When Incremental Change Isn’t Enough
I was meeting with a company last week that had completed the build of their product, launched and was getting great customer feedback – just not the use case that they had expected. The good news: they have validated the idea. The bad news: it wasn’t what the original customer nor was the current front
Read MoreIdeation Bootcamp – Week 4 – Joanna Lord
We wrapped up the NWEN Founder Institute Seattle first ever four-week Ideation Bootcamp. Special thanks to Joanna Lord @JoannaLord from SEOMoz for her presentation last night on Communicating your idea – without getting lost in the details. Her slide and video here. Here’s Joanna’s slides and Video Week 4 ideation bootcamp communicating ideas lord from
Read MoreVisionary Entrepreneur, Really?
I’ve been invited to connect with a number of “Visionary Entrepreneurs” via LinkedIn recently. It’s a cool phrase – WOW – I mean who wouldn’t want to given to unpractical ideas or schemes. When I launched my first startup, I boldly told the team that we wanted to offer outrageous service! Not realizing that the definition
Read MoreThe Startup Ecosystem – Avoiding the Leeches!
When I started going to China for business I was amazed how many “helpful” people who I found at events with US Business people. They all knew people, in my industry and especially in the government. It was later that I discovered that those weren’t the real people you wanted to meet. But they were
Read MoreWhat’s the emotional IQ of an Entrepreneur
Great John Cook interview with Boston VC, Jeff Bussgang… http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/09/boston_vc_jeff_bussgang_on_blogging_super_angels_and_more.html On the ’emotional IQ’ of the entrepreneur: “One of the frameworks we talk about now in our partnership is the emotional IQ of the entrepreneur…. Self-honesty and knowledge and thoughtfulness. You always think about the IQ of the entrepreneur and you always think about the
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