Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 7: Revenue Model « Steve Blank

  Really really enjoying reading this series. This is the kind of class I think makes the best Universities worth the price.   The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. via The … Continue reading

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Business Models emerging – klout

As I spent a lot of time recently talking and thinking about business models, I was interested to see what klout was doing. They, along with peerindex try to measure and map influence across the social media space. If they … Continue reading

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Looking for feedback for @startupweekend #swnyc

Our team is building a platform for helping people achieve their goals. We want to know if our approach – using social networks, accurate and convenient tracking of progress, combined with SHAME through TRANSPARENCY and REWARD of PERSISTENCE make sense. … Continue reading

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The money has been sent! – PayPal

Slight post. I am not a UX expert, like kids @hyperakt [shameless plug for my friends], but I am sure that the way PayPal does things is not good. I can live with the busy design and small buttons, but … Continue reading

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Enterprise Architecture – what is it good for?

I was at a meeting with a potential customer once, where we discussed moving forward with a social portal project. Their process – despite having some great people (!!) – compels them to spend months and years discussing how things … Continue reading

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Headaches – it helps to know what kind they are

I have been spending a lot of time thinking about shapes and sizes – as it relates to business, recently. But a more immediate thought occurred to me today as I was downing 2 advils at 4PM, “I wish I … Continue reading

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Can you spell bubble with a ‘G’?

More froth – http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/groupon-readies-for-an-i-p-o/ What’s the rush for an ipo for a well-capitalized company? Fear that the market isn’t going to be there…

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RT @smartbear – What did they do before you came along?

I know it is cheesy to just repost what at least 48 others (as of this writing) did, but Jason’s post - What did they do before you came along? affected me deeply today. And if I am going to post … Continue reading

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Door handles – color tells the tale

How do you know who are your office Connectors? Whose door gets opened and closed dozens of time a day? Would you care if you knew? A lot of highfaluting and important-sounding stuff gets written about office culture, team building, … Continue reading

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Lost sale – a tale of a forgotten password

“Online interactions should mimic real-life experiences as much as possible” – from a Colleague’s conference abstract With all the talk about customer/user experience, businesses sometimes forget that ALL interactions matter, and that friction built in any phase of the transaction … Continue reading

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