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Podcast: DataTalks.Club
Episode: Launching a Startup: From Idea to First Hire - Carmine Paolino
Description: We talked about:
Carmine’s background
Carmine’s startup FreshFlow
Doing user research
Design thinking
Entrepreneur first
Finding co-founders: the “expertise edges” framework
The structure of the EF program
Coming up with the idea
How important is going through a startup accelerator?
Finding your first client
Finding investors
Consequences of having a bad investor
Splitting responsibilities between co-founders
Hiring
The importance of delegating
Making work attractive to hires
Plans for the future
Just-in-time supply chain
What would you have done differently?
Advice for people starting a startup
Don’t focus on skills only
Getting motivation
Am I ready for a star...