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Category Archives: startups
Startup anti-pattern: elephant hunting
As part of the continued series on startup anti-patterns, we look at elephant hunting: chasing big customers/deals. Continue reading
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Tagged anti-pattern, elephant hunting, sales, startup anti-patterns, startups, Venture Capital
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More startup anti-patterns
It’s been a decade since I first assembled the list of startup anti-patterns, the repeatable ways startups waste time and money. The project has always been near and dear to my heart, as I often find myself directing entrepreneurs to … Continue reading
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Unicorn pressures and startup failures
The startup anti-patterns section of my blog summarizes the repeatable ways startups waste time & money and, often, fail. Learning from startup failure is valuable because there are many more examples of failures that successes. (Anti-)Patterns become more noticeable and … Continue reading
Startup anti-pattern: platform risk
One of the fastest ways for a startup to grow has always been to ride on the shoulders of a successful platform: from Microsoft/OSS in software to AWS in cloud computing to iOS/Android in mobile to Facebook/Twitter/Pinterest in social to … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-pattern, forced upgrades, lock in, platform risk, poison pill, startup anti-patterns, startups
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Startup anti-pattern: ignorance
Listening to a startup pitch a few weeks ago I had to exercise effort not to shake my head in disbelief. The presenters were describing the products and business model of an established company I was very familiar with and … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-pattern, business, startup, startup anti-patterns, startups, technology
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Top startup anti-patterns
Following my post on the value of startup anti-patterns, with the help of readers of this blog and friends from the startup ecosystem, I put together a list of the more common ones that I encounter. The list used to … Continue reading
The value of startup anti-patterns
The TechStars Boston spring startups are looking very promising. At the mentors dinner tonight I had conversations with several of the companies and a common question came up: “What makes startups succeed?” My usual answer to this question is along … Continue reading
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Tagged angel investing, business, startup anti-patterns, startups, technology, TechStars
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Startups and intellectual property: how much is a muse worth?
Startup founder agreements has been the top post on my blog for a long time. The post has become much more valuable due to the many interesting questions & situations described in the comments. Every now and then, a comment … Continue reading
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Tagged business, idea ownership, intellectual property, intellectual property rights, startups, technology
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Raising money for revolutionary startup ideas
Between the work we do at Swoop and some big idea startups I’m advising, revolutionary innovation has been top of mind for me recently. That is why the following statement Richard Feynman makes in a lecture about the difficulty of … Continue reading
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Tagged revolutionary innovation, startup financing, Swoop, Venture Capital
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Startup Weekend Rocks
Startup Weekend has become a real force for fostering entrepreneurship. I had the pleasure of speaking at the BostonEDU Startup Weekend kick-off yesterday. Some of the ideas were impressive and I do expect to see a couple of interesting companies … Continue reading
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Tagged entrepreneurship, startup bootcamp, startup ideas, Startup Weekend, startups, TechStars
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