Aussie in the Big Apple

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Don’t swap a business model for hype
During the first wave of internet start-ups in the 1990s, a majority of the businesses being created actually had business models.
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The power of slow: Why building a customer base is worth the time
Too many start-ups are focused on the wrong things. They care more about users, publicity and raising capital over getting customers.
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The storm has come
It feels like the storm has come, and the Facebook IPO was the tipping point.
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 a fizzer for start-ups
Last week was the TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 conference.
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Be the best in the world
I was out for a drink with a friend recently who said something that really resonated with me.
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Treasure yourself like Miranda Kerr
Every day I read a book on my subway ride into Manhattan, and I just recently finished reading Treasure Yourself by Miranda Kerr.
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Getting my start-up to official launch
Roboinvest officially launched yesterday. It was secretly launched on Friday, January 27 to enable us to see whether it would be stable before opening it up to the wider community.
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Eating my own dog food
The best products are those where the founders are the power users.
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Getting to private beta launch
On 11/11/11 we quietly launched Roboinvest in private beta to a select group of people who had reserved a username on our landing page over the past few months.
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Surviving in New York on a start-up budget
When you are running a start-up, you live on what I like to call a start-up budget. Just like how you run your start-up, you need to live your life the same way.
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