Month: February 2011
Starting a Start-up Part II
February 11, 2011
Wow, Howard Gwin and I must have been sharing a brain over the last couple of weeks. I just read his blog "Left and Right Brain: The Execution Factor". I was looking at the problem of starting up a company in terms of domain skills: Technical versus Sales versus Business. Howard adds a complexity ...
Read moreStarting a Start-up
February 3, 2011
It has been two weeks on the job as an Executive-in-Residence at the Innovation Factory and I have met with about a dozen entrepreneurs looking for advice. The meetings range from companies with a management team in place and a product or prototype ready to launch; to single entrepreneurs with an idea or technology, looking ...
Read moreMaking Big Bets #2
February 1, 2011
I was reading a blog by my friend Jim Carroll "Why thinking big could save you in the 21st century". He talks about companies that are using "Big Bets" to drive stunning levels of innovation such as Wal-Mart's goal to completely eliminate packaging. I am a big fan of "big bets" and "shoot for the ...
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