thoughts
Once in a Blue Apron
After a couple years of talking about Blue Apron in my classes and accelerators I thought I’d write of those thoughts down. Blue Apron is the meal delivery company that everyone loves to hate. It’s not without good reasons. Their stock price is currently $2.15 (it was $10 on opening day). We’ve seen their high CAC […]
If You Must Crawl Before You Walk Why Do So Few Do It?
It’s a common phrase, “you must crawl before you walk.” We say it because that’s what we see babies do as they mature. We then apply the same logic to businesses and founders. But is the saying true? Turns out, many babies go from some other type of movement (sliding, rolling etc) and straight into walking. […]
The Disposable Startup Redux
A few years ago I wrote a piece called The Disposable Startup. The piece was an appeal to let young startup founders explore and have fun building new things (like the college bands I remember), rather than see a need to provide adult supervision and oversight into every aspect (like college today). This is a […]
Side Effects. Mean Business.
or Why I Recreate Before Every Startup Program I Run and Company I Advise It’s easy to spend money when it’s not your own. When business people plan and spend a budget (not their own money) I rarely see evaluations of the efficacy of the activities the budget will support. In new product development, innovation management, startup programs, […]
Startup Sacrilege for the Underdog Entrepreneur
The book is now available here. What do you think of the cover art? Chapter outline Context: Fools Rush In; Why Read This; A Glance At the Seedy Underbelly. Sacrilege: Your Invisible Tribe; The Irrational Goal; Is There Enough Diversity In Tech?; Little Heroes; Investor Change; What You Can Control and Never Control; The Never Ending Accelerator Glut; Pitch Event Controversies; Idea Thieves. Action: Test Prep; Next-Gen Accelerators; […]