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Mainstream acceptance of digital communication has resulted in several opportunities for startups -- more funding, more talent, more sales.
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Looking back on a 20+ year career as an entrepreneur, I can count at least five times I found myself actively running two companies at the same time.
A startup can build a successful product by listening to four important people. But these same four people can also lead your business to ruin.
It takes founders a while to understand what type of entrepreneur they are and how to make that work for their startup. Here are the 5 basic types.
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I distill my years of experience running a technical and product development firm to save your startup some headache and maybe even a ton of money.
From two-sided marketplaces to on-demand startup models, there's a lot of misunderstanding about how subscription pricing generates revenue and profit.
There is actionable insight into what a potentially successful startup company looks like. Here are the intangibles I've seen venture capital investors miss.
In 20 years of building products, I’ve seen too many companies underestimate the overwhelming nature of supporting their product or service.
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One of the worst mistakes a startup founder can make is believing that a business problem can be solved by bringing on a cofounder.
There are several ways for entrepreneurs and CEOs to figure out if they're going to invent the next big thing without having to build the actual product.
A successful MVP doesn't guarantee a successful product. I figured out how to prepare my Version 1.0 launch to give every product I build its best chance for success.
A lot of entrepreneurs view a pitch deck like a homework assignment. I used to, then I realized that what I was pitching wasn't a startup, but an investment.
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There's only one way for a two-sided service marketplace startup to succeed. The platform must transact and deliver the traditional service in an innovative way.
When a startup attempts to build a product business out of an existing service model, there will always be the lure of leaning on the service to bring in revenue.
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