Business Plan Cofounder Continuous Deployment Design 
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
This is precisely the dilemma that the doctrine of minimum viable product is designed to solve. I believe this is one reason why the myth of the dictatorial startup founder has such enduring appeal. Its easier to believe in a glorious future when you have only zeroes, for everyone: founders, investors, and employees.
Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 8, 2008
This is a self-published book, originally designed as a companion to Steves class at Berkeleys Haas school of business. Most likely, your business plan is loaded with opinions and guesses, sprinkled with a dash of vision and hope. Instead, we do everything possible to validate the founders belief. Heres the catch.
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Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 12, 2010
For the many entrepreneurs that send me cold emails asking for me to review a business plan or answer a strategic dilemma: Im much more likely to answer if youve already tried getting an answer on the mailing list. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Youll probably get a better result, anyway.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 14, 2009
I had a lot of use for this concept back when I worked on game design and virtual worlds. In order to maintain game play balance, game designers have to take into account the needs of customers who have an excess of four different assets: time , money , skill , and passion. Having a balanced ecosystem is what game designers strive for.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 2, 2009
My startup business (web development) is being shunned by virtually every other potential investor I approached thus far. The only folks who invested in me were the ones who barely understood the business plan. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. They just havd faith in me.
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 5, 2009
Certainly venture-backed startups don’t have this luxury – every business plan has a model in it. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
Some combination of the dot-com crash and a just terrible business plan prevented us from having to take our scalability problems to the next level. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Looking back, that was a special moment.
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