What resources and tools do you find useful for what you do?

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What resources and tools do you find useful for what you do?

Answered by Michael Garrity – Founder, CommunityLend

We use enterprise google for almost everything internally here. I also use Skype alot. I'm currently falling in love with my wife's iPad 2. She just might never see it a... (more)

We are a startup, I would consider the team to be "mature" with each of us having 12-14 years business experience... but we have not walked this path before and none of us ...

Answered by Farhan Thawar – Engineering at XtremeLabs

So I'm a big fan of building things and getting feedback on what you've built (whether from mentors or real users) vs. the early stage *thinking exercise* of "Would you use... (more)

where do you find great talent. Once you find them how do you get them interested in working for you when you are a startup Vs MNC or big corporates.

Answered by Hiten Shah – Founder, KISSmetrics

If you are the founder, it's your job to get them excited about your company and what you guys are working on. It takes practice, and trial & error to get it down, but it's... (more)

We're a start-up located outside of the Valley, but we want to make some connections to mentors and seed investors there. We're willing to find time to travel down there. W...

Answered by Dan Martell – Founder & Investor.

Try and connect with entrepreneurs that are connected that can help make intro's. Going direct / cold to investors won't work as well. Also, use plancast.com (disclosure:... (more)

If someone were launching a start up tomorrow, what would be the three most important things for them to do?

Answered by Garry Tan

1) Find a problem, need or want that people care about. 2) Find people you trust who are brilliant, have the right skills, and want to work on that problem with you, and 3)... (more)

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