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You think you're paying attention to policy, but DROdio got burned by voting yes on Prop 30 without catching that it retroactively taxed 2012 income — a gotcha that hit entrepreneurs with exits especially hard. If you're building in California or considering a move, this shows why the fine print on tax policy can cost you more than any bug in your code.
You think you know how to build a product, but Dennis Crowley's talk reveals why hyper-focus beats feature creep—Foursquare hit 8.5MM users by resisting the urge to be everything, even when competing with Facebook. His entrepreneur tips might save you from the classic mistake of diluting your core idea.
You think you're paying attention to policy, but DROdio got burned by voting yes on Prop 30 without catching that it retroactively taxed 2012 income — a gotcha that hit entrepreneurs with exits especially hard. If you're building in California or considering a move, this shows why the fine print on tax policy can cost you more than any bug in your code.
You think you know how to build a product, but Dennis Crowley's talk reveals why hyper-focus beats feature creep—Foursquare hit 8.5MM users by resisting the urge to be everything, even when competing with Facebook. His entrepreneur tips might save you from the classic mistake of diluting your core idea.