-  February 26, 2015
-  Laurent Van Winckel
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                                                    Startups
                                            
The formula is as follow: Idea x Product x Team x Execution.
I've bullet pointed the most important aspects in order to keep it short — see it as a memory aid. 
	Idea
	
		
		Mission oriented: important for you and others
		
		
		Passion to solve something / something...
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                -  October 21, 2012
-  Laurent Van Winckel
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                                                    Startups
                                            
This is a (personal) short summary that I wrote of Peter Thiel's CS183: Class 13: You are not a lottery ticket. Serves as a quick reminder of what was said in this class.
Luck vs. Skill
How people think of the future:
1. Determinate: One right path. Conviction.
2. I...
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                -  September 17, 2012
-  Laurent Van Winckel
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                                                    Startups
                                            
Micah Baldwin has written a nice article on entrepreneurship that I'd like to share. 
"Change the world, and the world will take good care of you – Steve Jobs"
"True entrepreneurs look at money as a means to an end and care about legacy, not currency."
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            Earlier, I've said my next startup would be scalable, i.e. acquiring a customer should be fast and cost effective. Or let's just call it ... keeping the customer acquisition cost as low as possible. I'd like to explain it a bit more in detail what I think it means, since I've made th...
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                -  April 15, 2012
-  Laurent Van Winckel
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                                                    Startups
                                            
I feel like giving up on Spotia. I don't enjoy working on it anymore, and I've lost faith in the idea. The "website builder" market is so saturated and most businesses already have a website. Not to mention that customers are very demanding in terms of web design and what they want...
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