CINACon 2007: A Great Conference For Entrepreneurs
We exhibited at CINACon 2007 and took turns rotating through the sessions. It was a great conference for entrepreneurs.
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Paul Miller to Speak Future of CMP Support for EDA Companies at EDAC Wed-Sep-26
EDAC has announced a program for Wed-Sep-26 on “The Future of Media and What it Means to EDA Companies.” So far so good, but they’ve invited the crew that laid off Richard Goering. I am much more interested in getting advice from the team that hired him. The EDAC announcement reads (links added) Paul Miller,
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Mike Lanza: Starting Companies Without Venture capital
Francis Adanza recaps key points from a talk by Mike Lanza at SDForum about “Starting Companies Without Venture Capital.”
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Startups Should Sign Their Work
Anonymous Coward landing pages don’t inspire trust or confidence in prospects, as a result few contact you. Startups should sign their work. Requiring a signed NDA before providing basic information also deters inquiries.
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Look For Us At CINACon Sat Sep 22
Look for us in the Rising Stars Showcase at CINACon 2007; it’s a chance to meet startups and hear some interesting speakers.
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Please Take Me Off Of Your Email Distribution List
“Please take me off of your email distribution list.” This is, alas, a one line email that I now find myself sending several times a week. It’s part of my effort shrink my E-mail backlog, although I have no more hope than Canute of stemming the incoming tide, but it gives me the illusion of
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Alfred H. Peet 1920-2007
I was saddened to read that Alfred Peet, the founder of Peet’s Coffee and Tea had passed away on August 29.
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Prioritizing Your Target Market Niches
Cheryl Downing suggests you explore three market niches to find your target market niche.
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Another Perspective on Paul Saffo’s Talk Aug 28
Three additions to Saffo’s six forecasting rules: can’t predict the future, ask what it means, and it takes 20 years for overnight success.
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Oblique Strategies for Startups 1
Here are ten oblique strategies to help get you and your team unstuck. The first line is the oblique strategy with added for a startup.
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Paul Saffo on Forecasting Innovation in Silicon Valley
A summary of Paul Saffo’s talk on “Forecasting Innovation in Silicon Valley” at the Churchill Club on Tue-Aug-28-2007. Saffo drew on his recent HBR Article “Six Rules for Effective Forecasting.”
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September 2007 Bootstrapper Breakfasts
September 2007 Bootstrapper Breakfasts continue our regular schedule of “first Friday” in Palo Alto and “third Tuesday” in Sunnyvale.
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Five Things to Remember When Selling A New Product
As you develop your presentation–and more importantly refine it in response to feedback–here are five things to remember when selling a new product.
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3 Tips for Choosing a Logo
Text Treatments: text logos are simple, the company name is always right there. Most high tech logos are text treatments, they are clear and simple. With text logos you have instant impact, customers don’t need to decipher anything. Another benefit of text treatments are logo aspect ratio comes naturally with words. They always seem to
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FSA Panel on Fostering, Funding and Focusing on the Future of Innovation
I attended today’s Fabless Semiconductor Association Distinguished Speaker Series Luncheon Panel on “Fostering, Funding and Focusing on the Future of Innovation.” It was time well spent. It was moderated by Brian Fuller, the former Editor-in-Chief of EE Times, and now a VP with Blanc & Otus. Brian opened with an analogy between the US railroad
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Getting More Customers Workshop Offered Sep-9-2007
We are offering our “Getting More Customers” workshop this fall in collaboration with the Professional and Technical Consultants Association (PATCA). The workshop covers ten proven marketing techniques for growing your business: attendees will select one or two that fit their style and develop a plan to implement them in their business in the next 90
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By the Numbers: How I built a Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Citizen Journalism, Long-Tail, Social Media Site for $12,107.09
Guy Kawasaki’s talk on the Truemors Origin Story: “By the Numbers: How I built a Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Citizen Journalism, Long-Tail, Social Media Site for $12,107.09”
Paul Saffo at Churchill Club Breakfast Tue Aug 28
The goal of forecasting is not to predict the future but to tell you what you need to know to take meaningful action in the present.” Paul Saffo Paul Saffo is speaking at a Churchill Club Breakfast on Tue Aug 28 7:30am to 9am at Fenwick ( 801 California Street, Mountain View, CA 94041) on
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Cohan’s Great Demo on March 8, 2008
Details for a Great Demo Workshop on March 8, 2008 offered in San Jose by Peter Cohan of the Second Derivative.
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Some Great Quotes Collected by Tim O’Reilly
Tim O’Reilly had a great post yesterday, “Surprises on the Bookshelves of CEOs” that also included quotes for entrepreneurs that he has collected over the years.
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