Ideation vs. Implementation

Posted on 03. Feb, 2010 by ethan.

There has been a sort of discussion going on for a while in entrepreneurial circles around whether coming up with ideas is more important or valuable than being able to implement the idea, and vice versa.  For example, If I had the idea for Twitter but had no idea about how to program the site [...]

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Startup Communities Outside of the Valley

Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by ethan.

The Silicon Valley in sunny California is, without a doubt, the technology and internet capitol of the world.  Many startups have venture out to the valley in hopes of becoming the next great success story, and many have succeeded in at least achieving a launch and a user base.  Others have been less lucky and [...]

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What’s New at TheStartupist in January (and beyond).

Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by ethan.

It has been a fun and exciting few months since TheStartupist was launched.  Over that span of time, TheStartupist has managed to turn out a few fun interviews with other like-minded entrepreneurs and business founders.  We have also had the privilege to put together a collection of articles which are meant to provide help, advice, [...]

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When NOT to Bootstrap

Posted on 24. Jan, 2010 by ethan.

The concept of bootstrapping a startup is a decently popular one these days.  Many entrepreneurs have seen their peers successfully take a concept to market with very little initial capital investment and with wise capital management, spending only when absolutely necessary.  Those who have bootstrapped their startup successfully and effectively are generally people who are [...]

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TheStartupist Interview with VoteForArt.com

Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by ethan.

TheStartupist was recently able to catch up with a cool young entrepreneur by the name of  Jeremy Parker.  Jeremy is the 24 year old president and founder of www.voteforart.com - a new startup backed by the large apparel company David Peyser Sportswear (owner of brands such as Weatherproof and MV Sport). Vote For Art is [...]

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Startup Trends: App Stores

Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 by ethan.

One of the most remarkable things about proprietary products (such as the iPhone, Android, Twitter, and Facebook) are their ability to almost instantaneously spawn off new miniature economies around themselves.
Before the iPhone existed RIM’s Blackberry and the Palm series of PDA’s and pre-smartphones dominated the slice of the market that would eventually be ceded to [...]

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What Happens when a Startup Fails

Posted on 15. Jan, 2010 by ethan.

Failure is not a topic that many entrepreneurs want to think or talk about, but the truth is that roughly 50% of new business fail within 5 years of starting up.  For an entrepreneur, knowing how to wind down a failed business is as essential as knowing how to start up a business.  Close down [...]

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TheStartupist Conversation with Startups.com

Posted on 11. Jan, 2010 by ethan.

A week ago on Monday I was able to have a quick phone chat with Startups.com’s community manager Fred Imparatta.  Our talk was good, and I learned quite a bit about the Startups.com network and some of what they have planned for the future.  From there, I was able to get into contact with Pepe [...]

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