I received an email solicitation encouraging me to purchase a new book on starting companies by Elizabeth Edwards about two weeks ago. Now…without explaining further, you can guess what I do with such solicitation. That’s right…delete! But, for some reason, I read the email and promptly both bought and read the book. Am I glad [...]
Lean Startups – II In my last post, I poked fun at Eric Ries and Steven Blank for an article posted by the New York Times suggesting that “lean startups” are a fresh new approach, which is likened to bootstrapping. I pointed out that we outside of Silicon Valley have been bootstrapping our startup ventures [...]
Lean Startups – I In all of my travels, I explain to audiences that there are only two places in the world for entrepreneurs starting companies and seeking capital – (1) Silicon Valley … and (2) everyplace else. Except for those in the Bay Area, almost all the rest of us live and work in [...]
