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New York City is the most famous city in the world. Yes, this is being written from Paris. Yes, Captain Dash loves Paris. But New York? That’s where it’s all happenin’, man. After the IBM SmartCamp…
A short – defo smart – bit on New York’s development as a startup hub. By Bruno Walther (on @Captain_dash daily)
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In 1975, a 20-year-old Steve Jobs and his engineering buddy Steve Wozniak began working on the prototype of the Apple 1 computer in Jobs’ parents’ garage. Nearly 30 years later, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his dorm room at Harvard College.
More entrepreneurs, less risks ?
That might be true.
Web companies do represent a huge amount of startups but what about the actual risk of starting a website ?
Been there, done that already – crappy result I must admit – but the risk involved was nowhere near risky.
That is an easy view here though.
Anyway, having had the chance to visit various universities and business schools taking pride in entrepreneurship courses and so on, I could but think that these entrepreneurs-to-be tend to have the mindset of employees and not that of crazy, innovative, driven guys.
Startup is a job…
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One of the most important lessons I learned during my years as a CEO was that great employees are not replaceable. It isn’t the technology or the product that make a company great, it’s the people.
A lesson to keep in mind. Hire good people but mostly keep good people.
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At the end of the week, do you ever feel like you are waking up from a crazy dream? Do things suddenly start to make sense again?Maybe it’s because you finally get to do what you want, instead of
It is Friday (in Europe at least), let us get smart then!
Entrepreneurs, get your ideas together, do some magic and build awesome startups!
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Fortune befriends the bold – Emily DickinsonI’ve been fortunate. My company, HubSpot is growing — fast. We have 8,500 customers, over 400 employees and have raised $100 million in venture capital to
"Be bold" 10 items by Dharmesh Shah.
No pain, no game. Same for startups. Endure pain to play and enjoy the game.
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Innovation is much more than the sum of its “ingredients.” Innovation arises from a strategic, intentional mixing of components.
Innovation + leadership : keys to success
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