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November 15, 2007 03:43 PM UTC --
Many entrepreneurs view their first round of funding as the end game for their startup. They’re so excited by the prospect of “big money” that they don’t look at the long term . . .
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November 14, 2007 10:12 PM UTC --
Stackranking is a valuable tool, simple to use, and it helps you concentrate on the very specific parts of a project. I do it because it helps me decide what criteria use to identify what to concentrate . . .
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November 14, 2007 09:26 AM UTC --
Got a quarter? Flip it twelve times and call it every time. Get ‘em all? Then you can easily choose the successful startup when you interview. More seriously here are your options…..
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November 13, 2007 10:04 PM UTC --
Yep, that makes no sense at all, yet that is what you have to have to be successful in a small business. Eyes in the back of your head and the ability to predict your competitors moves in advance are . . .
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November 11, 2007 08:12 PM UTC --
Ah, plans are wonderful things - if only reality were more sensitive towards the tender ego of the planner! In twenty five years of planning projects I’ve never had anything with a horizon longer . . .
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November 11, 2007 08:11 PM UTC --
Ok, that is a broad statement, but ShutterFly has an MBA driven feature that has made me so mad I got up out of bed early on a Saturday to write about it: Once you load your pictures in you can’t . . .
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November 09, 2007 09:10 PM UTC --
It may seem very Ah-nold to manage a company that way, but killing a project is better than killing your company. From Valdocs (yes, I am that old) to the FAA’s almost killing us all with 12x over . . .
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November 08, 2007 06:14 PM UTC --
We came up with several domain name options for our new company and surprisingly, Promote-My-Site.com was available. So we grabbed it. But no Google love after a month. We took a look at the wayback . . .
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November 07, 2007 06:35 PM UTC --
Most projects suffer from a Catch-22. They really run on politics, not engineering.
Wise stuff - read more here .
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November 06, 2007 08:37 PM UTC --
No, not daylight savings time (which I hate, but only because it messes up the kids sleep) but early in a project is the only time where you can put some time in the Oh Crap Bank & Trust. Really, . . .
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November 05, 2007 04:12 PM UTC --
When you were learning to drive, did your dad ever tell you to "brake early" or "shorten your sails before you dock?" Man, I just wanted the GO pedal and loud rock. . . .
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November 04, 2007 07:46 PM UTC --
I'm not talking about the futile and overly detailed planning that takes place in most corporations. You know the kind: 80 meetings to determine the best rollout schedule for a new version of . . .
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November 03, 2007 03:59 PM UTC --
“The time crunch in a big company feels slower than in a small one, but that is the difference between hitting an iceberg in an ocean liner and a telephone pole in a Ferrari. It's an illusion. . . .
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November 02, 2007 03:19 PM UTC --
Yes, yes, yet another startup ( Promote-My-Site ) in the social networking space. And pre-launch too. Yawn. But this might be different - it is worth reading the intro because it is hype free. And because . . .
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