Come join other Tampa Bay area entrepreneurs who eat problems for breakfast. At a Bootstrappers Breakfast® we have serious conversations about growing a business based on internal cash flow and organic profit: this is for founders who are actively bootstrapping a startup. When: Thu-Jan-24-2013 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM Where: Oxford Exchange, 420 West Kennedy […]
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Question: I’m reading Seth Godin’s Tribes book, what role do you think tribes play for startups? For context, we are in crunch time at my startup. We have a few part-time engineers and have soft-circled first half of angel round. Morale is still very high but have lots on our mind. I’m contemplating whether our
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We have openings for Mastermind Group, one geared for technical entrepreneurs and one for CTOs.
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Where Do Lean Startup Methods Help Most? The Lean Startup 2012 conference clarified where Lean Startup principles are especially applicable: Emerging markets, Industries that are being disrupted, Companies that have fallen behind the innovation curve. All of these situations are characterized by the need for exploration and discovery instead of continued execution of the current
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Stein’s Law: “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” Based on Herbert Stein’s 1986 observation about unsustainable economic trends.
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“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.” Charles Dickens in “A Christmas Carol“
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A Conversation With A Bootstrapping EdTech Startup On Customer Interviews What follows is a sequence of E-mails with an entrepreneur bootstrapping an EdTech startup around the challenges of doing customer interviews that have been recast as a conversation, with the original content edited for length and clarity. Edtech Entrepreneur (EdTech): I am working with a
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Technical founders are tempted to look for a channel partner or hire an experienced sales person to close early sales. This post explains why this is often a mistake.
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Here are five tests entrepreneurs should run before they settle on a “we’ll run ads” business model for their startup.
Five Tests For Your “We’ll Run Ads” Business Model Read More »
Sean Murphy of SKMurphy and Scott Sambucci of Sales Qualia offered a jointly offered an LSC workshop on “Engineering Your Sales Process.”
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There were 20 mentors at lean startup 2012 conference. This post documents their location, formal education, firms they have advised.
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This post curates content and commentary related to the 2012 Lean Startup Conference: videos, blog posts, slides, articles, etc.. Lean Startup Conference Main Program Mon-Dec-3-2012 Opening Remarks by Eric Ries Presenter: Eric Ries / blog / @ericries / W: Eric Ries / The Lean Startup Book: The Lean Startup by Eric Ries Video: pending Articles/Blogs/Commentary Lean Startup Not Just
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A suggested checklist for your end of year planning efforts. Gather what has worked and define what new experiments to run in the coming year
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If entrepreneurs never daydreamed or planned ahead they would be uncreative and ineffective. But hurry inhibits awareness.
Eric Berne: Hurry Neglects The Present Moment and Environment Read More »
When a little boy sees or hears a bird he appreciates it without having to label or identify it. It’s useful for entrepreneurs to engage in direct observation and thoughtful reflection without having to classify or characterize.
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Thanksgiving 2012 is a chance to reflect on all that I am grateful for: health, family, friends, and the opportunities I have been given.
Join us Friday 9am for a Bootstrapper Breakfast in Mountain View at Red Rock Coffee. A Bootstrapper Breakfast allows you to Take part in a serious roundtable conversation among bootstrapping entrepreneurs Compare notes and exchange ideas Learn from others’ mistakes Find potential business partners and co-founders With three work weeks left in 2012 it’s time to assess: lessons learned
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All companies, even those that take a lean approach, face these problems in B2B sales: You can’t get potential customers to call back They won’t make a decision They seem to like a ever-ending beta, but they will not buy Your deals stall This interactive workshop will help you learn from these problems by using
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