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Startups: Please Don't Solve Business Problems with Tech Solutions

Many startups create an amazing product which never quite makes it in to the ecosystem of their real customers. Why many GOOD products don.…


Product Overview Videos: Iterate or Bust

One of the hardest things to do when creating a new product is simplify the explanation to get across the intent of the product without ge…


Quality of Execution = Success

One of the most challenging aspects of being in a startup is bridging the gap between creating a technology and turning that technology int…


Colalife is my favorite startup

Most companies try to do too much and fail. One of the most awesome examples I have seen for solving a huge problem and making it work is C…


Elance Freelance Goodness!

I just tested out elance.com for outsourcing a very narrow but difficult element of development in one of our software projects and was im…


2 days are sacrosanct.

1. Your girlfriend/wife's birthday. 2. Your anniversary.  Do not mess this up. See "95% of Startup Couples Fail" for con…


95% of startup COUPLES fail. We didn't!

THOUGHT:  Work on your relationship with the same fervor as your company or it will fail. In a startup, it is easy to put coding, or the …


In presentations, it happens to all of us...

THOUGHT: Even with significant preparation, if you do enough presentations, you are going to have things go wrong. The key is to take it in…


Ideas cost money. The best teams make money.

THOUGHT: In starting a company or project, success is defined by how good a team is and has nothing to do with the initial idea. Focus on…


Elevator Pitch = Vision, Steps, News, Contribution.

MEMORIZE THIS: Vision, Steps, News, Contribution. With clear and simple organization, you can easily give an elevator pitch to anyone. With…