Innovation is all about value, and both internal communications and external marketing have a critical role to play Read More
How to Think About Marketing an Innovation
It’s not often the case that founders and CEOs of high-profile companies make appearances when things aren’t going Read More
Angel investing Building revenue Business basics Business models/plans Crowd-sourcing Education Entertainment and Digital Media Entrepreneurship Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs Gamification How to build a product Internet Search Internet Social Media Lessons and advice Marketing Marketing/Advertising Mobile services SEO (search engine optimization) Social media Software as a Service Survival tips Team building User experience Venture capital
The network effect isn’t good enough….
Note: I’m pleased to have co-authored this post with Sangeet Paul Choudary, who analyzes business models for network businesses at Platformed.info. Follow Read More
Angel investing Business basics Creating good content Engagement Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice Market sizing Market testing Marketing Measurement/analysis Origin of idea Product development Retention SEO (search engine optimization) Social media Social media Survival tips User experience Venture capital
Escape from message hell
We are caught in an endless cycle of messaging hell and the pattern is always the same. First, Read More
Business models/plans Business to Consumer Entrepreneurship Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice Managing a business Marketing/Advertising User experience
How investment drives engagement
This week, Baba Shiv and I taught a class at the Stanford Graduate School of Business called, “Using Read More
Business models/plans Entertainment and Digital Media Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs How to build a product Internet Social Media Lessons and advice Marketing/Advertising User experience
Getting Your Product Into the Habit Zone
As the web becomes an increasingly crowded place, users are desperate for solutions to sort through the online Read More
Business models/plans Business to Consumer Competition Customer demand Engagement Entrepreneurship from observer/expert Gamification Internet Social Media Lessons and advice Managing a business Marketing/Advertising Perseverance Success factors Team building User experience
How Sports Infects Your Brain
How Sports Infect Your Brain by Nir Eyal in Users Note: I co-authored this post with Andrew Martin and David Ngo. It originally Read More
Business models/plans Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice Origin of idea Venture capital
Six myths about tech entrepreneurship
My good friend Drew Curtis, founder of Fark, invited me to speak at the Haas Business School the Read More
Business models/plans Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice
Five days to change the world
We’ve taught our Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship class at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and the National Science Foundation in 8 Read More
Building revenue Business models/plans from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice Market testing User experience
The tough decision of changing business models
In this “Lessons learned” interview, uTest founder and CEO Doron Reuveni, talks about how the company changed business Read More
Business models/plans Business to Business Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice
Blinded by the Light
Epiphany e·piph·a·ny noun /iˈpifÉ™nÄ“/ A moment of sudden revelation or insight We now know how to teach entrepreneurs how to think about business models Read More
Business models/plans Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice
Stanford 2012 Lean LaunchPad presentations
Today, the second half of the Stanford Engineering Lean LaunchPad Class gave their final presentations. Here are the final four Read More
Business models/plans Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice
Search versus execute
One of the confusing things to entrepreneurs, investors and educators is the relationship between customer development and business Read More
Business models/plans Business to Business Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs How to build a product Launching a business Lessons and advice
Killing your start-up by listening to your customers
The art of entrepreneurship and the science of Customer Development is not just getting out of the building Read More
Business models/plans Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice
Who dares wins – Business Plan vs Business Model
Alexander Osterwalder and I spent last week in Salt Lake City, Utah as judges at the 2nd Annual International Read More