Without practical business experience, going to conferences and reading books on starting and running a tech business can give people the wrong impression. Starting a…
Category: Essays
A challenge! I accept
I was browsing through books on business and leadership at Chapters and was alarmed at the number of authors who weren’t in business themselves. They…
Most new startups fail because of this
You’ve heard the expression, “If you build it they will come”? It’s a myth and it’s a dangerous one at that. Too many startups and…
As the captain of your startup are you keeping your ship pointed in the right direction?
It’s funny how things tend to take a shape over time. Like this blog, I can see that it is becoming a kind-of anecdotal story…
Steve Jobs Quotes
A hero of mine is Steve Jobs. He built two amazing companies, Apple and Pixar, and brought them both back from the brink of destruction.…
B2B vs B2C – are you talking your customers language?
Every tech startup I know is trying to design their website to look and feel like Apple. Okay, okay, not every startup, I’m exaggerating to…
Are you asking your customers the right questions?
Are you relevant? Is your product or service relevant? If you are trying to increase sales of a product you might have asked yourself these…
Celebrate milestones or die
And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years Abraham Lincoln You work hard and want…
Google’s shocking announcement that it is dropping support for IE8
On Nov 15, 2012 Google will drop support for Internet Explorer 8, just 9 days after the U.S. election and 19 days after Microsoft releases…
Life lesson #3: What you are doing is great, now find friends who think so too
I want to thank @rigelstpierre for inspiring this blog article. It’s vitally important to have passion when you are running a business, working on projects and…