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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 23, 2021
I’ve always wondered if there was some way that I could quickly deduce a new entrepreneur’s “sweet spot,” and optimize my mentoring to those strengths and weaknesses, maybe similar to the Myers-Briggs type indicator for business professionals. Picture the graphic designer, the IT expert, or the independent accountant or attorney.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 4, 2020
Investors are looking for breakthrough solutions to fund. But we all know that these are not solutions by themselves, but require integration into an innovative framework to solve real customer problems. That integration is the breakthrough that you should be looking for as an entrepreneur. Be forever curious and optimistic.
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Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
I’ve always wondered if there was some way that I could quickly deduce a new entrepreneur’s “sweet spot,” and optimize my mentoring to those strengths and weaknesses, maybe similar to the Myers-Briggs type indicator for business professionals. Picture the graphic designer, the IT expert, or the independent accountant or attorney.
SoCal Delicious
JANUARY 9, 2014
Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle framework “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it” Simon Sinek If your customers believe in your mission, then they’ll warm to you and listen to what you offer and how. This helps to add some constraints to the design process as everyone has a clear idea of what the product isn’t.
SoCal CTO
JANUARY 26, 2010
Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. Given likely market changes, how will we design and build so that the systems can respond to marketplace changes? What options do we have? How do we balance those options?
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