Wednesday, September 28, 2011
You're Wrong
Entrepreneurship. Always remember this: your assumptions are wrong. Test assumptions relentlessly.
Meet The 25 Youngest Entrepreneurs Running The World's Most Valuable Startups Read
Meet The 25 Youngest Entrepreneurs Running The World's Most Valuable Startups
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/young-successful-entrepreneur-world-digital-100-2011-9?utm_source=%23frankguillen&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=FrankGuillen+Buzz#ixzz1ZGvEUOMo
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/young-successful-entrepreneur-world-digital-100-2011-9?utm_source=%23frankguillen&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=FrankGuillen+Buzz#ixzz1ZGvEUOMo
Monday, September 26, 2011
Your Idea is Garbage
Entrepreneurial types often are super secretive of their ideas, but after learning from John Richards and Nathan Furr how entrepreneur ship really works, I think it makes more sense to tell people your idea early and often for this reason - your idea is probably garbage.
So people won't steal your idea, unless they're idiots. Instead, they'll hopefully tell you your idea needs some work and will help you mold it into something people will pay for.
It's basically throwing your idea into the arena of natural selection and letting the brutality of real life crush it through the evolutionary process to produce something that will survive.ds
So people won't steal your idea, unless they're idiots. Instead, they'll hopefully tell you your idea needs some work and will help you mold it into something people will pay for.
It's basically throwing your idea into the arena of natural selection and letting the brutality of real life crush it through the evolutionary process to produce something that will survive.ds
Planning = Waste of Time
Planning is harmful. It's a waste of time, because all plans are just guesses. Stop planning. Just get out and let the real world shape and hone (or kill) your ideas.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Snap Decisions Rock Over-Analysis
"The moral of this research is clear…Use your conscious mind to acquire all the information you need for making a decision. But don’t try to analyze the information with your conscious mind. Instead, go on holiday while your unconscious mind digests it. Whatever your intuition then tells you is almost certainly going to be the best choice."
More here: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/how-should-we-make-hard-decisions/
More here: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/how-should-we-make-hard-decisions/
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Fundamentals... Please!
- Piratype (super cheap, fast prototype; PowerPoint or paper sketches, etc.)
- Validate
- Build Product
- Sell Product
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Entrepreneurship
The process:
- Make something people want to buy
- Sell it to them
How do you know if people want to buy something? You ask them. Prototype quickly then start asking around. If demand is high, make the real thing, then sell it. Done.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Role Perception PPTs
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CB8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcbesio.cox.smu.edu%2Fmktg6228%2Fcourse_files%2FClass%2520Notes%2FSalesperson%2520Behavior.ppt&rct=j&q=salesperson%20role%20perceptions&ei=P8NfTu7FOunWiALCobytDg&usg=AFQjCNHfVEYhm6d14DWtbNZyQPlD2v2L8w
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CCcQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csb.uncw.edu%2Fpeople%2Fmallalieul%2FChap010sm05.ppt&rct=j&q=salesperson%20role%20perceptions&ei=P8NfTu7FOunWiALCobytDg&usg=AFQjCNELcruIqEt4WyIT-iWlXeUwKDBKRQ
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CCcQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csb.uncw.edu%2Fpeople%2Fmallalieul%2FChap010sm05.ppt&rct=j&q=salesperson%20role%20perceptions&ei=P8NfTu7FOunWiALCobytDg&usg=AFQjCNELcruIqEt4WyIT-iWlXeUwKDBKRQ
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