Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

Hence, cutting corners often paid huge dividends. Hence, cutting corners often paid huge dividends. ► 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.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Thats when this approach can pay huge dividends. It was actually my co-founder Will Harvey who taught me to present this data in the simple format weve discussed in this post. Reports Lets start with the reporting side of the equation. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you?

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 26, 2014

Our model of backing entrepreneurs and then also investing heavily in a team and co-working space to support them is new. Our bet is that the investment in support will pay dividends when our companies exit, and if we are right our entrepreneurs will win big and we will win big. I like that about us.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

These changes pay increasing dividends, because each improvement now direclty frees up somebody in QA at the same time as reducing the total time of the certification step. The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 28, 2009

If thats not a team-wide phenomenon, then its still a form of waste, because everyone has to learn every lesson before it starts paying dividends. Fortunately, my co-founders are also engineers and understand the need for some of the stuff I do. Share what you learn. As you refactor, you get smarter.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

As the former co-founder and CEO of two technology companies, Caroline has experienced both start-up failures and successes, and has raised close to $1 million in investment capital. I wanted to make sure we got it out there, the idea of how does one find a good co-founder? Where do you look?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

Luckily, in most prevention situations, even the first few steps in prevention can pay time-savings dividends quickly. ► 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.

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The Startup Toolkit

DECEMBER 18, 2014

The solution to scaling people is “culture”, which is just a way to spread how the founders work and make decisions to the rest of the team. Our founders have a history together, so we already knew how everyone worked and remote was fine. Then why give it up? For some folks, a successful business is a goal.

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Jason Ball

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

The most important asset in any business is you: the Founder (or co-founder). Beyond that, I’m sure you can break the internet looking at training options. This post is an extension of that talk, and focuses on the same fundamental building blocks: Mind, Body and Spirit. Sleep: We spend 30% of our lives sleeping.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

We do not develop a product until we get a paying customer," says Orit Pennington , who co-founded the six-employee company with her husband in 2002. This is the ultimate startup discipline, the hardest to master, and the one that pays biggest dividends. Why didn’t we learn more? It’s an awesome thing to watch.

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