Disagreeing with 37signals #1: Less Is Sometimes Less
April 19, 2006
This is the first in a series of articles I plan to write about some of my thoughts on 37signals and their e-book “Getting Real”. [For the record, I highly recommend the book]. Most…
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Mashups vs. Gnashups and The Dangers Of Google As Platform
April 18, 2006
From Wikipedia: A mashup is a website or web application that seamlessly combines content from more than one source into an integrated experience. From Dharmesh Shah: A gnashup is a…
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Startup Reality Distortion #3: The Fallacy Of the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
April 18, 2006
In my role as angel investor and informal startup advisor, the issue of NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) comes up about once or twice a month. It is likely that a lot has been written…
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Agile Software Startups: The Myth Of The Perfect Business Plan
April 14, 2006
Lets say I had this idea for a great software product. If I told you I was going to spend the next 3-4 months writing (and rewriting) the product specification and design…
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PowerPoint Presenters Anonymous: Breaking The Habit
April 7, 2006
Hi, my name is _______ and I’m dependent on PowerPoint. It started out slowly. At first, I did it because it was what everyone was doing. And, it was relatively easy to fall into the…
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Startup Lessons From The MIT and Harvard Strategy War Game
#StartupAdvice April 5, 2006
Recently, I led a team from MIT in the second annual “strategy war game” with Harvard Business School organized by Fuld and Company. The event was held on Thursday, March 30th in…
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Startup Websites That Work
April 3, 2006
I am continually amazed by the lack of attention many startup founders and management teams give to their startup websites. Too often, it's treated as a necessary evil (they’ll spend…
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The True Value Of A Customer: Introducing CustomerRank(TM)
March 29, 2006
If you’ve ever run a business of any sort (whether software or not), you’ve probably given some thought to the “value” of each of your customers. Different industries look at this…
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When Raising Venture Capital Might Make Sense
March 28, 2006
Those of you that read my previous article “Fatal Distraction: The True Cost of Venture Capital”, may have thought that I’m against venture capital and venture capitalists – neither…
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Fatal Distraction: The True Cost Of Venture Capital
venture capital March 23, 2006
I’ve had several requests in the past week to post an article with my views on venture capital for software startups. This was driven partly because I often make casual and vague…
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Startup Reality Distortion #2: The Lake Wobegon Effect
March 21, 2006
For those of you not familiar with the “Lake Wobegon Effect”, I provide a brief definition located on the web: Lake Wobegon effect (layk WOH.bee.gawn uh.fekt) n. The tendency to treat…
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