This is a good, high-level, presentation for anyone in or thinking about starting a “start-up.” 2009 05 21 The Lean Startup At SIPA View more OpenOffice presentations from Eric Ries.
2009, The Year of Monetization
December 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Flash Intro Pages
November 13, 2008 By 3 Comments
Do or Do Not really is the question when it comes to using a Flash intro on your blog. In my opinion, 99% of the time the answer is “Do Not.” There are a number of reasons for this which I’ll get into shortly but to begin with I generally look at flash intro pages …Read More
Business Intelligence for Small Business
July 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Business Intelligence has become one of those terms that reaks of consulting-ease, but in it’s truest form, business intelligence (BI) is as genuinely necessary for growing a businesses of any size as anything other than cash flow can be. Business Intelligence is the process by which we gather meaningful, raw information about our business and …Read More
Conversion to WordPress
May 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
As you can see, over the Memorial Day weekend, I finally managed to get my website converted to WordPress. Other than the content (all the old stuff is still here) everything has changed and I welcome your feedback. Despite the fact that it took a while the process was really relatively easy, thanks largely to …Read More
Frameworks, Methodologies and Processes
April 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment
As I was writing the posts on the Idea Lifecycle Matrix (update: 3/2010 this is kinda old now) I got caught in a couple of conversations about frameworks vs methodologies vs processes reminding me that there is some confusion about the differences between all three and how they fit together. I’ll start by telling you that …Read More
Alternatives to Help Lower the Cost Of Starting Up
February 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Like many entrepreneurs, I have in the past made the mistake of racking up expenses before I was actually executing my business because I thought I needed those things in order to make my business work. It takes money to make money right? Well, that old saying is really only true in it’s literal interpretation. …Read More
Perception = Recession = Opportunity
February 7, 2008 By 2 Comments
Perry Marshall wrote an interesting rant about the perception of a recession as opposed to the reality of one. I tend to agree with him though as he acknowledges, that perception can become a self fulfilling prophecy. So what does that mean for us? Opportunity! While everyone else is either pulling back or is too …Read More
Prevention vs. Cure
January 31, 2008 By Leave a Comment
In college I earned a Bachelors in Psychology. On the surface, it is the most ubiquitously useless degree you can earn. In reality, I learned things about human behavior that I have been able to apply since the day I learned them, to nearly ever facet of my life, including business. I make this point …Read More
