Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2020

While searching for an answer, I found insight in the classic book, “ The 4 Lenses of Innovation ,” from Rowan Gibson, one of the most recognized thought leaders in business innovation. Back away for a while to let the problem incubate in the unconscious mind. Immerse yourself in the problem, to explore possible solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2022

Success in any business these days requires a constant flow of new and innovative solutions, to keep up with changes in the market, competition, and to attract new customers. I saw some good insights on the most common mistakes that crush creativity, in the classic book, “ Lateral Thinking Skills ,” by Paul Sloane.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

In this space you don’t have a pre-assigned space but rather book space like a hotel. These kinds of office space arrangement are often called “technology incubators&# or “startup labs&# or something similar. Anyone have positive or negative experience in such an incubator?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Success in any business these days requires a constant flow of new and innovative solutions, to keep up with changes in the market, competition, and to attract new customers. I saw some good insights on the most common mistakes that crush creativity, in the classic book, “ Lateral Thinking Skills ,” by Paul Sloane.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Are facilities available to students post-graduation to incubate their businesses? You can read books, watch videos and talk with experts about how to hit a baseball, kick a soccer ball or serve a volleyball, but until you get on the field or court, you will never master the game. Is there a venture competition with cash prizes?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The second annual USC Silicon Beach event, hosted by the four professional schools at USC, featured a pitch competition and a conference filled with informational panels and interviews. Startup Pitch Competition. These innovative products ranged from digital comic books to sports data analysis. The event itself was amazing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Hoffman asserts in his new book, you have to “ Make Elephants Fly ,” and that requires getting outside of conventional thinking. Look at competition for the numbers to beat, but in the consumer space, it usually takes millions to be the dominant player. Ride the network effect to more users than anyone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

While searching for an answer, I was excited by a new book, “ The 4 Lenses of Innovation ,” from Rowan Gibson, one of the most recognized thought leaders in business innovation. Back away for a while to let the problem incubate in the unconscious mind. According to Gibson, you don’t have to be born with magic insights to be innovative.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a new book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Most VCs are book smart. It’s insanely competitive to get into our industry so most have degrees from institutions like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and University of Chicago (blatant plug ;-). In fact, book smart can be a negative. Smart is simply not a differentiator. SEO marketing vs. social marketing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

He is profiled in my favorite book about ADHD, Delivered From Distraction , where the author talks about high-performance ADHD professionals. He had a philosophy that the future competition for startups would be design led and based on data analysis. Wasn’t when Dave started championing it and making it a tenet of his incubator class.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

I just saw an interesting step in that direction via a new book “ Entrepreneurial DNA ,” by Joe Abraham , with his assessment web site. These are the ultimate chess players in the game of business, always looking to be two or three moves ahead of the competition. The Builder loves building a business from the ground up. Opportunist.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2016

While searching for an answer, I was excited by a recent book, “ The 4 Lenses of Innovation ,” from Rowan Gibson, one of the most recognized thought leaders in business innovation. Back away for a while to let the problem incubate in the unconscious mind. Immerse yourself in the problem, to explore possible solutions.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

For example, if you’re going to build a travel planning website (as many, many startup entrepreneurs do) your basic research would be: How much do people spend on travel books / guides today? How much money will airlines companies, hotel companies or event companies pay me as a referral or for booking? Competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

The competition never stands still, and new opportunities are evolving, based on culture changes in your customers, new technologies, and new problems in the world which need to be solved. M&A is a common way of acquiring new products and services, without the incubation time of building and testing the product.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2016

What’s more, strategic locations can benefit from varying global legislation: influencing competitor clauses, user privacy data collection, and tax laws amongst other factors that can give a company a powerful competitive edge. EUROPE: In Paris incubators and government subsidies support startups. We work with U.S. customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Success in any business these days requires a constant flow of new and innovative solutions, to keep up with changes in the market, competition, and to attract new customers. I saw some good insights on the most common mistakes that crush creativity, in a new edition of a classic book, “ Lateral Thinking Skills ,” by Paul Sloane.

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Steve Reich

MARCH 29, 2012

inLife is a place to book fun things to do in your city… in Santa Barbara, they have kayak trips, wine tasting, yoga, happy hours, etc. And yes, they really can book paddle yoga. Sam had a rapid-fire series of questions about techology, marketing, and competitive differentiation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The competition never stands still, and new opportunities are evolving, based on culture changes in your customers, new technologies, and new problems in the world which need to be solved. M&A is a common way of acquiring new products and services, without the incubation time of building and testing the product.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

It’s interesting to me that two of the most talented tech leaders of our era – Bill Gross & Paul Graham – have both opted for a model of incubation to encourage young tech entrepreneurs to build disruptive businesses. I had my sales teams telling me we needed certain features to be competitive.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

There was no competitive advantage once the big guys got involved. Park and his co-founders have been to Eric Reis’s Lean Startup events and were highly influenced by the book. “We Kim was the Technical Lead at Triptrotting when it was incubated in Idealab and came on board to Insteegran last October.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Jason Glaspey, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment). 10 ways to profit off of Twitter participation without a book deal, sponsorship or selling your star. Ditch the Book: Running a Business YOUR Way. Collaboration Over Competition: Competitors as Business Partners. Birds of All Feathers: Creative Industry Incubators.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. The video industry will be disrupted just as books, newspapers and music before it. And the future?

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

– Digital Messaging Infrastructure Company (incubated by Addante and Associates, LLC) Age: 25 - 29 (present) Time Period: 2002 - present My Role: Founder High Point: TBD Here is a summary of my experiences to-date with StrongMail: 1. Incubation 3. So, I tried to do everything “by the book.&# StrongMail Systems, Inc.

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