Deprecating Facebook Part Two
I am deprecating my use of Facebook except for a small group of friends and family. On-line communities do not enable person to person trust to scale.
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Deprecating Facebook
I have decided that deprecating Facebook, migrating off of it as a social network, is the most prudent response to a series of actions by management. Because my decision is based on a lack of trust of the current leadership I will revisit it every six months or so to see if things have changed sufficiently
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“Startup Wisdom” E-Book (2009 Edition)
The Startup Wisdom E-Book (2009 Edition) is now available. currently unavailable. It collects contemporary and classic quotes that I believe offer entrepreneurs practical insights and encouragement. It includes commentary on many of the quotes and suggestions for how to apply them. Early reviewers have found it energizing. Like a double espresso, it’s something that you
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Memorial Day 2010
On Memorial Day 2010 we commemorate those who died in the service of our country. Richard Fernandez has an outstanding post “Memory and Survival” that highlights the importance of remembering the altruistic sacrifices that not only make our society possible but better than it would be otherwise.
Quotes for Entrepreneurs — May 2010
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Focus On a Niche Increases Your Chances For Success
A market as the set of buyers who will be guided by each other’s purchase decision for a particular product. Focus on a niche market lowers your messaging and outreach costs and increases your chances for success.
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Customer Development and Its Discontents
It’s hard to test customer development theories: you cannot step into the same river twice and you cannot step into the same market twice.
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Steve Blank Plans to Crowdsource E-Schools
Steve Blank gave a thought provoking talk at the Startup Lessons Learned Conference on “Customer Development 2.0: Why Accountants Don’t Run Startups” (slides here and related blog post “Why Accountants Don’t Run Startups” which is part of a category of blog posts on “Durant vs. Sloan“). He also referenced Robert Shedd‘s list of startup accelerators
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Vivek Wadhwa’s Pointers for Bootstrappers
My top 5 pointers for bootstrappers from Vivek Wadhwa’s “Ditch the Plan Buy a Lottery TIcker” article in Wall Street Journal.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs – April 2010
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Startup Lessons Learned Conference Coverage Roundup
This Startup Lessons Learned Conference 2010 recap includes links to the slides, videos, and relevant blog post for each session.
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Lean Software & Systems Conference Recap
Lean Software & Systems Conference Recap I came across an interesting conference going on today that seems related to tomorrow’s Startup Lessons Learned Conference: the Lean Software & Systems Conference with a hashtag #lssc10. It looks like this is the second year and last year it was held in Miami in 2009. It’s managed by
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Do You Want to Track 200+ Electronic Design Automation Feeds?
We are working with a semantic technology firm to develop a new portal that will track EDA related blog posts and other content announced via an RSS, Atom, or other feed protocol . Our goal is to provide a richer level of aggregation and analysis than an RSS reader with 200 feeds offers today (see
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Jack of All Trades
It’s easier to become very good at two or three things than the best at one specific thing: this “Jack of all Trades” strategy applies both for career and entrepreneurial endeavors.
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Do You Use a Wiki to Deliver Services or Develop Content?
I would be interested in talking with other consulting or professional service firms that are using Central Desktop or other wiki systems to collaborate with clients or deliver services. For example, when we give workshops we also put the text of the relevant workbook into a custom workspace for each attendee. Also, as a part
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Common Mistakes in New Product Introduction Demos
A baker’s dozen of common mistakes that I have seen founders make preparing and delivering new product introduction demos and presentations.
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Building an Expertise Based Startup (Part 2)
Rules of thumb for building an expertise-based startup including six factors for knowledge worker productivity and three questions to ask.
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Self-Mastery, Expertise, Connections, and Perseverance
Four keys to success in any career, but especially as an entrepreneur, are: self-mastery, expertise, connections, and perseverance.
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Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Innovation in Medical Care
We see a number of entrepreneurial opportunities for innovation in medical care in practice areas where the patient pays for outcomes.
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