Startups originate in the mind of an entrepreneur, often as the result of observing something that seems odd, or is the result of juxtaposing two or three seeming unrelated or even incongruous ideas. The first challenge the entrepreneur faces turn his insight into something others can critique and improve upon: to show them sketches of […]
Sketching The Likeness Of An Imaginary Business Read More »
This originally appeared in my “Entrepreneurial Engineer” column in EETimes as “Octopart helps nearly a half a million people find the part they need every month” on Mar-3-2011. I have added some additional hyperlinks in this version. I originally made a note to blog about Octopart in October of 2007 and again in April of
Founder Story Sam Wurzel, Octopart Read More »
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Here are three common questions technical entrepreneurs have for potential co-founders.
3 Questions Technical Entrepreneurs Have For Potential Co-Founders Read More »
On Wed-Feb-22 at Noon PST the Book Club For Business Impact covered lessons learned applying a number of techniques for associating from chapter 2 of the “Innovator’s DNA” by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton Christensen.
Associating, Pattern Matching, and Sensemaking Read More »
Doing business on a handshake requires us to listen carefully and offer our diagnosis your needs before moving on to how you can help yourself and where we can add value.
Doing Business On a Handshake Read More »
My father used to complain that a friend of his would make his doctor practice veterinary medicine. The doctor would ask him what was wrong and his friend would reply in a non-committal way. Some entrepreneurs, especially in the early market, seem to prefer veterinary marketing: running tests and making changes in their application without
Don’t Practice Veterinary Marketing: Talk to Prospects Read More »
I have been really encouraged by some of the great comments I have received on some recent blog posts.
A Great Comment Can Brighten Your Whole Day Read More »
Max Bloom and Peter Bloom–yes they are brothers–have opened a new co-working space in Santa Clara called “Ground Floor Silicon Valley.” The 15,000 square foot facility is located at 2030 Duane Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95054 It’s an interesting facility that has only been open a few weeks. The facility includes about 4,000 square feet
New Co-Working Space in Santa Clara: Ground Floor Silicon Valley Read More »
Here is a list of tools for finding a physical workspace: this covers desks, cubicles, offices, and meeting rooms you can rent by the hour, day, or month.
Tools for Finding a Physical Workspace: Deskwanted, LiquidSpace, Loosecubes, OpenDesks Read More »
Steve Hogan and Sean Murphy provide an overview of the Innovator’s DNA webinar series offered by the Book Club for Business Impact.
Best Business Book of 2011: The Innovator’s DNA Read More »
Lenny Greenberg observed, “Creating art for yourself that no one else wants is fine and dandy. But, when other people will pay, that means that it has value and meaning to others. Even great art is lost without a buyer.” Even Great Art is Lost Without a Buyer Every few days I tweet a “quote
Even Great Art is Lost Without a Buyer Read More »
The primary challenge when you are first targeting a set of prospects for your product is to resist the urge of seeing the product as broadly applicable, instead focus narrowly where you bring strong benefit to get traction.
Defining Your Benefit and Targeting a Set of Prospects Read More »
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We have had a number of attendees at Bootstrapper Breakfasts talk about the value of a StartupWeekend as a way to see the early process of forming a startup team and exploring a market in a very compressed time frame. This allowed them to get to know other potential co-founders or partners in their community
Mentoring at Startup Weekend San Jose Jan 27-29 2012 Read More »
We have Fortune 500 clients who are launching new products and who want to take advantage of customer development methodologies (or have come to the conclusion that they need a framework to revisit assumptions that are not working). There are broadly two types of situations where a large company is launching a new product: It’s
Customer Development Is Not Just For Startups Read More »
Record to remember, pause to reflect. Combine these two actions to speed learning, improve your ability to plan, and make mid-course corrections in your plan of action.
Record to Remember, Pause to Reflect Read More »
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And you ask me what I want this year And I try to make this kind and clear Just a chance that maybe we’ll find better days Cause I don’t need boxes wrapped in strings And designer love and empty things Just a chance that maybe we’ll find better days John Rzeznik “Better Days“ Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurial Imagination Read More »
“It’s a whole year between Christmases, but it’s a short Christmas between years.” Ashleigh Brilliant
Merry Christmas 2011 Read More »
