<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693</id><updated>2026-07-25T11:04:35.357+03:00</updated><category term="Miscellaneous"/><category term="Startup"/><category term="Startup Rules"/><category term="Misguided Thinking"/><category term="Offtopic"/><category term="Venture"/><category term="Thinking Business"/><category term="Interesting"/><category term="Investors"/><category term="VC"/><category term="Startup Idea"/><category term="Invitation to discussion"/><category term="Blogging"/><category term="Angel"/><category term="Seed"/><category term="Funding Round"/><category term="Group Meeting"/><category term="Jeff Pulver"/><category term="Lessons we learn"/><category term="Economy"/><category term="Events"/><category term="Israel"/><category term="Wanted"/><category term="Web 2.0"/><category term="Joke"/><category term="Google"/><category term="Job Hunting"/><category term="Mission"/><category term="Better Place Project"/><category term="Bill Gates"/><category term="Clones"/><category term="Politicians"/><category term="Ted"/><category term="philanthropy"/><title type='text'>Cup of Startup</title><subtitle type='html'>&quot;Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.&quot; - Albert Einstein</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>83</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-3124554166221511124</id><published>2011-12-16T23:27:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T23:27:34.374+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Interesting"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Invitation to discussion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lessons we learn"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup"/><title type='text'>Notable startups that failed in 2011</title><summary type="text">The year 2011 was momentous for several startup companies that raised huge sums by going public, such as Zynga, LinkedIn, and Groupon. But many other notable startups -- some of them well-funded -- had a much worse year and closed down......
Read here full story by By Tom Musbach | Yahoo!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/3124554166221511124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/3124554166221511124' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/3124554166221511124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/3124554166221511124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2011/12/notable-startups-that-failed-in-2011.html' title='Notable startups that failed in 2011'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-5023882422152289443</id><published>2011-10-06T23:29:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-06T23:29:43.943+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Miscellaneous"/><title type='text'>Steve Jobs</title><summary type="text">1955 - 2011

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/5023882422152289443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/5023882422152289443' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/5023882422152289443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/5023882422152289443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2011/10/steve-jobs.html' title='Steve Jobs'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZuKnYNFTiAPsnehlUYLrg1IKv9YSnty8G8s7Zky3wOhopTVJfF64yhfL-vP-DppqCH6F2xfRF8DoiMueueH3f_89atbW1E3J_TWsLS6Q9G8seZmQJMcdYExpIyDa4VJR7oW7LTWwtZKi/s72-c/Apple_Steve_Jobs.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-2160475002967932120</id><published>2011-07-04T16:34:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-07-04T16:34:50.563+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Blogging"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Interesting"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Invitation to discussion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lessons we learn"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Miscellaneous"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Misguided Thinking"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ted"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Web 2.0"/><title type='text'>The Filter Bubble</title><summary type="text"></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/2160475002967932120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/2160475002967932120' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/2160475002967932120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/2160475002967932120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2011/07/filter-bubble.html' title='The Filter Bubble'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-8990378715722737492</id><published>2011-05-15T22:53:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-15T22:53:35.010+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Angel"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Funding Round"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Investors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="VC"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Venture"/><title type='text'>Entrepreneurship &amp; Fundraising</title><summary type="text">For your attention

Entrepreneurship &amp;amp; Fundraising  View more presentations from Ariel Poler </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/8990378715722737492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/8990378715722737492' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/8990378715722737492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/8990378715722737492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2011/05/entrepreneurship-fundraising.html' title='Entrepreneurship &amp; Fundraising'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-8212959287954697096</id><published>2011-01-29T23:38:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-01-29T23:40:05.302+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Events"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Israel"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup Idea"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Venture"/><title type='text'>16 Finalists, 3 Winners of the IsraelStartupNetwork Pitch Fest 2011</title><summary type="text">
&quot;Hi, Everyone,
Below you will find some basic information about the 16 finalists at our recent Pitch Fest, sponsored by Blumberg Capital, and hosted by Shiluvim. The first three are the winners, who were each awarded a very unique prize - every startup’s dream - a Due Diligence Process with Blumberg, which has already begun. The remaining 13 companies are listed in alphabetical order. Contact </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/8212959287954697096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/8212959287954697096' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/8212959287954697096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/8212959287954697096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2011/01/16-finalists-3-winners-of.html' title='16 Finalists, 3 Winners of the IsraelStartupNetwork Pitch Fest 2011'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL6BqGOcTCT1ftXNynZ-JLyYDEKVI5kXoaF7CEfLbb5_Y16LgvuHGYSPzdE-IZtvpRn0IBFxo7uHCSpiGyF1z2l6kVetucx1y-sA-hGF7e0oHsHqwX3X3UZXTPd4uGORbsZ5oPgaz1BZve/s72-c/ISN+PF+2011.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-2146239499861705931</id><published>2011-01-04T23:05:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-01-04T23:08:16.151+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lessons we learn"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Miscellaneous"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup Rules"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Thinking Business"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Venture"/><title type='text'>Generating High Growth Innovation Hubs</title><summary type="text">Chile 1208 generating innovation hubs 2010View more presentations from steve blank.

Read full story Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/2146239499861705931/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/2146239499861705931' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/2146239499861705931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/2146239499861705931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2011/01/generating-high-growth-innovation-hubs.html' title='Generating High Growth Innovation Hubs'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-583193294628576306</id><published>2010-10-18T20:27:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-18T20:27:05.694+02:00</updated><title type='text'>TWS2010 Showcases 10 Promising Israeli Startups</title><summary type="text">Kryon Systems
POSE
give2gether
Velocee
Concealium
Sparkeo
Superfly
Webydo
Touchoo
TA-Vision

[ By http://www.techcrunch.com ]

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</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/583193294628576306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/583193294628576306' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/583193294628576306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/583193294628576306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2010/10/tws2010-showcases-10-promising-israeli.html' title='TWS2010 Showcases 10 Promising Israeli Startups'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLu09xp4DArY-mbirvLKPEjejYR0bIGCx3psb0ptL0pNZzYPqH-NinDMw_DbF1U3-ueH3jf8FwtsWx1LCHAz7UzErOw-u2vCxu2Ci0hMeCkRYRBud10wyy0st_CnuhPre-j8R7Ulq4NwmQ/s72-c/tws.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-5091425070248100852</id><published>2010-08-07T23:02:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-08-07T23:07:18.272+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Blogging"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Invitation to discussion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup Idea"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Thinking Business"/><title type='text'>Cameron Herold: Let&#39;s raise kids to be entrepreneurs</title><summary type="text"> </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/5091425070248100852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/5091425070248100852' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/5091425070248100852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/5091425070248100852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2010/08/cameron-herold-lets-raise-kids-to-be.html' title='Cameron Herold: Let&#39;s raise kids to be entrepreneurs'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-8471492295114590483</id><published>2010-07-08T11:33:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2010-07-08T11:46:18.360+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Angel"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Funding Round"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Investors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Thinking Business"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="VC"/><title type='text'>The Big Bang of Crowdfunding: Startups as a Public Asset Class - Part 3</title><summary type="text">[ By Kevin Lawton from TrendCaller ]View more presentations from trendcaller.For your attention also Part 1 and Part Part 2</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/8471492295114590483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/8471492295114590483' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/8471492295114590483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/8471492295114590483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2010/07/big-bang-of-crowdfunding-startups-as.html' title='The Big Bang of Crowdfunding: Startups as a Public Asset Class - Part 3'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-1363333727868283388</id><published>2010-06-08T13:33:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T13:40:53.724+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Interesting"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lessons we learn"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Miscellaneous"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Misguided Thinking"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Thinking Business"/><title type='text'>Internet Trends 2010 by Morgan Stanley Research</title><summary type="text">[ by Morgan Stanley Research ]View more presentations from CM Summit: Marketing in Real Time.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/1363333727868283388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/1363333727868283388' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/1363333727868283388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/1363333727868283388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2010/06/internet-trends-2010-by-morgan-stanley.html' title='Internet Trends 2010 by Morgan Stanley Research'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-5264301581893031262</id><published>2010-06-07T13:07:00.010+03:00</published><updated>2010-06-07T13:19:07.020+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lessons we learn"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Misguided Thinking"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup Rules"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Thinking Business"/><title type='text'>Lessons we learn ...</title><summary type="text">Tony Hsieh built his online shoe retailer into an e-commerce powerhouse. But with credit tightening and investors eyeing the exits, Hsieh was forced to ask: Was selling Zappos really the only way to save it? ... At the time, we made almost all our money selling shoes, but our hope was that we&#39;d eventually go into all sorts of other businesses. We saw Zappos as a global brand like Virgin -- except</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/5264301581893031262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/5264301581893031262' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/5264301581893031262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/5264301581893031262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2010/06/lessons-we-learn.html' title='Lessons we learn ...'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGXKmCWFVo71qCJSIGsLUY1zmJ81iONuXqB-_RFDYC9Eieku1VkUPR4sczqm2VDJfd6t2uIpoIlyd5J0fPTURmEZmn1A4fidpVfeWdSLOcHukRVVa9tqwpzid09hsabgxptz__rY7va3Y/s72-c/zappos.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-1982256333729464822</id><published>2010-06-02T23:02:00.011+03:00</published><updated>2010-06-02T23:21:09.137+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Blogging"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Interesting"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Joke"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Miscellaneous"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Misguided Thinking"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Offtopic"/><title type='text'>What really motivates us</title><summary type="text">This lively RSA Animate, adapted from Dan Pink&#39;s talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/1982256333729464822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/1982256333729464822' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/1982256333729464822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/1982256333729464822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2010/06/what-really-motivates-us.html' title='What really motivates us'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-5447089120461662822</id><published>2010-05-15T23:05:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2010-05-15T23:08:28.098+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup Rules"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Thinking Business"/><title type='text'>From Zero to a Million Users - Dropbox and Xobni lessons learned</title><summary type="text">Check out this SlideShare Presentation: From Zero to a Million Users - Dropbox and Xobni lessons learnedView more presentations from Adam Smith.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/5447089120461662822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/5447089120461662822' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/5447089120461662822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/5447089120461662822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2010/05/from-zero-to-million-users-dropbox-and.html' title='From Zero to a Million Users - Dropbox and Xobni lessons learned'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-8487400493949980613</id><published>2010-05-10T18:11:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2010-05-10T18:20:25.580+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Interesting"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup Rules"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Thinking Business"/><title type='text'>20th Century Business and APIs...</title><summary type="text">There is a perspective some people apply to evolution, social theory, and language change called punctuated equilibrium (credit goes to Jess Ruefli for pointing this out).  It suggests that change is not gradual, but that change comes in sudden punctuated bursts between stretches of relative stasis or equilibrium.The Web from 1995-2000 was certainly a surge like this as every business &quot;went </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/8487400493949980613/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/8487400493949980613' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/8487400493949980613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/8487400493949980613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2010/05/darwin-finches-20th-century-business.html' title='20th Century Business and APIs...'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-4581063570479405408</id><published>2010-04-26T15:44:00.008+03:00</published><updated>2010-04-26T21:22:30.931+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Funding Round"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Interesting"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Invitation to discussion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Misguided Thinking"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup Rules"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Thinking Business"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="VC"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Venture"/><title type='text'>Do not care about business plan, care about business model</title><summary type="text">[ By Steve Blank Woodstock for Entrepreneurs – the Startup Lessons Learned Conference ]Why accountants don’t run startupsIf you wanted to know what I’ve been thinking about after Customer Development, you can see and hear it in the talk I gave at the conference.  Watch the expanded version of “Why Accountants Don’t Run Startups below. - The first story, Shifts in Entrepreneurship starts at 4:20 -</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/4581063570479405408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/4581063570479405408' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/4581063570479405408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/4581063570479405408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2010/04/do-not-care-about-business-plan-care.html' title='Do not care about business plan, care about business model'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-6253349141409172566</id><published>2010-04-22T18:10:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2010-04-22T18:18:49.782+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Avoid Hiring The Wrong Execs</title><summary type="text">Execs at large companies are good at fine tuning these existing systems, while startups need people who can help mold and create the business&#39; framework for its future as a large company. Steve Blank says that the reason there are disparages and possible conflicts between traditional executives and startup execs is that education is too focused on traditional business practices, and not enough on</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/6253349141409172566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/6253349141409172566' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/6253349141409172566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/6253349141409172566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2010/04/avoid-hiring-wrong-execs.html' title='Avoid Hiring The Wrong Execs'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-3998076164490293714</id><published>2010-03-18T12:21:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-08T11:43:00.554+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Funding Round"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup Rules"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Thinking Business"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="VC"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Venture"/><title type='text'>The New Face Of Venture Capital</title><summary type="text">[ By Kevin Lawton from TrendCaller ]View more presentations from trendcaller.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/3998076164490293714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/3998076164490293714' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/3998076164490293714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/3998076164490293714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-face-of-venture-capital.html' title='The New Face Of Venture Capital'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-6252639897924905305</id><published>2010-02-09T22:11:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-09T22:17:52.709+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Google"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Interesting"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Miscellaneous"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Misguided Thinking"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup Idea"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup Rules"/><title type='text'>To be great, does not need to be Good...</title><summary type="text">[ By Paul Buchheit ]By now, everyone is tired of hearing about the iPad, but the negative responses are so perfectly misguided that it would be wrong to waste this opportunity. Even better, we can look back at the 2001 iPod launch and see the exact same mistakes. But this isn&#39;t about the iPad or the iPod -- it&#39;s about product design.The most famous iPod review was from Slashdot, which simply </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/6252639897924905305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/6252639897924905305' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/6252639897924905305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/6252639897924905305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2010/02/to-be-great-does-not-need-to-be-good.html' title='To be great, does not need to be Good...'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-8866947018745664221</id><published>2010-02-08T22:55:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-08T23:08:59.816+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Investors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Miscellaneous"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Seed"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="VC"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Venture"/><title type='text'>Raising Venture Capital - More Tips ...</title><summary type="text">[ By OnStartups ]There’s already lots of great content on the web about raising capital and understanding deal terms.  My favorite is the content on Venture Hacks (a must read, if you’re raising capital).  But, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to share some of the “lessons learned” from my own experiences.  Some of these you’ve probably heard before, but one or two will likely be new to youRead here </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/8866947018745664221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/8866947018745664221' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/8866947018745664221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/8866947018745664221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2010/02/raising-venture-capital-more-tips.html' title='Raising Venture Capital - More Tips ...'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnovyNCgU5dwKbSrzrhnc5oRFP7VVXO8AzhOnAWZPacHADOBmYHjaLkt7b13If99syjU7GOQbmra0h8MQjwKTyCjWfCMnDgZmotsAsFkdVow41rhi05CdD0SjxfgedAcfN6-Y25LIfKOp/s72-c/onstartups+cash+pile.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-1325596558042694378</id><published>2010-02-06T10:35:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-08T23:08:25.743+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Business plans and Startups</title><summary type="text">[ By Jeff D&amp;#8217;Urso ]Business plans - at their best - are an invaluable tool to help a small startup or growing company plot its path to the next stage of growth.Unfortunately, most business plans are a complete waste of time and energy - turning would be founders and startup builders into word-smithers and BS artists.At their worst, it is not uncommon for the business planning process to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/1325596558042694378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/1325596558042694378' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/1325596558042694378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/1325596558042694378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2010/02/business-plans-and-startups.html' title='Business plans and Startups'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6aMrCi6NH6Nq0Mq1hrdtBAwgvpkiLER3veqswPg_J6fftiXv4G4qNEzJ1vAcgOC0CfDUMH3tzGb6n-hXLAVGGWwaZbNEaLPfp0rrlXCocZYqknoJEt5D2LEHkGxdJxK5po5uwP4KzIM1m/s72-c/business_plan.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-599673657826318812</id><published>2009-12-13T22:53:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-13T22:58:33.013+02:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Israel"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Seed"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Venture"/><title type='text'>Genieo closes $3 m. in seed funding</title><summary type="text">[ By israel21c.org ]Genieo Innovation of Israel, creators of the ultimate home-page personalization engine, announced early this month the closing of US $3 million in seed funding.Backed by leading private investors, the company is bringing to market the industry&#39;s first fully automatically updated and micro behavioral-targeted (MBT) personalized home-page. &quot;Our technology transforms a homepage </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/599673657826318812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/599673657826318812' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/599673657826318812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/599673657826318812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2009/12/genieo-closes-3-m-in-seed-funding.html' title='Genieo closes $3 m. in seed funding'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-2066395324685029487</id><published>2009-11-23T20:01:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-23T20:16:27.894+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Learn to price your software product</title><summary type="text">For my visitor attention - very interesting article found, - just simple explanation HOW TO price your software product.  [ by Dharmesh Shah - OnStartups ]I’m going to open this article with a short (and true) story.  I officially kicked off my marketing software company, HubSpot, about 17 months ago.  If you’ve read my blog for any period of time, you likely know that I’m a big beliver in the “</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/2066395324685029487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/2066395324685029487' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/2066395324685029487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/2066395324685029487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2009/11/learn-to-price-your-software-product.html' title='Learn to price your software product'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-4656583683756290425</id><published>2009-09-07T23:42:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T20:02:53.074+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Invitation to discussion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Misguided Thinking"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup Rules"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Thinking Business"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Venture"/><title type='text'>What is the right age to found venture ...?</title><summary type="text">[by Vivek Wadhwa - TechCrunch ]Research that my team conducted, based on a survey of 549 entrepreneurs in high-growth industries, showed that the average founder of a high-growth company launched his venture at age 40. We also learned that these founders are likely to be married and have two or more kids. They typically have six to ten years of work experience and real-world ideas. They simply </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/4656583683756290425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/4656583683756290425' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/4656583683756290425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/4656583683756290425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2009/09/wht-is-right-age-to-found-venture.html' title='What is the right age to found venture ...?'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-504447363250555668</id><published>2009-09-06T20:35:00.008+03:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T20:47:30.836+03:00</updated><title type='text'>50 things that are being killed by the internet</title><summary type="text">[ By Matthew Moore - Telegraph.co.uk ]...Your lunchbreakDid you leave your desk today? Or snaffle a sandwich while sending a few personal emails and checking the price of a week in Istanbul?...Interesting article and discussion even more ... &gt;&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/504447363250555668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/504447363250555668' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/504447363250555668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/504447363250555668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2009/09/50-things-that-are-being-killed-by.html' title='50 things that are being killed by the internet'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147458103562979693.post-1456977561586729316</id><published>2009-08-31T19:08:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-31T19:14:38.122+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Startup Rules"/><title type='text'>The long lost formula for start-up success. No, really</title><summary type="text">[By Nigel Eccles - Hubdub Ltd]You know the story. A group of friends come up with an amazing product idea, lock themselves away, code like demons, eat pizza, drink coffee and several months later come out with a prototype. The prototype is good enough to convince some investors, they raise money, build the full product, launch it, users love it, product gets traction, acquirers circle and then </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/feeds/1456977561586729316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1147458103562979693/1456977561586729316' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/1456977561586729316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1147458103562979693/posts/default/1456977561586729316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cupofstartup.blogspot.com/2009/08/long-lost-formula-for-start-up-success.html' title='The long lost formula for start-up success. No, really'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>