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Launching a Startup: From Idea to First Hire - Carmine Paolino

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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 startup?
  • Importance of a business school
  • Advice on finding a co-founder
  • Do I need EF if I already have an idea?
  • Having a prototype before the pitch


    • Books:

    • The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick
    • Design Thinking by Robert Curedale

      • Links:

      • FreshFlow: https://freshflow.ai/
      • Carmine's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carminepaolino
      • Carmine's Twitter: https://twitter.com/paolino


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