The cultures of a start-up and a big corporation clash like natural gas to a flame. They are incompatible because of each ones goals are vastly different. A start-up has the sole purpose of doing one and only one thing. The focus is so laser focus that any bureaucracy gets … [Read more...]
Scheduling Innovation
Lately, I have been working on my companies overall development schedules. This exercise is to get ready for our upcoming funding round, which we hope to close May 15 th. Trying to fit all of the pieces together is turning out to be a chore. A lot depends on how much money we end … [Read more...]
Banking Crisis
Wells Fargo announced that they will have record profits this quarter due to better and expected earnings from the Wachovia acquisition. This is the same bank that hand significant declines in revenue but was still profitable only a year ago. It's amazing that they can bounce … [Read more...]
Focus On The Product
A lot of people I counsel at SCORE lack focus. For some reason, they tend to make whatever they want to do, more complicated than it needs to be. Focusing on your core product or service is far better than the shot gun approach of doing everything. Focus is an important aspect of … [Read more...]
Public Speaking Skills
It has been said that most, people hate to speak in public. Rarely do you find someone who is good at it. Our last community meeting was no exception. The speakers tended to drag on about seemingly random thoughts. It was bordering on torture to listen too. This is an all too … [Read more...]
