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A live interview with Robbie Kellman Baxter, an expert on subscription startups (15)
Robbie shares stories of helping founders launch startups to foster communities of athletes, support classic car enthusiasts and reduce childhood…
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Mike Vladimer
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May 2024

Good news! The era of "fake it til you make it" has ended (14)
This simplification yields tremendous benefits to founders of nascent-stage startups
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At the nascent stage, who should you build for? Just yourself, the founder (13)
A Business Model Canvas is a product for investors and a Minimum Viable Product is a product for customers. You need to build a product to determine if…
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April 2024

A founder’s journey: No regrets about being “delusional,” just wishes it would’ve been quicker and cheaper (12)
Adara was struggling to navigate her first steps in creating her startup, Believe in Breast Milk. Then she found focus and saved $5,000 by applying the…
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An opportunity to jump-start Nascent Startups (11)
This Fellowship could change my life and many founders' lives too 😲 🤞
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March 2024

Going deeper on Dis-Ideation (10)
When you have an idea for a tech startup, your first step is to deeply understand the people you want help in an Exploration exercise. Shout out to Lex…
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How a founder decided whether to pursue their startup idea in just 10 days and $0. Case study #2. (9)
A founder's journey: Carley had an idea for "BundleShop" but wasn't sure whether it was an opportunity worth pursuing so she used the Nascent Startups…
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The big reset that unlocked nascent-stage innovation (8)
Historically, funding was founders' top priority, but that changed in April 2015. Now founders' top priority is searching for People in Pain -- but most…
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"Dis-ideation" is your best first step for an idea for a tech startup (7)
"Dis-ideation" is a concept to go from your product idea to what's most important at the nascent-stage: searching for People in Pain.
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Nascent Startups in one, two, three (6)
One insight, two questions, and a three-part answer for founders with nascent-stage startups
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February 2024

Should a nascent startup have a Board of Advisors? (5)
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Kicking off the 100-day Exploration for Nascent Startups (4)
We've gotta eat our own dogfood ;)
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