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
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.
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Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 8, 2008
Most likely, your business plan is loaded with opinions and guesses, sprinkled with a dash of vision and hope. ► 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
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.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
When we’re talking about being disciplined, following our methodology with rigor, continuous improvement, there is no such thing as good enough. But when it comes to the specific of a product release, business plan, or marketing launch, all that matters is: do we have a strong hypothesis that will enable us to learn?
Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 13, 2009
Figuring this out takes time, and few entrepreneurs have the patience to wait it out, because the business plan does such a good job of explaining what customers are going to think. The problem is that customers dont read your business plan. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.
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