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06-04-2021
12 pieces of advice from the frontline of

12 pieces of advice from the frontline of "Startup-ing" - Medium

Source: medium.com

Ideas are worthless. Execute. No one wants to sign your NDA. No one cares that you think your idea is so special. Guess what? Any VC or well connected person in Silicon Valley will know 10 other people with the same idea, some of whom will be working on it. Talk to people. Get feedback. Improve your idea. Most importantly make it happen. That is where the value is - execute. "Vision without execution is just hallucination" Henry Ford knew what was up.

Tags: entrepreneurs entrepreneurship startup
06-04-2021
Lessons Learned: What is customer development?

Lessons Learned: What is customer development?

Source: startuplessonslearned.com

When we build products, we use a methodology. For software, we have many - you can enjoy a nice long list on Wikipedia. But too often when it's time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." Many of us are not accustomed to thinking about markets or customers in a disciplined way. We know some products succeed and others fail, but the reasons are complex and the unpredictable. We're easily convinced by the argument that all we need to do is "build it and they will come." And when they don't come, well, we just try, try, again.

Tags: startup customerdevelopment leanstartup
06-04-2021
Do Things that Don't Scale

Do Things that Don't Scale

Source: paulgraham.com

Actually startups take off because the founders make them take off. There may be a handful that just grew by themselves, but usually it takes some sort of push to get them going. A good metaphor would be the cranks that car engines had before they got electric starters. Once the engine was going, it would keep going, but there was a separate and laborious process to get it going.

Tags: startup scale paulgraham entrepreneurship
06-04-2021
SmartThings

SmartThings

Source: smartthings.com

Build a smart home to support all your big moments. With SmartThings, your home becomes a connected space that makes your life simpler, safer, and more entertaining.

06-04-2021
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YourDuino

YourDuino

Source: yourduino.com

We are continuing to update our shipping methods from China. We now have added and changed some of our shipping methods. For USA customers, we have added a US Postal Service shipping option that is low-cost in place of Hong Kong Air. For other regions, we have added ChinaPost Air which offers low-cost shipping. We now have both FedEx Economy and FedEx Priority service to the USA. All of our shipping options include tracking ability now. Please let us know what you think about these shipping changes. Thanks for your business!   Terry & Peng

Tags: arduino teasel microcontrollers
06-04-2021
WigWag - Home automation

WigWag - Home automation

Source: wigwag.com

Designed to provide maximum flexibility, Pelion enables secure, turnkey IoT device management for any device and any network.

Tags: automation iphone