The key ingredients for a successful internet startup are a great team, a big vision, and a clear technology strategy. As an investor you are probably very finely attuned to issues with team setup and whether the vision is attractive and challenging but will they be able to deliver that…
January Links
A few bits and pieces that captured our attention in the last few days. Here is a good post by Charles Liu on User Research. The fact that you shouldn’t ask “what you want” in users’ interviews is a well-known fact since Henry Ford (also if he might have never…
Entrepreneur Kickstarter
Today I was at the School for Social Entrepreneurs giving a half-day workshop I titled Entrepreneur Kickstarter. Given that I’m still carrying a cough I was a little afraid that my voice wouldn’t hold up but fortunately, if croakily, I made it through. We had 9 entrepreneurs in attendance coming from a…
Transparency, transparency, transparency
Guess what? Lately I have become obsessed with transparency! The more I work on it, the more I realise that transparency is at the very core of any healthy business relationship. It works inside an organisation, it works between organisations. It’s the essential ingredient to build trust and understanding.
Remote working may be closer than you think
Some notes from a talk I gave as part of the Chartered Management Institute’s event The Technology of 24/7 and Remote Working part of their management trends network. I’ve been remote working for much of my professional life. Not since 2001 have I had a classic “desk job” where everyone in…
Introducing M/V (part two)
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.” ― James A. Michener I’m happy to be co-announcing Mower/Valdemarin, the latest incarnation of Paolo and my quest to conquer the world. We’ve been friends and collaborators for over 12 years.
Introducing M/V
And here it is: yet another variation of the Mower/Valdemarin partnership. 12 years after meeting in the early blogging days, after several collaborations and many different companies, this time we have decided to keep it simple and just use our names. After all, it’s only our reputation on the line.