Startup Business Growing Pains | Staying Focused
There are a few good things in life that you can never have too much of, and at a startup business that good thing is growth. However, we all know there is always a price to pay for overindulgence. To my way of thinking, the key to being a glutton is to balance your consumption [...]
Seattle Startup Weekend – Some Thoughts
It has been over a two years since I went to my last startup weekend here in Seattle, and the sad part is that it really did not leave an impression. You would think that something like this would, but two years ago, it did not. This year however, I was able to go [...]
You’re Never Too Big–DropBox Drops the Ball
I spend a bunch of time talking to different vendors about their products and services – having done what I do for a few years now it’s interesting to see how companies that I knew when they were tiny 3 person start ups start to act once they’ve got hundreds of employees, lots of customers [...]
Notes from my own Start Up
One of the reasons that I have not been blogging as much as I would have normally is that I am in the throws of a start up launch. We will be officially started on the new year, and I promise not to spam everyone with a PR note in your e-mail box extolling the [...]
Observations on my own Startup
Starting a company is a hard thing to do, you will make mistakes, you will have wins, and you will have your good days and your bad days. Over the last year I have been working on my startup to take it to the next level, crossing the 40,000 a year gross line might seem [...]
The Entrepreneur Tax that Kills Business
All governments, including the Norwegian, talk at length about how to stimulate growth among small businesses and the need to focus on innovation. To accomplish their goals various schemes are offered; grants, tax reductions or state backed industry plans. But while other governments try to help small businesses, the Norwegian government at the same time [...]
Angels Getting Antsy
The New York Times tells of the difficulties new start-ups are having finding angel investment. It’s not surprising of course – a number of angel investors have seen their own net value drop hugely since the onset of the economic meltdown so why would they not be reluctant to pour cash into high risk endeavours. [...]
Business Plans – Great Value (As Toilet paper)
Yeah – I just love eye catching titles… Rick posted about an almost unbelievable presentation he received from an up and coming (or not so) entrepreneur. It seems the guy broke every rule in the book including; Sending the presentation as a mail merge – with mock personalisation and different fonts for the individual parts [...]
