Think of launching a startup as similar to publishing a book.
But for Carolyn Daniels, a professor at Babson College and a serial entrepreneur herself, there really are two make-or-break traits for those considering launching a startup.
Ms. McDonald's tale is a cautionary one, but it also reflects the broader issues of launching a startup in the largely saturated market of Germany, Europe's largest economy.
While many points of this debate resonate on both sides, I want to give a first person perspective from someone in a top MBA program while concurrently launching a startup.
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There was a time when launching a serious startup required serious capital.
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As a young startup launching a cloud-based platform called Clio, we needed to select which mobile client(s) to support and decided to skip the Research In Motion BlackBerry.
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Raul found my company, Growthink, back in 2010 when he was first launching his fashion startup and needed a business plan.
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More specifically, rather than provide a long manifesto of the theory behind lean startup, Udacity breaks down the process of launching a business into practical steps for systematically testing hypotheses and developing a business plan that will actually work.
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"Your first priority is to get your operation started, " says Kevin Ready, author of "Startup: An Insider's Guide to Launching and Running a Business" and a seasoned entrepreneur in Austin, Texas.
Their young sons also formed a companionship and eventually Nguyen invited Witherspoon to join him in launching his photo and video sharing startup, Color.
VirtualU, a new firm near Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA, is taking on the challenge of starting a company that offers game-changing technology with the obstacles any startup faces: launching the concept, managing competitors, and trying to manage their talent.
Since launching last October as a rapid-turnaround publisher of e-books for niche audiences, San Francisco startup Hyperink has been trying to drag the industry kicking and screaming into the future present.
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Key creator Tom Hall and his startup Pieces of Fun may be playing our heartstrings like a fiddle, then, by launching a crowdfunding drive for the Keen series' spiritual successor, Secret Spaceship Club.
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