Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
In my business of mentoring new entrepreneurs and advising small company owners, I recognize that most don’t start as experienced leaders, and most don’t realize that people leadership is a primary key to their future success. Building a business is not a one-person job, and leading by edict rarely works today.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2013
I have long advised startup companies that if you don’t control your messaging somebody else will and your potential customers will form impressions of you shaped by somebody else or by nobody at all. It is simply the most important way to proactively control your career development and how the market perceives you.
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Tech Zulu Event
JULY 28, 2012
The team needed would consist of at least 1 non-technical business person (me) and 2 or more technical people—designer and developer. I was only able to create a team with non-technical business people and a designer. Business Development (BD) worked on a business plan, market research and customer validation.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 27, 2011
Most people totally advise against stealth. Nobody likes to hear you say, “we can’t tell you anything we’re in stealth mode&# so develop some generic talking points that don’t give anything away when you’re asked what you do. Be careful about this advice. Also be careful about VCs. You don’t.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
I spent nearly a decade building software for large companies and then advising companies on the same. But “he didn’t have the budget to hire a developer until he had raised money!&#. He would have found somebody technical and inspired that individual to work for equity or deferred payment. I said that was my point.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 10, 2011
Our own subsidiary, of a major technology company, started to repair and service competitive products in order to maintain our own technical staff and service capabilities. Brazil is now a powerful country, but similar examples still prevail in many developing nations. Respect local customs and practices.
Tech.Co
MAY 22, 2018
One of the biggest turn offs for investors are founders who don’t know the basics of their business, especially their market and customer. They have to know their industry, know their customers, and understand what it takes to make their customers happy.”. I would advise trying not to get into an argument with an investor.
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