This essay is written as part of the Startup Edition project – check out the other essays here. It would be awesome if your first iteration of a minimum viable product (MVP) perfectly addressed your target market segment, delivered great value…
This essay is written as part of the Startup Edition project – check out the other essays here. How do you discover what people really want? People are not effective at self-reporting, or letting you know what they will…
//Read about more mistakes in the newest Startup Edition “Do not fear mistakes. There are none.” -Miles Davis. We all make mistakes. I’ve made a few mistakes in my time. I’m not talking about the garden-variety mistakes you might make…
Makers need to make in the real world Get out of the (electronic) building Last evening, as the Pacific Northwest sunshine (yes, we do have that here in the Spring and Summer and Fall) was blazing, I was weeding my…
I’ve written here before about the effect that one person’s thank you had on me (thank you, Brad Feld!) I believe that “The Thank You Effect” is an example of a small action that prompts meaningful next steps to measurably…
(photo courtesy of Flickr.com/photos/koalzymonkey) When was the last time you did something inexplicably, inevitably, and irreplaceably … dumb? (For me, about a week ago.) And chances are, it was something you’ve done before – maybe a hundred or even a…
Jim Ewel invited me to speak tonight at the Agile Marketing meetup in Bellevue, WA, and I was pleased to participate in and help facilitate a discussion around the concept of Agile Marketing. Agile Marketing is dedicated to the idea of…
