Category: Startups
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Eight Important Principles of Startup Software Engineering
The software engineering that makes a startup successful is not the kind you learned in school. Too many first-time early stage technical leaders make the mistake of building for the approval of their computer science professors instead of the venture they’re entrusted with making successful. And less-technical founders take their advice, not necessarily knowing any…
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2. The Next 4 Things Every Founder Should Do
So you’re past the first ten seconds of your new venture. Now it’s time to clarify what you’re actually doing. Here’s what to do next.
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1. 8 Steps Every Founder Should Take Immediately
You just spent the day at a hackathon (or in your basement) and you came up with an idea that gets you and your team totally excited. Now what?
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Why Agile Estimates Suck – And What To Do About It
Engineering is always in the crosshairs. No matter how much pressure you bring to bear, only so much is going to make it through. And the whole process sucks. Here’s what to do about it.
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Most of What I Know About Entrepreneurship I Learned from Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb are builders. Makers, really. They dream up and create wonderful, imaginative, fantastic stuff – not to compete or profit, but because it’s worth doing.
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Episode 8. Product-Market Fit: Sniff-Test-Proof PMF
The second part of a PMF overview : what it is and how to think about it. This one focuses on what evidence you’re looking for in a PMF strategy and how it can make a huge difference in getting raising money for your venture.
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Episode 7. Product-Market Fit: The Market is an Ocean
In this video I start to explore the details of what PMF is, how to think about it, and how to go about making its pursuit central to your new venture’s activity. This is part one with more to come!
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My Top 5 Startup Movies
As a lifetime “movie guy” and long time startup activist, I love a good startup movie. Here are my top picks – and the ones I’m NOT fond of.
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Motivational Content for Entrepreneurs in the Dip
“The Dip” is Seth Godin’s term for the period following the initial excitement of starting something. It’s the hardest part of being a founder.
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Not Enough Unicorn
Many would-be founders imagine themselves at the helm of a juggernaut startup that rockets them to immortality. This is both extremely unlikely and harmful.
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