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How to build a startup
This document outlines tips for building a startup, including: - The story of one startup that began in 2009 with the goal of making address books hassle-free, and over the years added features like aggregation, import/export, and connectors. - Recommendations to do things like talk, show experiments, lean processes, and stand on the shoulders of giants rather than hide or overengineer. - How they bootstrapped the startup with CHF 70,000 over 18 months with no salaries or luxuries, taking advantage of pay-per-use services and free resources online.
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How to build a startup
- 1. How to builda startup Marcus Kuhn – Co-Founder & CEO marcus@connex.io; +41 (0)76 378 51 33
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- 30. Don’t spend money (onunnecessary things)
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- 32. Costs are notreally a factor in building a prototype anymore.
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Editor's Notes
- #32 Make people want to work for your company.Pay with things other than money (see our Ads).Interns (Belgium, US, Austria).Go international (Turkmenistan, Switzerland, Germany, India, Great Britain, Netherland).Treat your people well. Build raport, build culture