Archive for 'Startups'

Startup 101: Win over the Winners, Lose the Losers

There has been a poem on my refrigerator for as long as I can remember.  It’s a simple, yet powerful little ballad that has meant different things to me, during different times in my life.  After reading it one more time, I cannot help but relate it to the entrepreneurial hustle; that mysterious, foggy world [...]

F*ck Business Plans, Start Blogging

Business plans have long been synonymous with business ventures, more specifically, startup ventures.  There has been much discussion as to whether companies that construct business plans are more likely to succeed compared to those companies who overlook this “holy grail” of documents.  In fact, Guy Kawasaki had posted an interesting study conducted by Babson College [...]

Tigerbow Gives Life to Virtual Gifts

Startup Tigerbow has just made sending gifts much, much easier.  Tigerbow allows individuals to send real gifts to one’s virtual identity, (their email address, social network accounts, etc.) instead of having to send it to their physical street address.  Talk about practicality…this makes a lot of sense.
Our world has truly become digital, as we continue [...]

Changing the World vs. Making a Profit

There are numerous commonalities that unite entrepreneurs across the globe; the ability to take on risk, the thick skin needed to persevere, the passion associated with your product/service…the balls to start your own business. All of these traits seem to define entrepreneurs not only professionally, but as individuals. It seems like no matter [...]

What makes web services sticky?

The number of technology startups is quite staggering.  This, of course, is a result of virtually no barriers to entry and a relatively low production cost that’s associated with tech startups (namely dot-com businesses and services).  But what separates those popular (mainstream) startup services from the “soon forgotten” ones?
It’s a matter of stickiness…But what makes [...]