Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

As I discuss in Entrepreneurs Should Go For The Quick Buck – Then Stop , there are situations in which a startup can generate profitable, near-term revenue that does not support, and may even undermine, its long-term strategy. Jeff left a comfortable Wall Street career to enter a world he knew little about. Share and Enjoy.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Or would you like me to sell you a story on how cloud computing is green because these large datacenters are more energy efficient than the same number of computers run in ad-hoc ways? Let me answer ‘why computing needs RightScale.’ Computing is going the way of the electric grid. Pure excitement isn’t either.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. I’m not talking here about a small pivot. Initially, all companies sell to customers who are the easiest to reach and most excited about the new product.

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