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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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.
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Richard Kadet offered a practical briefing on “Effective Cash Planning for Bootstrappers” at the Bootstrappers Breakfast.
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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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 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 wrote a great post recently called “Ditch the Biz Plan and Buy a Lottery Ticket” which oddly enough contains a number of good pointers for bootstrappers. His opening paragraph explains the title (emphasis added) Hardly a day goes by when I don’t have a rookie entrepreneur ask for advice on raising money from
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Results as of April 28 from a recent Bootstrappers Breakfast poll recommend Vistaprint and Overnight Prints printers. Staples, iPrint.com, and uprinting.com also have recommendations. If you would like to take the poll, visit http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2010/04/16/business-card-printers/
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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 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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Tips For Getting the Most out of SLLConf (Live or Streaming) I blogged about the “Startup Lessons Learned Conference on April 23” about three weeks ago and now the conference is tomorrow (April 23rd) in San Francisco. Whether you are planning to attend in person or at a remote streaming session (more than 60 locations
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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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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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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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Create and Deliver Surprisingly Compelling Software Demonstrations “Do The Last Thing First” — the recipe for a Great Demo! When: Wednesday, Sept 15, 2010 8 am – 5 pm Where: Moorpark Hotel, 4241 Moorpark Ave, San Jose CA 95129 Cost: $590 Before Aug 28: $566 This is an interactive workshop with Peter Cohan geared especially
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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) I asked two weeks ago in “Are You Building An Expertise Based Startup?” about a model for an expertise driven company that I have been working on for more than year. Have come across two other references that I think provide additional context. From a post by David
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