The Startup Toolkit

DECEMBER 12, 2012

This presentation is about what are, in my opinion, the big principles behind lean startup. Lean begins from there and helps us make it better. You need to decide which questions matter to your particular business, and then obsess about answering those. Lean gets bogged down in tactics & tools. That is not too bad!

Lean 54

Lean Startup Metrics Retention 54

The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 12, 2012

This is a post with some horror stats about patents, courtesy of Broadstuff. Secondly, Reuters reports that 61% of US patent lawsuits filed in the first eleven months of 2012 were filed by patent trolls, and thirdly 20% of startups that have raised $20-50m and 35% of startups that have raised $50-100m have been sued on a patent.

Europe 124

Europe Global Cost Startup 124

OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 12, 2012

One of the interesting things about being in business for 13 years (as of last week!) Fortunately for us, Fred led an investment in the company with his new fund, Union Square Ventures , even though his initial investment was via his first fund, Flatiron Partners. A New VC Ready to Go!

Venture Capital 75

Venture Capital Portfolio Distribution Cloud 75

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Few people have addressed the changing manner in which the world works over the past decade better than my guest on today’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, Dan Pink , author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. His TED Talk – The Puzzle of Motivation has been viewed nearly 5 million times.

Sales 68

Sales Small Business Internet Marketing 68