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Your Idea Becomes a Business: From Startup to Grownup
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- Description:
- To create a startup, all you need is an idea. To create a successful startup, you need a lot more. This panel looks at the technical, organizational and social challenges involved in growing from an idea to a business. Members of some successful companies share their experience and advice.
- Questions
Answered: -
- What technical solutions are available to help your business scale smoothly?
- Do recent developments such as cloud computing offer anything to startups?
- What technologies should you build yourselves, and what should you buy in?
- How can you plan intelligently for explosive growth or unusual loads?
- How can technologists learn the business skills they need to survive?
- How and when do you look for external funding?
- How can you accept funding and still retain control?
- What are the strategic partnerships every startup needs to make?
- How do you preserve your community as you grow?
- How do you keep the 'startup feel' in the office as your workforce expands?
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Category:
- Business / Entrepreneurial
- Type:
- Panel
- Event:
- SXSW Interactive 2009
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