The Startup Culture

Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in entrepreneurship |

As used-to-be startups like Google become giant enterprises, the great struggle is how to retain the culture that propelled them to what they've become. Startups usually don't "focus" on their culture--at least not until Google decided to pay for ...

Executive Summary “Detail Creep”

Saturday, June 7th, 2008 Posted in entrepreneurship |

Despite all the planning in the world and knowing full well that an executive summary is a high level overview, I found myself recently diving a little too deep. I recognized that the "detail creep" is not wasted ...

The Startup Process - Two Rabbits & Wa-Wa

Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in entrepreneurship |

"If you chase two rabbits, both will escape" -Unknown I always hear people talk about how ideas are a dime a dozen. Execution is king. While I don't disagree, few people go so far to describe what good startup execution ...

Why Most Internet Startups Suck

Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in entrepreneurship |

A few good points from Paras Chopra on why most internet startups suck. One great point Paras makes is: "[k]now when an idea is a project and when it is a startup. Mostly, what you call a startup is ...

Open Source and the Soul of a Startup

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in entrepreneurship |

I have read a few blog entries lately questioning the value of open source. The most over-the-top comes from Andy Patrizio. In his posting, titled "Big Money and Open Source May Not Compute", Andy sounds like a school ...

The Startup Process - Research & Competition

Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in entrepreneurship |

The gut reaction for most people that come up with a new idea, is to race over to Google to see if it exists. In some instances, the research makes it clear that the idea exists, is out there ...

The Startup Process - The Idea & Gut Check

Saturday, April 5th, 2008 Posted in entrepreneurship |

The process of turning your idea into a going concern is full of learns. Even the most seasoned entrepreneurs learn from each go 'round. In this series I hope to share some of the nuggets of wisdom that ...