Title: The Positive Impact of Entrepreneurship in the American Economy Date: 2007-08-06 Speaker: Carl J. Schramm (Kauffman Foundation) Link: Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders You’ll likely hold four jobs before you’re thirty. More than half of jobs in this economy are created by firms less than five years old. Only in America can people take risks with… Continue reading Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Notes 2007-2008
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Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Notes 2006-2007
Title: Stimulating Innovation and Creativity in the Workplace Date: 2006-08-26 Speaker: Robert I. Sutton (Stanford) Link: Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Every creative act is doing new things with old things. Ideas don’t come out of thin air. If you want to have fast creativity you treat creativity as an import/export business. Encourage people to defy and… Continue reading Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Notes 2006-2007
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Notes 2005-2006
Title: Entrepreneurship Viewed as a Tool and When to Use it in Industry & Science Date: 2005-05-18 Speaker: Jeff Hawkins (Palm Computing) Link: Podcast Entrepreneurship is a tool that should be used sparingly. A successful entrepreneur is one who designs themselves out of that job. Entrepreneurship should be a tool of last resort. Used only… Continue reading Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Notes 2005-2006
The Foolish Adventure Podcast Notes
FA015: How to Focus on What is Important in Your Online Business Date: 2010-09-23 Link: http://foolishadventure.com/audio/set-priorities-and-avoid-pitfalls-in-internet-business/ Focus on the things that actually turn into results. The most important thing is to get your customer. The only thing you need to be in business is a customer. Find your passions and the things you like and… Continue reading The Foolish Adventure Podcast Notes
Startups for the Rest of Us Notes 2019
Episode 425 | How to Launch a Product Into a Mature Market Date: 2019-01-01 Link A mature market doesn’t necessarily mean it is a big market. Disrupting an existing market is where the hyper growth comes from. Most mature markets right now are ripe for disruption one way or another. If you’re going to bootstrap… Continue reading Startups for the Rest of Us Notes 2019
Startups for the Rest of Us Notes 2018
Episode 373 | How to Craft Your Homepage with Lianna Patch Date: 2018-01-02 Link Your home page is the main place where people land. There is no slash after the URL. It has to appeal to multiple types of visitors. At the top of your home page you should explain what your product does and… Continue reading Startups for the Rest of Us Notes 2018
Startups for the Rest of Us Notes 2017
Episode 321 | How to Take Your SaaS Upmarket Date: 2017-01-03 Link When you go upmarket you need a lot fewer customers to grow a lot faster. (When going upmarket) you’ll have to deal with committees who make decisions and questions about terms of service and legal structure. You’ll have to spend time upfront creating… Continue reading Startups for the Rest of Us Notes 2017
Startups for the Rest of Us Notes 2016
Episode 270 | Our Predictions for 2016 Date: 2016-01-05 Link Book: Habit Stacking Twitter is an opportunity for cheap clicks. Single round bootstrapping (“fund-strapping”) will become more common. Indie.vc Twitter will become less relevant than it is today. Episode 271 | Lessons Learned Analyzing 250 SaaS Pricing Pages Date: 2016-01-12 Link SaaStr It boils down… Continue reading Startups for the Rest of Us Notes 2016
Startups for the Rest of Us Notes 2015
Episode 218 | Our 5-Step Process for Answering Emails, Managing Your To Do List and Staying Productive Date: 2015-01-06 Link Only check email once or twice a day. Turn off all email notifications. Do it. Delegate It. Delete It. Quickly distill articles down to actionable items. Try to get in and out of your inbox… Continue reading Startups for the Rest of Us Notes 2015
Startups for the Rest of Us Notes 2014
Episode 166 | Quitting Your Job When You Have a Mortgage, How to Get 1,000 Pages of Content Indexed in Google, and More Listener Questions Date: 2014-01-07 Link Be careful that partnerships will create customers and not just more work. It is easier to get a mortgage before you quit a job rather than when… Continue reading Startups for the Rest of Us Notes 2014