Will Miceli recently posted an article, titled Technical Co-Founders Are Overrated, that outlines his journey from idea to finding a partner: I was working on my first entrepreneurial adventure: I had an idea and thought I needed a technical person to build it…I met some technical folks, but none were available. As a result, I [...]
Applications can get familiar and outdated. What worked for your first set of customers may not work for your current, less experienced ones. Or, perhaps your users are getting better at using your system and want some new ways to get the same work done with fewer clicks. Auditing your application is an important step [...]
I’ve had some recent discussions with some entrepreneurs about the cost and time it takes to launch a startup. These have been interesting discussions, as they have already realized that it takes more than just $10k and a month to build a startup by the time we sit down to chat. Launching a startup requires [...]
Seth Godin recently posted an article titled “Is architect a verb?”: Design carries a lot of baggage related to aesthetics. We say something is well-designed if it looks good. There are great designs that don’t look good, certainly, but it’s really easy to get caught up in a bauhaus, white space, font-driven, Ideo-envy way of [...]
Here is a great example of making your visitors feel like they have found something special from: popurls. Click on the thumbnail to view full image: So, what are the lessons for your startup? Making someone feel special, smart, “in the know”, or that they found “the real deal” goes far A personalized message goes [...]
Seth Godin has a great post about the pricing model for renting digital movies: It’s important to charge something, because the act of paying fundamentally changes the dynamics of the relationship. The question is this: at the start, is your goal to maximize profit or to build a platform that scales? The fact is that [...]
Things not going the way you planned for your startup? I would advise you to read this great post on how a startup has struggled to gain traction, as it contains some great insight when things don’t go how you expect, even with the greatest of passion. Philippe, I wish you all the best as [...]
One of the early questions any startup asks is “where should we host our new startup, and what plan should we get?” While there are a variety of answers, I want to give you some tips for making the right decision early, while keeping costs low and preparing for future growth. Startup Hosting Tip #1: [...]
Javascript is a technology that, until recently, has been reserved for simple browser tricks and catching mouse or browser events. It recently has been adopted, through the use of frameworks such as Prototype, jQuery, and others, as a valid language for creating rich browser applications. Whether you are a founder, architect, or developer for a [...]
Oh, it seems innocent enough. A page view here, a page view there. Pretty soon you are hooked on competitor websites and can’t make a decision without first looking at their site. As simple as it seems, it is often overlooked as the first sign that a startup may be losing focus. Here is how [...]
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