I spoke with Rick Heitzmann at September’s Vator Splash event and he discussed some of the sectors that Read More
Rick Heitzmann outlines 2010’s strong sectors
Building revenue Business models/plans Entrepreneurship Financial and Legal How to build a product Internet Web 2.0 Pivot Splash Talks Vator shows
How PayPal helped spawn great entrepreneurs
Many people, including Vator’s Bambi Francisco, refer to PayPal as the quintessential example of a company that pivoted Read More
Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Leadership Lessons and advice Making decisions Managing a business
What is the job of a CEO?
This is the second part of my 45-minute interview with Steve Blank, author of The Four Steps to Read More
Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges Financing and fundraising How to build a product Making decisions Pivot Splash Talks Vator shows
Video: Twitter CEO Dick Costolo on IPO exits
Dick Costolo, who was recently appointed Twitter CEO, shared his lessons and advice at Vator’s evening event, Vator Read More
Entrepreneurs crave information about successful startups, and they should. Most of the received wisdom about business and entrepreneurship Read More
Building revenue Business basics Business models/plans Business to Business Business to Consumer Character Continuous deployment Customer demand Entertainment and Digital Media Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs How to build a product Internet Search Internet Social Media Internet Web 2.0 Launching a business Lessons and advice Lifestyle and Travel M&A Making decisions Managing a business Market testing Metrics Milestones Online Retail Product development Social media Software Software as a Service Success factors User experience Venture capital Vision
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo’s lessons learned
Dick Costolo, who was just appointed Twitter CEO, stepped off the stage here at Vator Splash, where he Read More
Character Entrepreneurship from investors Lessons and advice Market testing Marketing Measurement/analysis User experience
Entrepreneurship: Nature over nurture
While there are many lessons entrepreneurs can learn to mitigate risk in the future and become better entrepreneurs, Read More
Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs How to build a product Lessons and advice Making decisions Minimum viable product Product development
Good enough never is, or is it?
One of the sayings I hear from talented managers in product development is, “good enough never is.” It’s Read More
Character Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Leadership Lessons and advice Making decisions Managing a business
The Peter Pan syndrome
One of the ironies of being a startup is that when you are small no one can put Read More
“But customers don’t know what they want!” It’s an anguished cry that I have heard often from startup Read More
One of the most common criticisms of VC investors making seed investments is something that has become known Read More
Continuous deployment Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs How to build a product Lean startup Lessons and advice Making decisions Market testing Product development User experience
Entrepreneurship: a faith-based endeavor
(Correction: This new video, uploaded 9/8/10, reflects an edit to Steve’s book) I first saw Steve Blank at Read More
Character Entrepreneurship Financing and fundraising from investors Leadership Lessons and advice Making decisions Managing a business
What a CEO does
I am posting this as a MBA Mondays post. But I did not learn this little lesson at Read More
Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges Financial and Legal Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice M&A
Backblaze – online backup – almost acquired
Yes, Backblaze was days away from being acquired – and then everything fell apart. In this post, I’ll Read More
Character Entrepreneurship from investors Leadership Lessons and advice Making decisions Managing a business
The CEO mentor and coach
I’ve written about this topic before. I think many people with the ambition and the opportunity can become Read More