Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

On the other end of the spectrum are ideas that truly represent a disruptive technology , or could lead to real social or environmental change. Examples I have seen include atomic battery technology, or how marine algae could help feed the world. What will you do if you get no traction on this idea?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Innovative technologies have no value until they are turned into solutions to real customer problems. Idea management. New product process. Ownership. Value creation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Innovative technologies have no value until they are turned into solutions to real customer problems. Idea management. Build and manage a pipeline of ideas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business which builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the leading edge (bleeding edge).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Innovative technologies have no value until they are turned into solutions to real customer problems. Idea management. Build and manage a pipeline of ideas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2017

When you are starting a business with an exciting new idea, it’s easy to dismiss potential competitors as not being in the same space, or too fat, dumb, and happy to be concerned that you even exist. A strong work ethic is great, but patents and intellectual property are critical. What metrics should you use to measure success?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

He lays out very plainly his own experiences on both sides of this equation, and I particularly enjoyed his summary startup roadmap of twenty-one steps to success, which add real content to the eight that I recommend to every entrepreneur: Select an idea you can clearly communicate in thirty seconds.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day. He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. We get it! I Be specific. Tesla is not. m pleased.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2018

It’s easy for part-timers to make excuses that other priorities caused you to miss milestones, but predictable results and metrics in this mode are even more critical than for full-time members. Select a business idea that has a longer runway. You can’t move fast enough on a part-time basis to win in these areas.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. It depends on the business, people, technologies, etc. Each situation is just a bit different.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2023

It’s easy for part-timers to make excuses that other priorities caused you to miss milestones, but predictable results and metrics in this mode are even more critical than for full-time members. Select a business idea that has a longer runway. You can’t move fast enough on a part-time basis to win in these areas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2020

It’s easy for part-timers to make excuses that other priorities caused you to miss milestones, but predictable results and metrics in this mode are even more critical than for full-time members. Select a business idea that has a longer runway. You can’t move fast enough on a part-time basis to win in these areas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2016

It’s easy for part-timers to make excuses that other priorities caused you to miss milestones, but predictable results and metrics in this mode are even more critical than for full-time members. Select a business idea that has a longer runway. You can’t move fast enough on a part-time basis to win in these areas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2014

It’s easy for part-timers to make excuses that other priorities caused you to miss milestones, but predictable results and metrics in this mode are even more critical than for full-time members. Select a business idea that has a longer runway. You can’t move fast enough on a part-time basis to win in these areas.

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