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My notes were pretty much what was said at Startup School, so I want to take this opportunity to put down what I got out of it in my own words. This list is some of the re-occurring themes amongst the speakers as well as some key ideas I took from it.
1. You will [...]

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Greg McAdoo

Elements of a sustainable company

Clarity of purpose

How concise are you? Know your business. Define Problem and solution. Know the problem Get out early and interate. Don’t expect a perfect product with initial release. Get feedback. Know your competition. Exploit a hole in your competition. Do something they they’re afraid to [...]

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Hadi and Ali Partovi

Is my Idea a Winner?

Can you explain customer need in 1 or 2 sentences?
Does the idea/business scale?
Are you creating added value? What would’ve people lost without you?
If you’re dependent on 1 supplier or customer, they have you by the balls.
Will users recruit other users?

Viral marketing.

Will value increase when customer’s increase?

Social networking

Are [...]

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Chris Anderson

As more content/choices come out, the demand is distributed among the population.
Most of your market will be in the middle of a bell curve. Niche markets on the other hand are away from the middle and thus smaller.
In our current market, 20% of the products account for 80% of the sales.

Caused by networks [...]

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On Saturday, March 24, 20007, I had the pleasure of attending Startup School at Stanford University. Here I saw many presenters including Paul Buchheit (Creator of Gmail), Paul Graham (Founder of YCombinator), Mitch Kapor (Founder of Lotus and Co-Founder of the EFF), and many more.
It was inspiring to say the least. It opened [...]

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