Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

Yesterday I wrote a post about top-down versus bottom-up thinking. Here’s how it goes: You have a business development group with two people. It’s why I’ve often start when running marketing campaigns the most simple of questions: - with whom are we trying to communicate? Tags: Start-up Advice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2015

Otherwise, in my experience, the startup will fail. The importance and the specifics of practical team leadership were re-confirmed to me recently in a new book, “ Unlocked ,” by Robert S. Leadership is making sure they have resources and understand the strategy. Have monthly reviews with each team member.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Cash is the fuel of every startup. It continually amazes me how two startups, seemingly comparable in stage and objective, can be so far apart in their burn rate. Here are some recommendations on how to keep the rate low, and help your startup to prosper at the same time: Measure it and manage it. Which would you bet on?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2016

Otherwise, in my experience, the startup will fail. The importance and the specifics of practical team leadership were re-confirmed to me recently in a recent book, “ Unlocked ,” by Robert S. Leadership is making sure they have resources and understand the strategy. Have monthly reviews with each team member.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2011

Cash is the fuel of every startup. It continually amazes me how two startups, seemingly comparable in stage and objective, can be so far apart in their burn rate. Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. Which would you bet on? Great strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. Typically, team members must be sourced internally, with their performance and credentials based on prior corporate assignments and relationships. Every such deal was an exception.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Cash is the fuel of every startup. It continually amazes me how two startups, seemingly comparable in stage and objective, can be so far apart in their burn rate. Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. Which would you bet on? Great strategy.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2011

Give up Branding. Serve up World-wide Distribution. Guard against a preclusion that would deny you from utilizing the IP developed during the course of executing the agreement. Once your development team begins working with the BDC, do not allow the BDC to unilaterally create any meaningful IP without your team’s involvement.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I promised to do this post as a follow-up to the session to provide additional links and information. Even with these, you will have paper-tested your MVP, but the reality is that customers will not be able to assess the value to them until they actually use it. It had a passionate group of 50 people attending.

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