beware-the-consultant 
infochachkie.com
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
The CTOs primary job is to make sure the companys technology strategy serves its business strategy. Have you ever heard a technologist use technical mumbo-jumbo to make it sound like a business idea he or she didnt like was basically impossible? Ive tried hard not to live up (or down?) to those stereotypes, but its not easy.
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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." You can register here. I expect that will lead to much deeper (and tougher) questions.
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 my consulting practice, I sometimes have the opportunity to work with companies like this.
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. Almost all of them got scooped up by pre-IPO Google this time. I almost didnt realize it, but theres no escaping the math. And Google?
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 8, 2009
Although it is expensive, it is significantly cheaper than my very limited consulting practice. Each company would enroll two leaders in the series, one on the technology side, one on the business side. I am now ready to move into the customer validation phase. So if youre a lean startup earlyvangelist, read on.
infochachkie.com
DECEMBER 5, 2011
As noted in Beware The Consultant , such pay-for-hire charlatans barter their time for your money – the more time they trade with you, the more of your money they take. About Who the Heck is Uncle Saul? infoChachkie. When selecting your company and product names, consider the following: Uniquely Familiar. Intuitive URL. Sans Acronyms.
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