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Even worse - if VCs fund these startups, VC return will deteriorate, which will stop LPs from funding VCs. That collapse of the ecosystem is the real burst of the bubble.

If that's what people mean by Customer Development - then I'm all for it. Absolutely people should get in front of their customers, build relationships, and drive to revenues.

My experience, which led to this post, is that when asking people about their go-to market strategy, how they will scale, answer is customer development. Which is still fine BTW - except in the one (too common recently) case where this focus stops them from figuring out how to build a business out of that customer base. How to scale financially. That's my issue. That's when trouble sets in.

Thanks Lior. Happy you enjoyed the session. Indeed the questions and feedback drove me to write this post as I think it's an important concept to think about early on.

They are actually funded by Bessemer. Crunchbase is wrong.

The effect of non-ionizing radiation is well know here is one for example... quoting "At present, the fact that NIR exerts both stimulatory and inhibitory effects on different physiological cellular parameters is rather unquestionable." Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9587915

The impact on specific diseases is still in its infancy, and thus shows little results. I doubt any oncologist would have install your proposed solution...

Not sure you would want that. An always-on repeater in your car means every time you are moving away from a base station, the repeater would have to power up in order to continue the reception, even if you are not using your smartphone. This is a recipe for a generation infested with radiation-effected diseases...

relevant - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3353163

Great article. You never get a second chance to make a first impression, and a logo is often exactly that.

Love the any.do logo... I'm a sucker for simple typography http://any.do

If you have this dilemma, you probably aren't meant to code... Get an MBA.

that's why you need to find a strong technical co-founder (which is really tough to do well). Because going as a single founder on your own will be tough, and it's always good to share the road with someone you trust and has a similar purpose.

Wrote a blog post on 5 creative ways to find a technical co-founder - http://bit.ly/rQdvpK

I actually wrote a blog post about it - 5 creative ways to find a technical co-founder - http://bit.ly/rQdvpK