Perhaps you have noticed the recent explosion of online start-ups. With capital requirements lower than ever for start-ups, venture capital funds have turned into accelerators that now spread the same pool of money across numerous young start-ups. International barriers to entry have been decimated by the Internet meaning aspiring entrepreneurs from all over the world [...] →
One of the core principles of the Lean methodology is to validate “product/market fit” as early in the process as possible. Historically, a business would define a budget, create a product, and put it on the market and hope for the best. Typically this worked fine since we were living in a supply-driven economy wherein [...] →
Did I catch you with that title? Perhaps not what you thought, but an eye-opening topic nonetheless! There is a movement called Lean, that has been happening among internet startups in the Silicon Valley for a few years now. It aims to solve the central problem that plagues most startups – how to arrive at [...] →
Perhaps the biggest challenge to entrepreneurship is coming up with the idea. Like many would-be entrepreneurs I’ve been accused of having too many ideas (bubbles) and always popping those bubbles, before they ever see the light of day. This tendency comes as a result of having experienced the pain of a failed business attempt. I [...] →
Common wisdom among the technorati and tech Accelerator elite, is that any startup needs to have 2-4 co-founders to be viable. At a minimum, you need one hacker and one hustler. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniack are perhaps the most famous example. If you have the luxury of building upon that, add a designer and [...] →
For anyone not familiar with all of the concepts and terms in internet advertising, I thought I’d create a quick little cheat sheet. I’ve broken down the terms by topic (general, ad banners, paid search, etc). There are really just a few core concepts and a lot of specific variants, just enough to make it [...] →