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View from Seed
MARCH 1, 2016
Investors and smart hires will always do appropriate diligence before investing money and time, but they won’t bother doing that unless they are excited about your story. You can’t hand people a dry plan and expect them to “grok” the genius of your opportunity. As an adult, I know the world operates on story first and logic second.
View from Seed
APRIL 21, 2015
On the heels of our research on HBS entrepreneurs , NextView’s Dimitri Dadiomov (HBS ’15) interviewed several top founders on the early stages of their companies. I couldn’t believe how inefficient and non-transparent the rental industry was and I knew then that I’d one day come back to take it on.
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Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 1, 2016
The non-profits and businesses below all came from realizing that I needed some help in an area that was ever changing. That created not only the need to fill in the gap, but also to help those, like myself, who were searching for help. Each story is different though the reasons may remain the same. 1 – A Personal Project.
Reid Hoffman
MARCH 19, 2019
Tim O’Reilly’s recent article, “ The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ,” makes an impassioned argument that the ideas in our book, Blitzscaling , encourage entrepreneurs to behave in ways that are irresponsible or even dangerous in the pursuit of what he characterizes as “runaway growth.”
Hearpreneur
JANUARY 7, 2017
We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – I Have a Dream. No matter if the business is a Goliath like Wal-Mart, or a local business owned by a couple or family, the business has roots in an idea. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same. I wish I had done this years ago.
Reid Hoffman
JANUARY 26, 2021
You can listen to the podcast here, or search for Greymatter Podcast in your podcatcher. One common mistake is for entrepreneurs to simply select whichever venture capital firm is offering the highest valuation. Too often, entrepreneurs (who are inveterate optimists) focus too much on the upside when picking investor board members.
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 13, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, July 13, 2009 The Principles of Product Development Flow If youve ever wondered why agile or lean development techniques work, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Reinertsen is the book for you. This is not for the faint of heart.
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