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How to Build a Startup Company

11/14/2013

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Tony Deblauwe's interview at WorkBabble.com got me thinking.  He asked about my motivations to write, about my thoughts on the Silicon Valley and about starting and running new companies. 

In particular, I realized that the following questions would be good jumping off points for my thoughts on how to form a startup.
  1. Given your passion for technology and recreation, how have these two passions influenced your view of how to run a business?
  2. What are the new challenges for getting start-ups off the ground today versus when you started your first business?
  3. What guidance would you give new Founders regarding scaling their business?
  4. Describe the ideal team culture.

Over the coming weeks, I'm going to describe my experiences with not only my three startups, but with the startups my friends created.  As you might expect, while several of my friends took their companies public.  More failed.  Most started again and saw some degree of success.  However, several ended up bankrupt.  I'm hoping that by going through these experiences, those of you considering a startup or who are already part of one can avoid the mistakes my friends and I made.  Note that even without mistakes, pitfalls await.  You will encounter unscrupulous people, greedy investors, employees who will put you and your company at risk,  and competitors who will resort to whatever is necessary to ensure you fail. 

Balancing all of that is a challenge.  We'll get started in my next post.

How to Build a Startup Company - Part 1
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Sabrina
11/14/2013 10:42:42 pm

Looking forward to hearing more. I'm curious to see how much of this will apply to a non-tech company.

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Steve link
11/15/2013 01:50:35 am

When I first started out, I thought that tech companies were different. While there are differences, I now believe that the fundamental aspects of business are the same whether the business is small or large, high tech or low tech. I'm hoping to show common threads that will apply to every business and to everyone starting a business.

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