Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 12, 2021
Getting customer attention often takes more innovation today than solving the tough technical problems. As a business adviser, I still see too many new venture founders who skimp on their marketing focus, or start too late. Cold calls to strangers and email blasts are not so productive.
SoCal CTO
JANUARY 2, 2013
I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. Then we discussed how they could go about finding this startup business advisor. These are not mutually exclusive and good mentors and advisors get into both.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
But they can otherwise save you much time and effort, and are also safer and more productive than the old-fashioned approach of broadcast emailing or cold-calling every investor you can find in online directories, or responding to the risky spam offers you get for funding on social media.
Eric Greenspan
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
I’ve remained a skeptic about the BBB and as a result of an email I received a couple of weeks ago from them, I have raised the skepticism threat level. So here’s the email I received: Eric, My name is Chad Ratliffe emailing from the Better Business Bureau. That’s how we do business at Make It Work.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 17, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. I know it’s obvious but I’m always surprised how many people just start building products without thinking enough about the market. Build prototypes and/or product.
Frank Addante
JUNE 4, 2006
Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. I decided that I was going to consult/advise a few companies and relax for a bit. So, I put him in charge of our data centers and technical operations.
Frank Addante
MAY 15, 2006
Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. They had products that were already in the market, piles of cash, tons of customers and revenue, seemingly endless resources and lots of employees.
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