What if You Don’t Fail: Capital Requirements

March 20, 2011

In the last post, I wrote about the Lean Startup philosophy of getting the minimum viable product into the market to see whether it had any market acceptance. If it doesn’t, the Silicon Valley mentality says you fail fast and start something else. But what if you are not in Silicon Valley, and you don’t […]

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What if You Don’t Fail? Problems of Scaling

March 16, 2011

As a business strategist, which is not the same thing as being a business consultant focused on increasing your sales or accelerating your receivables. I like to look at the whole business. After all, as an entrepreneur, that is what YOU have to do. After a while, when the launch is over, it’s not about […]

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SXSW: Beleaguered by Brands

March 14, 2011

It’s over, folks. This was my fourth year at SXSW. Although I missed the big Twitter breakout, I was there when Freshbooks launched, and Foursquare, and Plancast. Each year I have found something I could use, or something the businesses I mentor could use. Not this year. Last night I thankfully turned off my alerts […]

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Flipboard Couch Promotion at SXSW

March 13, 2011

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SXSW Is More Than Parties

March 12, 2011

Perhaps fortuitously, Japan’s earthquake took place on the opening day of the biggest conference of content creators in the world, Austin’s South by Southwest Media Festival (SXSW). Known more casually as “geek Spring Break,” SXSW is the place social media experts, musicians, and filmmakers convene to share best practices, catch up with each other, and […]

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Best. Tshirt. #4sq3. #SXSW11

March 12, 2011

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@jowyang @dberkowitz showed mine last night at #techset

March 12, 2011

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The new #iPad2 live from the #techset party #SXSW #winning !

March 11, 2011

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Startup Busses from Silicon Valley visit @gangplank on the way to @SXSW!

March 9, 2011

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Happy Birthday Starbucks

March 9, 2011

Starbucks is 40 years old this week. Most people have not grown up in a world without a Starbucks on every corner. There’s one in Rotorua, New Zealand and many in Beijing. I’ve been to stores all over the world, and had the same grande coffee frappacino. As a child, we owned a coffeepot (not […]

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