Startup Founders: Are You Too Assertive, Or Not Enough?
February 5, 2007
I came across an article recently titled “Researchers Uncover Best Bosses’ Success Secret”. I was hoping to find some revealing insight about what makes great bosses. Unfortunately, I…
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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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Web 2.0: On Bubbles and Business Models
November 30, 2006
As I’ve noted on many earlier occasions, a lot of the best content on this blog are reader contributions via their comments. If I were you, I’d be looking at some of the comments to…
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Startup Success: The Phenomenal Force Of Focus
November 22, 2006
If you’ve been doing any amount of reading about startups (or for that matter, business strategy in general), you’ve probably heard at least a few times how important it is to focus.…
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Startup Failures: Five Ways To Crash Your Startup, Which Will You Pick?
November 14, 2006
When talking about startups, it is interesting to talk about market forces, competition, product design and a variety of other things that founders believe they need to really…
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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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Startups and Advisory Board Members
September 25, 2006
I have been on both sides of the Advisory Board equation. As a startup founder, I’ve invited individuals to be an advisory board member. I’ve also been asked to be an advisory board…
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Startup Founders: Are You Experiencing Enough Pain?
September 1, 2006
Auhtor's Note: The original title for this post was "Startup Pain: If It Doesn't Kill You, It Just Hurts A Lot". I changed it because I thought the original was trying to be overly…
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Google: Apps On A Domain
August 28, 2006
The blogosphere is buzzing today with Google’s announcement of their new “Google Apps For Your Domain”. I can’t help but wonder if whoever was responsible for this name (or lack…
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Startups: Tips for Talking About Competitors
August 14, 2006
Just about every startup founder at some point or another will need to discuss competitors. This is particularly true when talking to potential investors, such as angels or VCs. How…
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Startups: Forget The Fortune 500, Target The Fortune 5,000,000
August 9, 2006
Note: This article was derived from a chapter of my MIT graduate thesis titled “On Startups: Patterns and Practices of Contemporary Software Entrepreneurs”. This paper was submitted…
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