Some times, a blog is not paragraphs of text. It is just one beautiful idea or a philosophy, you resonate with. When you see something this good, you want to share it and know what others think. Great thoughts by Scott Chacon on Handy Tools for Optimizing Your Team. I don’t think it applies just… [Read more…]
November 2, 2011
I mostly deal with startups and small and medium enterprises. No matter who you are, you can always use some help in marketing. So what are some of the marketing tools and services out there that are either free or inexpensive? Here are a few I can think of: 1. Website Grader by Hubspot It… [Read more…]
October 25, 2011
We have been experimenting with some ideas at in50hrs and 32hourstartup and here is the latest incarnation of one of those ideas – Sponsored Projects. Why Sponsored Projects? Sponsored Projects allow you to work with developers in the region to get concept prototypes built over a weekend. From the developer’s point of view, they get… [Read more…]
June 30, 2011
I am enjoying The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development (#tegtcd) and once in a while tweet a gem. One of the authors Patrick Vlaskovits, was kind enough send me a set of diagrams from the book to use in my blog posts. So here is one – Value Path Template. Context: MVP Eric Ries’ original… [Read more…]
May 20, 2011
Source: Check page alerts, InfoMinder, Infostreams and Twitter Stream Top 75 College Education Tweets and Twitter Accounts via @onlinecourse Unemployed, educated, and indebted, more Millennials seeking work beyond U.S via @onlinecourse Hacker Monthly Hacker Monthly – checkout the special issue on startup stories. I found this via YC News and a @checkpage alert. Growing need for… [Read more…]
April 3, 2011
Links on Micropreneurship (courtesy Micropreneur Academy) Micropreneur Manifesto Start Small, Stay Small Lessons Learned by a Solo Entrepreneur www.micropreneur.com Links for Niche Research Free Niche Market Finder Google Insights for Search
March 28, 2011
The weekend marathon event In50hrs is behind us now. But the ripples continue. A few blog posts, tweets and retweets, facebook pictures and comments are still trickling in. Here is what I really like about the event. I liked the name and the tag line – ”Can you take an idea and give it life… [Read more…]
March 16, 2011
Here is an experiment we are going to try. Can you spend about 50 hours of intense work (over a weekend) and bring an idea to life? You sure can. There is a way to find out. Join us at in50hours and build a software product. Who is it for? You may be a developer… [Read more…]
January 3, 2011
Basically, the open-source project became a simple “demo” of not only my code, but also myself. It’s more than testimonials. People in the community get to know you, so you stop being a stranger behind a website. This can change the whole relationship with your customers. It doesn’t have to be focused on price, anymore.… [Read more…]
December 30, 2010
The biggest challenge most web applications face is building a significant path to customers. Rather than going through customer discovery, customer validation, and then tackle customer creation, which can take months, I find it critical to start building and testing “significant enough” paths to customers much sooner. via ashmaurya.com You may not be able to… [Read more…]
January 19, 2012
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