Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2021

Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds. A perfect size is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes. Pitch your company, not your product. Disciplining yourself to write down the plan is actually the best way to make sure you actually understand it yourself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2015

People cite sources like this BusinessWeek story a while back “ Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans ,” or even my own article on this subject, “ 10 Reasons Not To Write A Business Plan First.” Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds. Pitch your company, not your product. Financial model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2014

People cite sources like this BusinessWeek story last year “ Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans ,” or even my own article a while back, “ 10 Reasons Not To Write A Business Plan First.” Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds. Pitch your company, not your product. Executive summary glossy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2018

Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds. A perfect size is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes. Pitch your company, not your product. Disciplining yourself to write down the plan is actually the best way to make sure you actually understand it yourself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2013

Of course, you can’t predict everything, but writing down what you know will identify existing problems sooner, and allow other team members to help. The faster you grow, the more cash you need, to build product, facilities, staff, and service. They pay just the smallest bills and let the rest slide.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2016

Of course, you can’t predict everything, but writing down what you know will identify existing problems sooner, and allow other team members to help. The faster you grow, the more cash you need, to build product, facilities, staff, and service. They pay just the smallest bills and let the rest slide.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A The need for creativity extends well beyond product design. The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. Many people are visual thinkers.

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