article thumbnail

10 Questions To Lead You To Timely Successful Change

Startup Professionals Musings

I see entrepreneurs every day who are trying to change the world with a new idea, and startups that are trying to survive their hyper-growth phase by changing processes to meet demand. A good plan is a written one, approved by all key players, which maps out all activities and provides a framework for leaders and team members to follow.

Startup 155
article thumbnail

Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You

Both Sides of the Table

Many people bandy about the definitions of “disruptive technology&# or “the innovator’s dilemma&# without ever having read the book and almost universally misunderstand the concepts. This is important because the customers they serve (the red line) demand a product that meets their complex requirements.

Startup 376
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Answer These Ten Key Questions To Beat Competitors

Startup Professionals Musings

I see entrepreneurs every day who are trying to change the world with a new idea, and startups that are trying to survive their hyper-growth phase by changing processes to meet demand. A good plan is a written one, approved by all key players, which maps out all activities and provides a framework for leaders and team members to follow.

Startup 108
article thumbnail

10 Questions Startups Use to Make Change Happen

Startup Professionals Musings

I see entrepreneurs every day who are trying to change the world with a new idea, and startups that are trying to survive their hyper-growth phase by changing processes to meet demand. A good plan is a written one, approved by all key players, which maps out all activities and provides a framework for leaders and team members to follow.

Startup 101
article thumbnail

Think about Performance Before Building a Web Application

TechEmpower

A high-performance application will be able to service a large number of requests simultaneously, staying ahead of the incoming demand so that any short-term queuing of requests remains short-term. Framework Benchmarks. Performance is important, but it’s definitely not everything. High throughput.

Web 200
article thumbnail

How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

Both Sides of the Table

The creative process - Whenever I need to do any task that requires insight I have to be able to visualize – to literally SEE the decision framework. I put my definitions on them because I didn’t want my thinking to be constrained by industry-defined boundaries or definitions. Many people are visual thinkers.

Writing 356
article thumbnail

How Many Investors are Too Many?

Both Sides of the Table

While there is no right or wrong answer, having seen the extremes I’d like to offer you a framework for considering the right answer for yourselves. By definition you can’t have 3 investors each wanting to increase from 5% to 20% ownership or you’re fawked anyways. I love that. And it’s kind of true.