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@cpaik on why timing is essential for great founders and investors:
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Why Timing Matters for Founders and Investors
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Launch and Learn: Segment’s Unexpected Product Success Story
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4. Just launch and see how it goes In the case of @segment
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Prototype Path: Co-creating Products with Design Partners
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3. The prototype path: Create a quick prototype and co-create with a small number of design partners The founders of @linear came into the space with strong opinions of what the product needed to be, but then slowly started getting feedback from similar-minded startups:
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User Research First: The Zip HQ Path to $1.5B Validation
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2. The listening path: Talk to tons of potential users first, looking for signs of pull and pain—then start building The founders of @TheZipHQ (last valued at over $1.5B) spoke with 75 potential users before committing to their idea:
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4 Ways to Validate Your B2B Startup Idea Successfully
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4 ways for validate your B2B startup idea: 1. The do-it-manually path @christinacaci manually created compliance reports for a few companies and noticed (surprisingly) that they all found them very valuable. She then built @TrustVanta (last valued at $1.6B):
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CEOs Abandon Market Timing, Preparing Fourth-Quarter IPO Surge
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'CEOs are just in "F*** It" mode, after more than a year of fruitlessly trying to time the market. What we're seeing right now isn't backtracking, but rather the calm before a fourth-quarter flood.' https://
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Entrepreneurs Transform Dreams into Reality Through Daily Effort
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A menudo la gente piensa que un emprendedor no es más que un soñador y no podrían estar más equivocados. Un emprendedor se transforma y se esfuerza a diario para hacer realidad sus sueños y eso es algo más complicado que tener grandes ambiciones
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Unitree Robotics Needs Robust Affordable Robotic Hand Next
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@UnitreeRobotics you now have one job left — make a robust and affordable hand. kthxbye.
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Unitree disrupts robotics market with affordable solid robot
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super exciting development in the world of robotics!!!
— Soumith Chintala (@soumithchintala) 15 août 2023
Unitree disrupts things again with a robot that looks solid and is priced to be very affordable (for its class) https://t.co/IX9MDh9z9zsuper exciting development in the world of robotics!!! Unitree disrupts things again with a robot that looks solid and is priced to be very affordable (for its class)
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Evaluating B2B Startup Ideas: Insights from Top Founders
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So you have a startup idea. How do you know if it's a great idea, or a waste of time? For part 2 of my series on kickstarting and scaling a B2B business, I interviewed the founders of 20+ of today's best B2B startups—including @Amplitude_HQ @Linear @NotionHQ @Figma @Gong_io