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If you would like to see a very good presentation about the Art of the Start, I can suggest the following Video. Guy Kawasaki Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures has a very humoristic way to tell some rules when starting a company:

Guy Kawasaki “The Art of the Start” @ TiECon 2006

The Art of the Start a short overview of the ten rules:

1. Make meening
2. Make mantra
3. Get going
4. Define a Business Model
5. Weave a MAT (milestones, assumptions, tasks)
6. Niche thyself
7. Follow the 10/20/30 rule
8. Hire infected people
9. Lower the barrier to adoption
10. Seed the clouds

For more details and examples on each rule watch the video.