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Don’t Let Investors Conclude Your Startup Is A Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. At this stage, you should start recruiting, hiring, paying, and training others to help you run your business.

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‘Out of Control’ Startups Fail on 8 Key Processes

Startup Professionals Musings

Even when your startup is a one-man show, you will soon find that you are “out of control,” unless you start organizing and writing down how and when key things need to get done. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. The right question is “What is the minimum that I need?”

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8 Key Processes Distinguish a Business From a Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. At this stage, you should start recruiting, hiring, paying, and training others to help you run your business.

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Eight Business Processes Every Startup Must Have

Startup Professionals Musings

Even when your startup is a one-man show, you will soon find that you are “out of control,” unless you start organizing and writing down how and when key things need to get done. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. The right question is “What is the minimum that I need?”

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What I *Would Have* Said at TechCrunch Disrupt

Both Sides of the Table

A new group of investors have clustered around writing earlier-stage, smaller checks. I used an analogy I heard from Michael Dougherty (founder of Jelli) recounting what First Round Capital told him, “sometimes you’re on the local train and sometimes you’re on the express train. That’s awesome.

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Let’s Get Weird, a SXSW Interactive Recap (2014)

Tech Zulu Event

It’d been a big year in tech, and the different supporting parts of team TZ – so what better way to kick off the festivities with an inaugural train-bound journey, courtesy of the good people at Amtrak. Alex Taub – Social Rank , Twitter metrics and engagement tool.