Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2022

I saw some good insights on the most common mistakes that crush creativity, in the classic book, “ Lateral Thinking Skills ,” by Paul Sloane. It is better to put new products or services into a new or special department, sometimes known as an innovation incubator, to get the focus they require.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Their book Lead and Disrupt describes how others can learn how to do so. This book not only explains the “why does this happen” but more importantly gives you the tools for “what to do about it.”. In this book O’Reilly and Tushman succinctly articulate why these tools succeed in start-ups but fail in large companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

If these are the kinds of questions you have, the book “ Start-Up Guide for the Technopreneur, + Website: Financial Planning, Decision Making and Negotiating from Incubation to Exit ” is likely to be of help. “It is good and advisable that investors recognize that you have a passion for what you are doing. .”

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Thus, I was happy to see some real actionable advice on this challenge in a new book, “ The Unicorn Within: How Companies Can Create Game-Changing Ventures at Startup Speed ,” by Linda Yates, the founder and CEO of a leading growth incubator for global businesses. Commit a source of internal or external seed funding.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines. 20:21] Where can people find out more about your programs and your book? His book — Surviving a Startup: Practical Strategies for Starting a Business, Overcoming Obstacles, and Coming Out on Top. He's the CEO of founders space.

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OnlyOnce

AUGUST 25, 2022

More important, it’s really a companion book or coda to Escape Velocity: Free Your Company’s Future from the Pull of the Past , so if you haven’t read that one, start there and read both sequentially. I’ll start with the essence of that book before I move onto Zone to Win. Moore is a masterful writer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I saw some good insights on the most common mistakes that crush creativity, in the classic book, “ Lateral Thinking Skills ,” by Paul Sloane. It is better to put new products or services into a new or special department, sometimes known as an innovation incubator, to get the focus they require.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 28, 2014

Enter Competitions and Incubators. Things like winning startup competitions, getting selected to a startup incubator, partnering with a large company, are all good ways to show traction and some proof that you’re creating value. Good examples include: Ycombinator, Techstars, Startup health and Rock health.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

In the go-to-product phase, you can get help from a plethora of incubators, accelerators and angel investors. These are the consultants and books that offer founders the tools and insights needed to “cross the chasm” ( as Geoffrey Moore put it ) and begin to scale. You can learn more about the Traction Gap Framework here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

When I left Intuit in 2015, I was VP of Innovation and led Intuit Labs, Intuit’s internal incubator. Jeff and I have shared all of these lessons in our new book The Intrapreneur’s Journey. We’ve seen the rewards of developing a culture of innovation where employees are empowered to work on their own ideas.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 2, 2019

It’s also the first company we’ve helped incubate! And finally, we loved these books and sent them to our founders… it you find yourself with some extra time this summer, we recommend reading them! Turning the Flywheel , Jim Collins’ monograph to accompany his classic business book, Good to Great. Happy Summer to everyone!

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

Although countless books have been written on how entrepreneurs can put together successful startup companies, corporate attorney, entrepreneur, executive coach and writer John B. But if you’re already a seasoned entrepreneur who’s started various companies and led some of those to success, well, this one isn’t for you.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

OCTOBER 1, 2020

I just ordered Felix’s new book: FightBack, How to win in the digital economy with platforms, ventures and entrepreneurs. I facilitated a group of entrepreneurs for “The NIIC” (an amazing incubator and economic development center in Fort Wayne, IN) and I used my Innovation MoshPit process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2014

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur''s Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2017

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2023

While searching for an answer, I found insight in the classic book, “ The 4 Lenses of Innovation ,” from Rowan Gibson, one of the most recognized thought leaders in business innovation. Back away for a while to let the problem incubate in the unconscious mind. Immerse yourself in the problem, to explore possible solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a recent book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

I was pleased to find a new book, “ The Entrepreneur’s Faces, ” by Johnathan Littman and Susanna Camp, which outlines the key stages and provides examples of real people making the transformation from one stage to the next. This place is often called an incubator or accelerator, or just a group of peers.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 22, 2017

If you have the entrepreneurial itch and managed to graduate without taking advantage of these wonderful university programs, or perhaps you’re a few years older and preceded them, you still have access to incubators and accelerators in every high tech hub around the country. Residency in a quality incubator is a plus.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. The same applies to Malaysia, where our partner, the MAD Incubator, is in search of 10 good deals to put through the 1M/1M program. Incubator photo from Geograph. Discuss.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The book has been shepherded and edited by a great Japanese VC at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, Takashi Tsutsumi, with help from Masato Iino. Amazon did not carry it yet, and I was nervous spending money at a website known mostly for cups and t-shirts, completely irrelevant to business books. The Crater in my rookie days.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2018

The crash took a year to incubate. Martino is the author of Expect Leadership, a series of leadership books – The Executive Edition, in Business, in Engineeering, and in Technology. And true to their word, senior management promoted Matt amidst great fanfare. After all, Matt was their rising star. He knew how to “get results!”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

A while back I found a great book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a new book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

I saw some good insights on the most common mistakes that crush creativity, in a new edition of a classic book, “ Lateral Thinking Skills ,” by Paul Sloane. It is better to put new products or services into a new or special department, sometimes known as an innovation incubator, to get the focus they require.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

A few years ago, I first saw an interesting step in that direction via the classic book “ Entrepreneurial DNA ,” by Joe Abraham , with his assessment web site. The drivers for your strategic plan come from at least four directions: World of experts (books, consultants, webinars).

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Ben Horowitz ’s book The Hard Thing About Hard Things is driving the conversation around startup management this year. Bob Sutton is a Stanford professor and the author of several best-selling books on standout management, including Scaling Up Excellence , an investigation of high-growth companies.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 2, 2019

This incubation time is needed for the development of insight. Best known for his value-driven approach to business, his nine published books include “ Engagement from Scratch! We’ll see a growth in understanding around what makes learning stick. Success behaviors will be built in.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a new book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. He nails the current key startup parameters, including the following: Crafting a lean business plan as your road map.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 2, 2011

During today's roundtable, we worked with two entrepreneurs and also had a segment on our yearlong engagement with incubators around the world. The 1M/1M team has invested significant resources to engage with and understand the challenges of the Incubator industry around the globe.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 22, 2013

I hadn’t read Alessandro’s book in advance (but I did have it on my Kindle) so I was inspired to gobble it down this weekend. If you are involved in the New York startup community, this is a must read book. The post Book: Tech and the City: The Making of New York’s Startup Community appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

For example, if you’re going to build a travel planning website (as many, many startup entrepreneurs do) your basic research would be: How much do people spend on travel books / guides today? How much money will airlines companies, hotel companies or event companies pay me as a referral or for booking? But you should.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

A while back I found a great book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Most VCs are book smart. In fact, book smart can be a negative. The other problem with extreme success is that for some VCs it makes them disinterested in middling outcomes, things that take a long time to incubate or solving thorny problems when a company doesn’t immediately move up and to the right.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2020

While searching for an answer, I found insight in the classic book, “ The 4 Lenses of Innovation ,” from Rowan Gibson, one of the most recognized thought leaders in business innovation. Back away for a while to let the problem incubate in the unconscious mind. Immerse yourself in the problem, to explore possible solutions.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

You can read more about Freshdesk on the 1M/1M Incubation Radar today. You can also read more about Bizosys on the 1M/1M Incubation Radar today. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

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