Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The goal here is to grow the sources of new ideas and gather fresh thinking to create a new product or service. It can also be for solving everyday problems, like logo design or open source code. Platforms: setting standards and sharing data.

Leadership 230

Leadership Software Review Social Network Social Media 230

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2019

Now, with powerful high-level tools and open source software, winning smartphone apps can be built by a good hacker for a few thousand dollars. For example, I come from a software background, and back in the early PC days, it could easily cost half a million dollars for a team of professionals to produce a commercial product.

Cost 264

Cost Founder Software Review Startup 264

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Almost any startup can start with Excel, and move to open-source data analysis tools, including Python or RStudio. With the latest advances in software technology, it’s no longer cost-prohibitive for business entrepreneurs, who can’t yet afford a human resources department, to take advantage of analytics tools.

Analytics 245

Analytics Metrics Employee Open Source 245

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

Patents are counter to open source initiatives and free software. The free and growing open source software community, which covers most mobile and web apps, oppose software patents as impeding or prohibiting the distribution of free software. Rather than protection, this can be seen as a tax on innovation.

Software Review 120

Software Review Intellectual Property Software Technical Review 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2013

The goal here is to grow the sources of new ideas and gather fresh thinking to create a new product or service. It can also be for solving everyday problems, like logo design or open source code. Platforms: setting standards and sharing data.

Social Media 257

Social Media Entrepreneur Software Review Leadership 257

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The goal here is to grow the sources of new ideas and gather fresh thinking to create a new product or service. It can also be for solving everyday problems, like logo design or open source code. Platforms: setting standards and sharing data.

Leadership 120

Leadership Software Review Social Network Social Media 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2012

The goal here is to grow the sources of new ideas and gather fresh thinking to create a new product or service. It can also be for solving everyday problems, like logo design or open source code. Platforms: setting standards and sharing data.

Social Network 244

Social Network Software Review Leadership Social Media 244

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Information sharing and open source facilitates collaboration on a huge scale, and can bring in as many innovations as are sent out. This approach works best if you start with a focus on hiring change agents, and incentive programs for innovation. Set your default to sharing rather than proprietary.

Artificial Inteligence 285

Artificial Inteligence Open Source Lean Leadership 285

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

This new culture builds on hobbyist technologies, extends the open-source inventory of hardware and software, and bridges the gap into real business solutions with other advantages, as follows: Shortens the time and cost from idea to prototype.

Technical Cofounder 153

Technical Cofounder Intellectual Property Wiki Cofounder 153

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. Sites like IdeaBounty get your ideas off the shelf, and give you the wisdom of the crowds.

Intellectual Property 247

Intellectual Property SEC Venture Capital Equity 247

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. With the latest advances in software technology, it’s no longer cost-prohibitive for business entrepreneurs, who can’t yet afford a human resources department, to take advantage of analytics tools.

Management 134

Management Analytics Open Source Hiring 134

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2023

The support for “open source” software and Wikipedia have pioneered other business archetypes based on open innovation, collaborative decision making, and flat hierarchies. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

Merger 275

Merger Analytics Open Source America 275

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The goal here is to grow the sources of new ideas and gather fresh thinking to create a new product or service. It can also be for solving everyday problems, like logo design or open source code. Platforms: setting standards and sharing data.

Leadership 224

Leadership Social Media Software Review Startup 224

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. Sites like GeniusCrowd get your ideas off the shelf, and give you the wisdom of the crowds.

Intellectual Property 242

Intellectual Property Venture Capital Angel Investor Equity 242

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.

Entrepreneur 396

Entrepreneur Open Source Social Media Design 396

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Information sharing and open source facilitates collaboration on a huge scale, and can bring in as many innovations as are sent out. This approach works best if you start with a focus on hiring change agents, and incentive programs for innovation. Set your default to sharing rather than proprietary.

Artificial Inteligence 413

Artificial Inteligence Open Source Lean Leadership 413

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The support for “open source” software and Wikipedia have pioneered other business archetypes based on open innovation, collaborative decision making, and flat hierarchies. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

Merger 433

Merger Analytics Open Source America 433

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.

Accredited Investor 120

Accredited Investor SEC Equity Europe 120

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2021

The “open source” cross-check process seems to keep these fairly accurate, and the constraints on who is a “public person” go down every day. Based on what I see today on Facebook, a lot of people have a long way to go in building that professional resume to show the world.

Social Network 248

Social Network Matching Open Source Internet 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2022

With open-source tools and public APIs, every product is no longer owned by a given company. Now they may see a way to multiply pay-back and spread the risk by active involvement with multiple startups. Of course, it’s like a double-down in gambling as well, which can quickly turn into a double loss.

Bandwidth 362

Bandwidth Entrepreneur Portfolio Cofounder 362

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In my experience, the costs and risks of a lifestyle business continue to come down, as websites, social media, smartphone apps, open source tools, and customers via the Internet become more and more the norm. Lifestyle businesses can change to match their owner’s interests and long-term desires.

Small Business 311

Small Business Small Business Administration SBA Equity 311

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2018

The support for “open source” software and Wikipedia have pioneered other business archetypes based on open innovation, collaborative decision making, and flat hierarchies. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

Merger 276

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.

Open Source 262

Open Source Social Media Restful Design 262

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2019

The “open source” cross-check process seems to keep these fairly accurate, and the constraints on who is a “public person” go down every day. Based on what I see today on Facebook, a lot of people have a long way to go in building that professional resume to show the world.

Social Network 223

Social Network Internet Matching Open Source 223

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2019

With open-source tools and public APIs, every product is no longer owned by a given company. Now they may see a way to multiply pay-back and spread the risk by active involvement with multiple startups. Of course, it’s like a double-down in gambling as well, which can quickly turn into a double loss.

Bandwidth 247

Bandwidth Portfolio Cofounder Angel Investor 247

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2018

Information sharing, such as through open source and white papers, will increase market acceptance of your innovation, and allow concurrent work on integration and standardization. Make sure you have compensation and rewards to support this strategy. Don’t be reluctant to share your efforts with your industry.

Open Source 134

Open Source Leadership Cost Demand 134

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2013

The “open source” cross-check process seems to keep these fairly accurate, and the constraints on who is a “public person” go down every day. Based on what I see today on Facebook, a lot of people have a long way to go in building that professional resume to show the world.

Social Media 270

Social Media Media Social Network Matching 270

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. I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product.

Cost 255

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 255

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2017

The “open source” cross-check process seems to keep these fairly accurate, and the constraints on who is a “public person” go down every day. Based on what I see today on Facebook, a lot of people have a long way to go in building that professional resume to show the world.

Internet 120

Internet Social Network Matching Open Source 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2013

The support for “open source” software and Wikipedia have pioneered other business archetypes based on open innovation, collaborative decision making, and flat hierarchies. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

Merger 239

Merger Entrepreneur Analytics Open Source 239

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The support for “open source” software and Wikipedia have pioneered other business archetypes based on open innovation, collaborative decision making, and flat hierarchies. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

Merger 120

Merger Analytics Open Source America 120

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Information sharing and open source facilitates collaboration on a huge scale, and can bring in as many innovations as are sent out. This approach works best if you start with a focus on hiring change agents, and incentive programs for innovation. Set your default to sharing rather than proprietary.

Artificial Inteligence 120

Artificial Inteligence Open Source Lean Leadership 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2011

The “open source” cross-check process seems to keep these fairly accurate, and the constraints on who is a “public person” go down every day. Based on what I see today on Facebook, a lot of people have a long way to go in building that professional resume to show the world.

Social Network 229

Social Network Networking Matching Open Source 229

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2017

With open-source tools and public APIs, every product is no longer owned by a given company. Now they may see a way to multiply pay-back and spread the risk by active involvement with multiple startups. Of course, it’s like a double-down in gambling as well, which can quickly turn into a double loss.

Bandwidth 152

Bandwidth Portfolio Angel Investor API 152

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. I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product.

Entrepreneur 235

Entrepreneur Burn Rate SEM Social Network 235

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.

Open Source 120

Open Source Social Media Restful Design 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2012

The support for “open source” software and Wikipedia have pioneered other business archetypes based on open innovation, collaborative decision making, and flat hierarchies. New models for “collaborative leadership” in organizations.

Merger 235

Merger Analytics Open Source America 235