains how she achieved a measure of success without succumbing to outside pressures or norms. It's a good framework for thinking about any high stress, competitive
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by startupstella 13y ago
you have to crawl before you can walk. before people will make connections, they need to have a good relationship with you because their reputation is on the line when they make connections.
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by startupstella 13y ago
Check out matchist.com We've got top developers from around the US (many, many from this community) and we match you to developers who fit the skillset, timeframe, and budget you're looking for. Instead of a million bids, we match you to th
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by startupstella 13y ago
I think this is a great example of how a celebrity can use star power to impact the lives of other women. I only wish she had not done this in secret...if there are tabloid reports of pregnancy and weight loss, why not on such an important
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by startupstella 13y ago
we definitely experienced this at matchist, and it has made us waste valuable months. now, we don't build ANYTHING unless at least 3 customers request it and unless it will affect the bottom line (no fancy feature upgrades)
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by startupstella 13y ago
"Range" can be confusing though....how does range compare on an open freeway vs stand still traffic?
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by startupstella 13y ago
I just drove a Tesla Model S last weekend. Here are my perceptions, as I was SUPER curious about the car before I drove it: Pros: 1) The drive is AMAZING. The car is quiet, it accelerates amazingly, and the regenerative braking is really co
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A Waste of Time for Entrepreneurs(forbes.com)
1 points by startupstella 13y ago|0 comments
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by startupstella 13y ago
A great point not mentioned here is that if you've hit the ceiling where manual scaling no longer works...that's a good thing! That probably means you have enough resources due to successful hustling to devote to making things more efficien
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MBA Tuesdays: Why Pivots Are So Hard(matchist.com)
1 points by startupstella 13y ago|0 comments
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by startupstella 13y ago
As a "business cofounder" I'm a little frustrated by this post. While I am technical (I can code) I choose not to because it's not my strength: my technical cofounder builds the product and I focus on getting customers, making sure they are
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You Tried to Find a Technical Cofounder and This is What Happened...(matchist.com)
1 points by startupstella 13y ago|1 comments
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What Happens When Startup Founders Disagree?(forbes.com)
2 points by startupstella 13y ago|0 comments
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What It's Like to Judge a Startup Pitching Competition(matchist.com)
1 points by startupstella 13y ago|0 comments
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Looking for Freelance Analytics Pros
1 points by startupstella 14y ago|0 comments
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by startupstella 14y ago
Hey Philip, thanks for posting this. As cofounder of matchist i want to make sure everything on our site is transparent to all users involved. In this blog post, you posted only a partial message the client sent. In the end she specifically
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What It's Like to Be on Huffington Post Live(matchist.com)
2 points by startupstella 14y ago|0 comments
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by startupstella 14y ago
website is: http://matchist.com/talent
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Looking for Junior Freelance Developers
5 points by startupstella 14y ago|1 comments
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Matchist partners with KISSmetrics to help customers find devs(matchist.com)
1 points by startupstella 14y ago|0 comments
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by startupstella 14y ago
matchist has clients prepay so no chasing for money
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by startupstella 14y ago
(you should join matchist) (full disclosure, i am a cofounder and we are looking for more wordpress devs) :)
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Calling US Based Freelance Devs
4 points by startupstella 14y ago|1 comments

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