Tag: Business
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Hustle
I spent yesterday morning at the DreamIt Ventures demo day and had a few takeaways. First, I was reminded that good accelerators are a near-perfect vehicle for early stage companies to get a punch of exposure to investors, and also get the added benefit of refining their stories down to a concise package. I’m optimistic…
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Get An MBA, But Not Until You’re Useful
As an MBA working in early stage tech, I’m ambivalent about the current conversation in the community about the value of these degrees. On one hand, I’ve met enough MBA founding teams to understand where the vitriol comes from, but I also believe that my graduate business education has been the most rewarding investment I’ve…
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Lean Vetting
I’ve been spending a lot of time reading Eric Ries lately. If you haven’t read The Lean Startup, you should get it and check it out. Working in early-stage consumer-facing products, this book is as close to a bible as I’ve ever read and it helped me reframe the way I think about business-building. In…
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Joining the team at K2
I’m very excited to announce that I’ll be joining the team at K2 Media Labs on a full-time basis in the coming weeks. K2 is an early stage private equity fund that invests in startups focused on the connected consumer. The Company is a bit of a hybrid, in that it makes early-stage investments and also…
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The Noise Before Defeat
The elegant benefit of doing upfront strategy development is that it promotes productivity to effectiveness. To-do lists should be comprised of items that support the strategy, the strategy supports the goal and the goal supports the objective. Assuming that your strategic thinking is sounds, your tactical actions will all increase your effectiveness at reaching your…
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The Mis-Application of Innovation
With all of the recent discussion about civil charges being brought by the SEC against Goldman Sachs, I got into a discussion with some friends about innovation, it’s development and its misuse by people who either don’t understand the technology they are using, know and do not care about the risks involved, or knowingly behave…
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