I am using (and highly recommend) a great tool for performing usability testing — UsabilityHub.com. It enables three (3) types of usability tests: Sign up is free and you can even earn test karma by performing test for others. We’re using it extensively at Cospace, GroupCharger, [...]
If you don’t think things are changing – FAST! – in education take a look at TeamTreehouse, Skillshare, OpenStudy, and a host of other social-infused education startups. We have a couple brewing ourselves at Cospace that you’ll see more of 2012. It makes you wonder what higher education is thinking (or not rethinking) right now: “Many [...]
This is such a powerful story from Cameron Herold, a lifelong entrepreneur from a family of entrepreneurs. Regardless of what you do for a living (and we’re all different from head to toe), stop trying to fit your round self into that square peg. Figure out what motivates you, what you’re made of, what you [...]
Been busy all summer @CapitalFactory building our company @GroupCharger Inc and products like @AlumniCharger and (soon) @CampaignCharger. Also, I’ve continued to speak and publish about lean business building @Worksody and @Cospace.
In this case, the pebble is learning and the grasshopper is you/me, the entrepreneur. There is nothing more important to an early-stage company/entrepreneur than learning. Learning about the market, learning about the customer, and ultimately, learning about whether you have a problem worth solving. All before you build anything! The key questions are: a) speed [...]
My business partner, Kirtus Dixon, and I have launched our own unique approach to startups and building businesses. It’s called Worksody (Worksody.com) and it is focused on solving the #1 problem of entrepreneurs: running out of resources before achieving cash flows, growth and sustainability. Worksody combines the efficiency of lean development professed by Eric Ries, [...]
“Lean on me” is more than a great song, it’s my own realization that lean product development / lean startups / customer development is the only way to build great software and great companies today. Some upfront disclosure:
Starting a company is one of the all-time thrills you can have in your life. Nothing beats following your dream and making it happen. But wait… DON’T get ahead of yourself. You have to have a lot more going for you than just your idea, timing, luck, skills, cash, customers, and on and on. You [...]
What?! What’s a cap table? Well, as the old basketball saying goes, “If you don’t know, you’d better ask somebody.” It’s VERY important to have one of the key assets of your business — the stock of your company — under control from day one. When you are bootstrapping, stock can be a key to [...]
Here is my response to the CNN Money article that was sent to me from a business networking group on LinkedIn: Where are the %&@*!# jobs? Small business and entrepreneurship are the best bet. Because we have lost so many jobs for so long and the only sectors with any kind of job volume are [...]
