Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2013
I have long advised startup companies that if you don’t control your messaging somebody else will and your potential customers will form impressions of you shaped by somebody else or by nobody at all. For 1991 I was very technical and also had a lot of practical business implementation experience in technology. ” F**k.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 17, 2009
If you live somewhere where this is the case you’re better off discussing with your employer that you may from time-to-time work on private projects outside of work hours and you want their clearance in writing that this is OK. If not, at least find someone really technical that you trust to help act as an adviser to you.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 12, 2010
If offered at your college, don’t forget the practical business skills like “Critical Thinking”, “Business Writing” and even “Dress for Success.” Take advantage of inside and outside advisers at school. Most universities also bring in outside advisors to mentor budding entrepreneurs. It's a huge opportunity to learn early.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 27, 2011
Most people totally advise against stealth. Market to Your Target Audience – I’ve seen a lot of startups who like to write blog posts on life as an entrepreneur. You always have too much technical debt, too many problems, staff members quitting, not enough capital, customer complaints, etc. You don’t.
Eric Greenspan
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
Today, I received this email from the BBB: We’re writing to let you know that during the past month the Reliability Report that we publish on Make It Work was accessed 6 times. Please advise. link] we have been unable to resolve this issue due to technical issues on your site and yet this remains on our profile.
TechEmpower
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
Often this situation is characterized as a “good problem to have” until you’re the technical person who needs to solve the problem—and quickly. Well, there are a number of technical reasons for applications suffering performance issues. We therefore routinely advise leads of new projects to consider performance early.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
In these kinds of businesses I’m on the record as advising “ Ring the Freakin Cash Register.” You technically have more gas left but you never know if some unexpected circumstance causes you to run out of gas. Valuation. I wanted to call out special attention to valuation in this debate.
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