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Startup Founders: The Involved vs. The Committed
February 19, 2007
I’m going to refrain from starting this off with the story about the chicken and the pig (there’s something about the former being involved and the latter being committed). I’m…
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Startups: Why What You Build Is Less Important Than Who You Build It With
February 14, 2007
I’m in the middle of reading “Founders At Work” by Jessica Livingston. The book is basically a collection of interviews with founders of some prominent software startups. What I like…
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Startups vs. The Big Guys: The Power Of Caring For Customers
January 30, 2007
I’ve been working in and around startups for most of my professional career. A topic that often comes up in startups I’m advising or considering an investment in is: “How will the big…
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Startup Success: The Market Rewards Specialists
October 31, 2006
I’ve been meaning to write this article for a while, but a recent post from Matt at Xobni titled “Do One Thing And Do It Well” reminded me about this topic, so felt this was as a good…
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Startups: Why You Shouldn't Compete With 37Signals
October 26, 2006
As a software startup guy, I’ve been intrigued by what the folks over at 37Signals are doing for a long time. I interviewed Jason Fried (CEO of 37signals) for my graduate paper on…
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RSS As Competitive Analysis Tool
October 9, 2006
I posted a blog article this morning on our partner internet marketing blog (Small Business 2.0) titled “Understanding RSS: A Quick Guide For The Insanely Busy Executive”. I’m…
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Beware The Web 2.0 Walking Dead
October 6, 2006
Back in Bubble 1.0, um, I mean Web 1.0, when a startup failed to take off, it generally died a relatively clean and definitive death. We all knew the company was dead because the…
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Business Geeks: Automated Software Testing as Competitive Advantage
September 13, 2006
This blog’s audience can be simplistically divided into two types of people: 1. technology geeks (folks with a technology background, and more specifically a software development…
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Web 2.0: Soft Landings vs. Hard Crashes
September 11, 2006
I’ve gotten a bit of criticism for a couple of my prior articles about the Web 2.0 startup crashes of Kiko and HuckABuck, both of which listed their companies for sale on eBay. [Note:…
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Why Web 2.0 Is Like Pornography
September 6, 2006
Recently, I had the opportunity to present to CommonAngels on the topic of Web 2.0. CommonAngels is a prominent Boston-based angel investor group of which I am a member. As part of…
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Web 2.0 Revenues: Charge Early, Charge Often
September 4, 2006
I came across this article on Dead 2.0 this morning: YCombinator Says YProfit? Besides the clever title, and I’m a fan of clever titles, I think some of the points were dead-on. This…
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