Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Software crowd sourcing. This is basically the Open Source concept, where sites like IdeaScale facilitate the outsourcing of application development to the Internet community in the form of an open call. Of course, this might also lead to investors, partners, and licensing opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Almost any startup can start with Excel, and move to open-source data analysis tools, including Python or RStudio. For a hands-on guide in developing data-driven people strategies, I found some practical techniques in a new book, “ The Data Driven Leader ,” by Jenny Dearborn and David Swanson.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Brands book is based on the implementation of nine principles of innovation originally developed by Google way back in 2008 by Marissa Mayer. All too often, these insights are ignored by the company, and developers leave to become competitors. Every startup technical team has unique insights, which should become new innovations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

Software crowd sourcing. This is basically the Open Source concept, where sites like IdeaScale facilitate the outsourcing of application development to the Internet community in the form of an open call. Of course, this might also lead to investors, partners, and licensing opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Beyond these models, the crowdfunding term is often used interchangeably or confused with crowdsourcing sites, such as IdeaBounty , to get your ideas off the shelf and give you the wisdom of the crowds, or IdeaScale to facilitate the outsourcing of application development in an open source call to others on the Internet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Brands book is based on the implementation of nine principles of innovation originally developed by Google way back in 2008 by Marissa Mayer. All too often, these insights are ignored by the company, and developers leave to become competitors. Every startup technical team has unique insights, which should become new innovations.

Artificial Inteligence 120

Artificial Inteligence Open Source Lean Leadership 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

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Entrepreneur Burn Rate SEM Social Network 235

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

Lean startups operate on minimal money, an open source environment, and assume multiple iterations, with customer feedback, to get it right. Lean startup. This is a concept coined (and trademarked) by Eric Ries a few years ago, primarily for software and web applications. A popular phrase heard in this environment is “rinse and repeat.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

Lean startups operate on minimal money, an open source environment, and assume multiple iterations, with customer feedback, to get it right. Lean startup. This is a concept coined (and trademarked) by Eric Ries a couple of years ago, primarily for software and web applications.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

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Burn Rate SEM Social Network Angel Investor 125

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2023

There is so much positive feedback on the value of involving customers in product development, and the use of social media for crowd feedback, at a very low cost, that’s it hard to argue that one person could have more insight alone, and be right more often. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Pervasive access to the Internet and social media have allowed customers to take an active role in helping other customers, with customer support, requirements definition, and open source development. This has facilitated innovation in responsiveness, as well as profitability. The trend has only begun.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2020

There is so much positive feedback on the value of involving customers in product development, and the use of social media for crowd feedback, at a very low cost, that’s it hard to argue that one person could have more insight alone, and be right more often. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2018

There is so much positive feedback on the value of involving customers in product development, and the use of social media for crowd feedback, at a very low cost, that’s it hard to argue that one person could have more insight alone, and be right more often. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

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Merger Analytics Open Source America 276

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Pervasive access to the Internet and social media have allowed customers to take an active role in helping other customers, with customer support, requirements definition, and open source development. This has facilitated innovation in responsiveness, as well as profitability. The trend has only begun.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2013

There is so much positive feedback on the value of involving customers in product development, and the use of social media for crowd feedback, at a very low cost, that’s it hard to argue that one person could have more insight alone, and be right more often. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

There is so much positive feedback on the value of involving customers in product development, and the use of social media for crowd feedback, at a very low cost, that’s it hard to argue that one person could have more insight alone, and be right more often. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

Merger 120

Merger Analytics Open Source America 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2016

Pervasive access to the Internet and social media have allowed customers to take an active role in helping other customers, with customer support, requirements definition, and open source development. This has facilitated innovation in responsiveness, as well as profitability. The trend has only begun.

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Open Source Social Media Restful Design 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2012

There is so much positive feedback on the value of involving customers in product development, and the use of social media for crowd feedback, at a very low cost, that’s it hard to argue that one person could have more insight alone, and be right more often. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

Merger 235

Merger Analytics Open Source America 235