Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2016

Building a new business is quite different from an executive role in a mature company, so people from these backgrounds are often a liability. Value is embodied in previous success with investors, proven problem solving ability, and having built and executed a business plan with minimal resources. But don’t get greedy.

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Up and Running

JULY 28, 2022

Starting a business involves brainstorming, planning, and ensuring that you comply with all necessary legal obligations. Not only do these requirements ensure that businesses operate within the law but it also protects small business owners and their consumers. . What legally defines a small business?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

It was all technical. You know, the weird thing, Derek, and I should probably let you speak some time, but I was deeply technical when I went into Andersen consulting, and I got paid much less than engineers who graduated, because I had a degree in economics. Technical founder. And my specialty was computer networks.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2015

Enter a competition: Business plan and pitching competitions are a great way to get targeted, specific feedback; after all, you are putting yourself into a context where getting feedback is a main goal, as opposed to getting funding (though plenty of competitions do include a monetary prize). Operated by the U.S.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Advisor. ); STARTUP. Writing A Business Plan. Running A Home-Based Business. Naming a Business. Financing a Small Business. Buying a Small Business. RUNNING A BUSINESS. Office and Operations. Chip Morse , cofounder and partner with Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton P.C., Franchises.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

But the team believed adding video as an integral part of an operating system and user experience (where there had only been text and still images) would be transformative. But Apple had planned to announce and demo QuickTime without a way to get video into the Mac. I was the Senior Technical Writer for SMac from 1988-1991.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Of course, you could also calculate your price based on the cost of materials and manufacture. Your price may affect business operations. At Palo Alto Software, we use the One-Page Pitch feature in LivePlan to quickly validate new business ideas. You can do this on your own too using the lean planning methodology.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

How cofounders can collaborate without going crazy. I think you’d find yourself, you’re going to drop a lot of people when you instantly mention, ‘This costs money.’ And the big guys can’t do that, because they’d have to re-train people and anyway, they don’t operate that way, I can.’

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