Congratulations for reading this far. Most people won’t, because there is nothing less flashy than the idea of writing things down. But I’m going to tell you why documentation is the major difference between a large successful business and a small struggling one. In my telephone answering… Read More »
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You’re overwhelmingly busy. You’re probably frantic. You’re doing the deal. Vetting new hires. Finishing the “patch” to get out the release. Landing the funding. But you can’t do everything. In fact, you can’t even do two things at once. Take a moment, each morning, to list your… Read More »
Editor’s Note: with the recent launch of GigaOm’s, Ostatic, which promotes Open Source by matching users to the right OS tools and resources, we offer this essay on the virtues and vices of OS dogma, by Found|READ contributor Chris Lyman.… Read More »
Whatever you do today, please read Om’s current post, Relax, Chill and maybe Blog, responding to the New York Times on the Web’s 24/7 culture. Om addresses the detriments of drinking too much coffee, spending too much time in front of your computer screen,… Read More »
This week’s short list of stories, posts and other founder-resources you shouldn’t miss. 1.) From VC John Doerr, check out this slide outlining the difference between mercenaries and missionaries of entrepreneurship. Missionaries are good (passion). Mercenaries are not (paranoia). The slide is from… Read More »
David Brooks this week penned a column about prioritizing task-oriented discipline to affect change in your work. The “work” example Brooks uses is Major League pitching, but as he notes, “[I]t’s easiest to change the mind by changing behavior, and that’s probably as true in the… Read More »
Editor’s Note: Matt Rogers, the founder of Aroxo, is a regular contributor to Found|READ, and a very thoughtful guy. I often visit his blog, Digging my own ditch , to see what he’s up to — he let’s us publish —… Read More »
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I don’t think of myself as a serial entrepreneur since the terminology is most commonly used to describe someone who has had multiple successes (which I haven’t). But I also cannot pretend to be a first-timer — without having to explain the tread… Read More »
We’ve written previously about Harvard marketing guru John Quelch’s research into how companies deliberately create an “illusion of scarcity” to elevate product successes and profits. See, How to use the ‘Scarcity Illusion’ to boost your launch. For a while now people have been writing… Read More »
Editor’s Note: Our friends at PartnerUp sent over these tips for how to effectively name your startup. (Sorry, it’s no longer enough to be clever!) PartnerUp is an online community that matches founders to cofounders, employees and advisors. Its creator, Steve… Read More »
New York Times columnist David Brooks is one of my favorites. Without fail, Brooks’ weekly observations on human behavior transcend his mandate as a political and economics commentator, delivering lessons on leadership, ambition, strategy and failure relevant to anyone — especially founders. (See… Read More »
Editor’s Note: Serial founder Tony Wright recently completed a 3-month stint at the incubator YCombinator, where, in November 2007, he and two partners launched RescueTime, which hawks free software to help individuals and businesses spend their computing time more effectively. After… Read More »
Ever lament the fact that you don’t have that coveted Harvard/Stanford/Wharton MBA? Sure, such emblems open doors, but there are plenty of calling cards and networking organizations that can help you get access to marquee investors. In fact, some of these networks have been… Read More »
These are turbulent times: Bear Stearns, tough credit, long returns, and everyone worried. A time when everyone is once again, focused on cost. What can we cut? Where are there some savings? Are there any heads we can… Read More »
They’re just throwing darts at a wall. Or worse… “Oh, Look! Mr. Peepers just picked the very same [startups] your investment software did!” OK, venture capital may be slightly more sophisticated than this — but I have trouble with VCs who nobly claim that their business… Read More »
Widgets are taking social media by storm and becoming a valuable online marketing platform for interaction with consumers. Last June, comScore estimated that widgets reach 177 million people every month, or 21 percent of the worldwide online audience. ComScore’s tracking methods are debated (see also… Read More »
Here’s this week’s list of stories we may have missed, but which you shouldn’t. 1) Why we make misjudgments: On Tues. Mar 25, our friends at VentureHacks did a better job than I did of editing-down Marc Andreessen’s latest opus on cognitive bias, which is… Read More »
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