Surviving the Investment Climate with Unit Economics
Understand unit economics (CAC, LTV, and more) and improve your financial sustainability and odds of raising capital.
50 Timing Examples (the Why Now question)
How does startup timing (or the “why now” question) impact business success? Here are 50 timing examples from startup pitch decks, interviews, and articles.
Running a “Why Now” Session
How to figure out if your product is going to hit the market at the right time.
Avoid the Analysis of Others (Why Now)
If you’re finding this post now, I actually wrote a book about all this… It’s called Why Now: How Good Timing Makes Great Products. You’ll get a fuller perspective there. This is another in the Why Now series. You might also like to read these posts: Why Now: Timing and Product Success and Timing Drivers […]
Timing Drivers Visualized (the Why Now question part 2)
If you’re finding this post now, I actually wrote a book about all this… It’s called Why Now: How Good Timing Makes Great Products. You’ll get a fuller perspective there. In the previous post on Why Now: Timing and Product Success I introduced 12 timing drivers. That list of drivers was Technological, Social/Behavioral, Regulatory/Legal, Installed […]
Why Now: Timing and Product Success
How does timing impact product success? That’s the “why now” question. Answer the “why now” and improve your odds.
Corporate Accelerator Model
This is a high-level, sanitized version of a plan I wrote for a company that wanted to start an accelerator. It’s partially from a corporate and hardware perspective. Parts have been redacted. I hope that it helps you in your own accelerator development. I’ve started and operated three startup accelerators so this is based on […]
Corporate Innovation Approach
None of the successful company CEOs I’ve worked with seek out innovation for innovation’s sake. They are after something else instead. In an uncertain environment, with pressure to grow their business, how should they evaluate opportunities? The last 20 years have left us with new tools and frameworks to evaluate opportunities for business growth. You probably […]
Calculating Critical Mass
You’ve probably heard the term “critical mass” tossed around when discussing startups (especially ones like social media products). The term is usually either used in the form of “we reached critical mass and then things just took off” or “we don’t have critical mass and we can’t grow…” But what is critical mass? How do […]
The Most Common Problems (University Student Version)
I just finished teaching my tenth college course over three and a half school years. Across those 10 courses, I’ve had approximately 350 students in my classes. During and after every semester I try new formats and reflect on what I should change, based on what’s working and who happens to be in each class. […]