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JANUARY 25, 2010
Chris Dixon wrote a blog post last week titled, “ Techies and Normals &# in which he defined “Techies&# as people who are not just “early adopters&# but also have more of a geeky, technical, product bent. They use products because the products solve a need they have. Launch a product, iterate, fail fast.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Jeff Bezos is one of the world’s most admired entrepreneurs, primarily because of his humble style and his growth from a regular person background to a current net worth in the neighborhood of $200 billion dollars. Avoid PowerPoint and graphic slide presentations. It allows investors to come into alignment with customers.
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Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 16, 2016
People are even talking about “decacorns" -- investable companies with net worth now exceeding $10 billion -- like Dropbox and Pinterest. Seed-round investment. This term refers to an initial venture-capital investment, often wrongly sought to seed early product development. Could your startup be the next one?
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 1, 2013
It’s easy to forget that your new office rent asks for first, last, and security; new utilities require an escrow account; and new vendors want immediate payment for the first couple of months, before they offer the normal net 30 terms. The faster you grow, the more cash you need, to build product, facilities, staff, and service.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 17, 2016
It’s easy to forget that your new office rent asks for first, last, and security; new utilities require an escrow account; and new vendors want immediate payment for the first couple of months, before they offer the normal net 30 terms. The faster you grow, the more cash you need, to build product, facilities, staff, and service.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 30, 2019
Be sure to net out the opportunity and the solution in the first thirty seconds. You really need at least a prototype product or customer to make the video come alive. Remember, investors or interested in acquiring a piece of your company, so keep the focus on the attractiveness of the company, rather than the product.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 17, 2011
The need for creativity extends well beyond product design. I apply visual thinking for nearly everything I do: preparing for important phone calls (I imagine my opening lines, I imagine the responses), writing keynote presentations, deciding whether or not to invest in a company, preparing for board meetings – you name it.
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