beware-the-consultant 
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Beware The Consultant John Greathouse – Posted in: Cash Flow Management , Launching Venture , Strategic Planning. Many such ‘congratulations’ will come from consultants. There is nothing under the sun that will suck up your time and money faster, more prodigiously and less effectively than a consultant.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
When Ive asked mentors of mine who have worked in big companies about the role of the CTO, they usually talk about the importance of being the external face of the companys technology platform; an evangelist to developers, customers, and employees. Ive tried hard not to live up (or down?) to those stereotypes, but its not easy. Heres my take.
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Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) In fact, this company hasn’t shipped any new products in months.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 27, 2009
Im going to be speaking on June 3rd at an event sponsored by the Technology Entrepreneurs Exchange (TeXchange), "the premier networking organization in Texas for business executives and entrepreneurs to meet, exchange ideas and share experiences." It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, Bring it on!
Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 13, 2009
Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Marketing launch) Make a new product available to customers in the general public. Product launch) In todays world, there is no reason you have to do these two things at the same time. My answer is almost always the same: dont.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 8, 2009
Although it is expensive, it is significantly cheaper than my very limited consulting practice. Heres the pitch: a group of 10 companies would meet once a month for six months to develop their capacity to run lean. Each company would enroll two leaders in the series, one on the technology side, one on the business side.
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 9, 2009
Unfortunately, we were fixated on "building a real business" and never noticed that maybe students would want to share their profiles with each other. No business model, either. Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 9, 2009 10 years of entrepreneurship I recently passed my ten-year anniversary of becoming an entrepreneur.
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