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Why aren’t you building your startup for early adopters?
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Why aren’t you building your startup for early adopters?

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

It’s time that we all re-read Geoffrey Moore’s book, Crossing the Chasm. Seriously, stop whatever you’re doing right now, download a copy to your kindle, and spend the next 3 hours reading.

Fringe Benefits: Why startups mustn’t appeal to the masses
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Fringe Benefits: Why startups mustn’t appeal to the masses

Saturday, October 1st, 2011

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In a two-party political system like we have in America, the fight is always over the middle.
The hard-lefts vote Democratic, [...]

The ABCs Of SaaS Math
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The ABCs Of SaaS Math

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

Before we start going deep into SaaS Math, it’s important to level set on terminology. So without further ado, here [...]

Bootstrapping a $30k profit/month company from our internship earnings (Part 3)
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Bootstrapping a $30k profit/month company from our internship earnings (Part 3)

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Lesson #9: Treat angry customers with respect, they could turn into your biggest fans

There’s Always a Plan B
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There’s Always a Plan B

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

One of the key distinctions between an entrepreneur and an operating executive is an entrepreneur’s almost seamless agility in the face of changing circumstances versus an operating executive’s intense execution focus on a plan. World-class entrepreneurs learn how to combine both.

The Achilles Heel of Customer Development
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The Achilles Heel of Customer Development

Friday, August 12th, 2011

The Chinese word “weiji” for “crisis” is made up of two symbols – one signifying challenge (wei) and the other signifying opportunity (ji). Other than the fact that this particular translation, while popular, may be inaccurate, the “challenge/opportunity” duality is still very fitting to Customer Development.

ADVENTURES WITH VENTURE CAPITAL OUTSIDE THE VALLEY (OR HOW TO GET SCREWED)
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ADVENTURES WITH VENTURE CAPITAL OUTSIDE THE VALLEY (OR HOW TO GET SCREWED)

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

ROSL87: Reflections on startup life, week 87

This is one of the hardest posts I’ve had to write.  Not least because [...]

Before product-market fit, find passion-market fit
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Before product-market fit, find passion-market fit

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Building a product is a process, not a discrete action. And the Internet is efficiently arbitraged. Every single simple thing [...]

Startups Shouldn’t Kill You
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Startups Shouldn’t Kill You

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

Everyone is working to hard. I include myself in that statement: I work too hard most of the time. Heck, [...]

How to Allocate Equity in a Startup?
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How to Allocate Equity in a Startup?

Friday, June 24th, 2011

I might be building a new team for the new company. While I’m a little reluctant to do so because [...]

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