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Start-ups: Before You Launch Your Product, Start With a Service

Harvard Business Review

Omer bootstrapped his company from no revenue or employees to about 45 employees and over $15 million in revenue by the time AgilOne partnered with Sequoia Capital in 2011. The technology allows automated cleaning up of large code-bases, and was licensed back to the company by Stanford.

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How to Fund Indian Start-Ups

Harvard Business Review

India has numerous small retailers and service providers who are shining examples of scrappy entrepreneurship at its best, but the information technology startups that are my primary interest typically require outside funding. India has done well in the last twenty odd years to build its technology industry through services.