4 Skills to Scale
You can’t scale yourself. But you can scale a company.
startups
The *Real* Value of Money for a Startup
Last week, I was reading a post by David Cummings, the founder of Pardot and author of one of my favorite entrepreneur blogs. His post was on the need for seed-stage entrepreneurs to demonstrate growth momentum, even at modest scale. His primary point is that ‘fundable’ startups demonstrate a track record of sustained growth, which …
Conquer Accelerator – Thoughts from the First Day
Yesterday, May 23rd, we kicked off MSU – and East Lansing’s – inaugural startup accelerator, Conquer. Conquer has been a long time coming – and a long time needed. I am privileged to get to play a role as their “Entrepreneur-in-Residence.” To that end, I am sharing my perspective on Conquer wearing my “StartupLansing”/”civilian” hat …
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Why the Best Startup Founders Learn Computer Programming
Several times a month, I’m approached by a would-be startup founder who is looking to hire us to build them an app. In many cases, we decline if nobody on the team has any technical expertise. This is because we know these teams are confronting an increased probability of failure…and the lesson won’t come cheap.
The Disciplined Founder
Every day, my team and I have a 15 minute check-in meeting at 10am. Every Friday, we do a retrospective of the week, where we discuss what went well, what didn’t, and what we want to work on the following week. On Mondays, we outline priorities for that week, relative to the goals we set …
The Pomodoro Technique – A Massive Productivity Hack for Founders
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine, a local, very successful entrepreneur, introduced me to one of the best videos I’ve seen in a very long time. In this video, Success Magazine editor Darren Hardy, describes the habits of super successful people. People like Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett, and the like. One …
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How to Raise Money For a Startup – 7 Resources to Help You Get Started
One of the questions I’m asked often is how to go about the fundraising process. In my experience, there is no one way to approach it, though I have found it to be true that investors like to see that you have skin in the game, prefer to fund growth over hunches, and care way …
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Could Lansing Become a Startup City? 50 Startups Later, We Think So.
An important milestone was reached last week and I completely missed it. Two weeks ago, with our feature of Ventatti, we featured our 50th Startup Spotlight. This is really exciting. It’s also important for a variety of reasons. First, it means StartupLansing has been able to go strong for about a year. When we launched …
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