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Question of the Day: Can Amazon make a science out of launching statups?

By Carleen Hawn, September 13, 2007 —  3 Comments

Our colleague Liz Gannes has “a story today on Gigaom”:http://gigaom.com/2007/09/13/amazon-web-services-start-ups/ that raises a relevant topic for Found|READers, and it’s our Question of the Day:

Can the messy “black art” of starting up a company be streamlined into a science? And… CONTINUE READING

Question of the Day: Should I fundraise for 1 budget-year, or 2?

By Adam Benayoun, September 10, 2007 —  7 Comments

So you have your team all lined up, you’re incorporated, you have a working alpha and you’re preparing for Beta release to get some early customers and prove that your product works.

Now you’re thinking about getting some funding to take your startup to the next stage: to expand the developer team; pay the working co-… CONTINUE READING

Question of the Day: Go Big or Build Small?

In a Web2.0 economy where visibility matters a lot, should you get VC $$ to make a big splash? Or bootstrap and build slowly?

By Zvi Band, September 05, 2007 —  6 Comments

While working a full time job, I have devoted my nights and weekends to developing a community-powered marketplace, which I feel will be incredibly successful. I have bounced the idea off many people, and they seem to be excited about the site and the movement it can create. Now, however, I stand at a fork in the road. All I need now, is to get … CONTINUE READING

Question of the Day: Reaching beyond tech's 'bubble'

Would-be founder needs tips on how to break into old-guard auto industry.

By Kejal Shah, August 30, 2007 —  7 Comments

I haved an idea for a broker website for car rentals. Car rental companies will register with our site and customers will use our site to find the best deal. We'd get a share of revenues from each deal. My problem is that my cofounders and I are tech guys with no [auto] industry experience. So how can we approach, or start approaching car companies to get them to hook up with us? CONTINUE READING