David Feinleib from venture capital firm Mohr Davidow Ventures recently published a great post about why some startups fail. He answers that they fail because they run out of money.
But then he develops it a bit further, listing a number of points that get them there. In this post, I’ll be quickly listing them here […]
“The traditional path will get you only traditional results. And traditional results means performing the same as everyone else—being satisfied with mediocre or average levels.
— Mark Hughes ; ‘Buzzmarketing‘
“Tremendous power exists in the fact of continued improvement and the delivery of results. Point to tangible accomplishments—however incremental at first—and show how these steps fit into the context of an overall concept that will work. When you do this in such a way that people see and feel the buildup of momentum, they will […]
“I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly.
— Paul Graham, Y Combinator ; ‘Six Principles for making new things‘
Jason Fried, from 37signals, wrote a great post last week on Signal vs. Noise, titled Start a business, not a startup, in which he talks about the importance of handling a startup as the business it is supposed to be, and the obvious rule that any business needs to generate revenue to live on and […]
A really interesting eBook I came across recently, and that is very useful for any entrepreneur, is the CenterNetworks Startup Tips Month eBook, that was published by CenterNetworks of course, and that holds hundreds of tips by a diverse set of entrepreneurs, all in one easy-to-print 40+ page pdf.
The eBook contains insightful tips from the […]
Loic Le Meur, for those who don’t already know him, is an accomplished French serial entrepreneur, most famous for the work he did with weblog hosting company uBlog which was later merged with Six Apart; he organizes the annual Le Web conference in France, and has now moved to Silicon Valley where he founded Seesmic.
A […]
Many books have been published, walking new entrepreneurs through their first steps of setting up and running their business, but not all of them come from someone like Guy Kawasaki, former chief evangelist at Apple Computer, current Venture Capitalist and successful entrepreneur who has been involved with several startups over the years.
In his book “The […]
Evan Williams, the founder of Blogger, Odeo and Twitter, wrote some time ago about trying to find a more structured way to evaluate product ideas and determine whether they will be successful or not.
It’s a very interesting post, that is really worth reading. Here I’ll be listing the main points, and the main questions you […]
As a small business that’s still making its first steps in the world, every startup needs as much advice and assistance as possible on how to move forward, what to expect, how to grow the business and what problems to avoid.
Steve Gottry’s book “Common Sense Business : Starting, Operating, and Growing Your Small Business–In Any […]
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The Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF), a regional and international non-profit NGO, in collaboration with Intel announced the launch of the 4th Arab Technology Business Plan Competition.
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