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24 alternatives to The Startup Chat 129: How to shut down your startup

Hiten Shah & Steli Efti discuss killing your startup

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Startup Chat 129: How to shut down your startup launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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The Startup Chat 128: Crisis management for startups▲71
Hiten Shah & Steli Efti on managing a crisis in your startup
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat Podcast▲233
Hiten and Steli's unfiltered insights and actionable advice.
2015 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 130 - SEO for startups▲65
Hiten Shah & Steli Efti discuss SEO
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 131: PR for startups▲68
Hiten Shah & Steli Efti talk public relations for startups
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 121: How to come up with great business ideas▲71
Hiten Shah & Steli Efti share how to generate startup ideas
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 142: Why Hiten Shah & Steli Efti love to read▲55
Books can be your best mentors
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat - You launched your product, and no one bought. What now?▲56
Hiten Shah & Steli Efti on what happens after the beta.
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 168 - How to Build Your Personal Network… Without Networking▲56
Hiten Shah & Steli Efti chat about building relationships
2017 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 149: What Founders Should Know About Working With Lawyers▲58
Hiten Shah & Steli Efti share legal advice for startups
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 136: Hiten Shah & Steli Efti talk about age & entrepreneurship▲56
Are you too old (or too young) for entrepreneurship?
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 165: Sales & Marketing Tactics that Died in 2016▲69
Hiten Shah & Steli Efti on tactics that stopped working
2016 · its alternatives →
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Learning To Say NO - Episode 23: The Secret Power Of Successful Startups▲64
Interview with Steli Efti, CEO & Co-Founder of Close.io
2017 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 134: How to do due diligence on people▲56
Hiten Shah & Steli Efti discuss vetting investors & partners
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 133: How to cultivate great relationships with investors▲57
Hiten Shah & Steli Efti discuss investor relations
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 127: How to provide great customer support▲67
Hiten Shah & Steli Efti discuss customer support
2016 · its alternatives →
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#Startup Chat▲357
The global startup community, on Slack
2014 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 166 - How to Think About Hot Trends in Business & Technology▲62
Hiten Shah & Steli Efti chat about trends
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 122: How to run experiments▲57
Steli Efti & Hiten Shah discuss how to run experiments
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 169: The Lazy Hustle▲62
Steli Efti & Hiten Shah on fake vs real hustle
2017 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 170: What You Don’t Know About Angel Investors▲64
Hiten Shah & Steli Efti on angel investing
2017 · its alternatives →
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Talk To Your Fucking Customers! (If You Want To Build A Better B2B Startup)▲171
Actionable advice for B2B Startups by Steli from Close.io
2018 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 140: The power of writing▲61
Hiten Shah & Steli Efti talk about the importance of writing
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat - MicroConf 2016 Q&A with Hiten Shah & Steli Efti▲57
Recording of a live Q & A session at MicroConf 2016
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 143: Lack of urgency - The slow & painful path to startup death▲56
How to instill the right sense of urgency in your team
2016 · its alternatives →

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