Great Startup
Want To Create A Great Startup? Then Follow Five Rules Of Relevancy
By Martin at May 29, 2012 | 8:24 am | 0 Comment
Some investors seem to focus wholly on the strengths of your management team, or your sustainable competitive advantage, and in reality these are the core attributes for every funding equation. While these may be necessary for funding, they may not be sufficient to make your startup the great success embodied in your vision. I have always struggled to communicate the more...
Great Startup= Good Inventor + Good Entrepreneur
By Martin at May 4, 2012 | 8:16 am | 0 Comment
In my experience, inventors aren’t interested or aren’t very good at building a business, and entrepreneurs aren’t usually good scientists. These people need to find each other, and can jointly make a great team for a new startup. Historically, it’s also not often that a good inventor was also a good entrepreneur. Some now argue that even our entrepreneur more...
How to Bridge the Gap Between a Great Idea & a Great Startup
By Martin at February 23, 2012 | 8:43 am | 0 Comment
I have a certain friend who called me a while back, all excited about his latest revelation. “What if you could go to a web site and find all the recipes you could make today, with just the ingredients you already have in your kitchen? I’m going to start a website to offer this service!” I’m sure you all realize that there could be quite a distance between a more...