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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; […]