Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2020

There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the leading edge (bleeding edge). Or you may decide that your dream was not really the great idea that you thought it was. Many of the major business successes started this way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2023

It’s easy for part-timers to make excuses that other priorities caused you to miss milestones, but predictable results and metrics in this mode are even more critical than for full-time members. Select a business idea that has a longer runway. You can’t move fast enough on a part-time basis to win in these areas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. In this case, the primary cash outflow would be for product development and operating expenses, with potentially enough runway to build the initial product, get a patent, attract some early adopters, and build the initial revenue stream. Martin Zwilling

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

On the other end of the spectrum are ideas that truly represent a disruptive technology , or could lead to real social or environmental change. I encourage every entrepreneur or new business owner to ask themselves a set of hard questions to validate their idea and fit, before they put their heart, much hard work, and money on the line.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2020

It’s easy for part-timers to make excuses that other priorities caused you to miss milestones, but predictable results and metrics in this mode are even more critical than for full-time members. Select a business idea that has a longer runway. You can’t move fast enough on a part-time basis to win in these areas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the key to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Idea management. New product process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. In this case, the primary cash outflow would be for product development and operating expenses, with potentially enough runway to build the initial product, get a patent, attract some early adopters, and build the initial revenue stream. Martin Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Idea management. New product process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Idea management. New product process.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

What I love about my job is getting to see teams of super-early-stage companies develop ideas that while raw have potential to make an impact on the market. I know you want to live in a world in which you can just present your great ideas to a board, you’ll have great value-added discussions and the right answer will emerge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. In this case, the primary cash outflow would be for product development and operating expenses, with potentially enough runway to build the initial product, get a patent, attract some early adopters, and build the initial revenue stream. Martin Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the leading edge (bleeding edge). Or you may decide that your dream was not really the great idea that you thought it was. Many of the major business successes started this way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2017

When you are starting a business with an exciting new idea, it’s easy to dismiss potential competitors as not being in the same space, or too fat, dumb, and happy to be concerned that you even exist. A strong work ethic is great, but patents and intellectual property are critical. What metrics should you use to measure success?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Cash flow is a basic survival metric for every startup. In this case, the primary cash outflow would be for product development and operating expenses, with potentially enough runway to build the initial product, get a patent, attract some early adopters, and build the initial revenue stream. Martin Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2014

There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the bleeding edge. Or you may decide that your dream was not really the great idea that you thought it was. Many of the major business successes started this way. Capitalize on the lessons from early adopters and competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2016

It’s easy for part-timers to make excuses that other priorities caused you to miss milestones, but predictable results and metrics in this mode are even more critical than for full-time members. Select a business idea that has a longer runway. You can’t move fast enough on a part-time basis to win in these areas.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

It was a great conversation and I thought it would be a good idea to do some visible networking with Aaron to get to know him better. Any thoughts on my recent post Startup Metrics ? The Startup Metrics post is a good example of what I call “holocognics.” Many entrepreneurs have an idea but don’t know how to monetize it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

He lays out very plainly his own experiences on both sides of this equation, and I particularly enjoyed his summary startup roadmap of twenty-one steps to success, which add real content to the eight that I recommend to every entrepreneur: Select an idea you can clearly communicate in thirty seconds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2016

There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the leading edge (bleeding edge). Or you may decide that your dream was not really the great idea that you thought it was. Many of the major business successes started this way.

Technology 57

Technology Startup Study Research 57

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Cashflow is a basic survival metric for every startup. In this case, the primary cash outflow would be for product development and operating expenses, with potentially enough runway to build the initial product, get a patent, attract some early adopters, and build the initial revenue stream.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

The short story is that he received 400+ responses and goes through how he categorized/vetted the responses: 300 Didn’t Fit – Outside expertise/interest, pushing for immediate funding assistance, too many ideas (not focused), looking for sales agents.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2014

It’s easy for part-timers to make excuses that other priorities caused you to miss milestones, but predictable results and metrics in this mode are even more critical than for full-time members. Select a business idea that has a longer runway. You can’t move fast enough on a part-time basis to win in these areas.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day. He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. Below are 50 ideas for step 2. We get it!

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