Business Model Marketing Naming Sweat Equity 
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 1, 2021
Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 20, 2016
In my angel investor mode, I often find myself flipping to the “management” section of a business plan, even before I read the solution description and opportunity. Imagine my lack of excitement if that section is missing, or it’s basically a list of names and titles that I don’t recognize. Team members have investor relationships.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
For a business, you must define the absolute minimum features you need to satisfy the customer problem, and test it in the market. It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 31, 2012
For a business, you must define the absolute minimum features you need to satisfy the customer problem, and test it in the market. It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 17, 2011
For a business, you must define the absolute minimum features you need to satisfy the customer problem, and test it in the market. It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 22, 2010
For a business, you must define the absolute minimum features you need to satisfy the customer problem, and test it in the market. It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 19, 2011
Consumers responded to name and concept well, solves real problem, o Took 4 months to build initial prototype. Good listener, take in information, • Have pulse on what the market wants (hard to train that) cannot take this from customers only. He typed lowermybills.com was not registered and available so he bought it.
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