Founders come in all shapes and sizes and from all kinds of backgrounds, plus every startup company has followed a different path from inception to eventual success or otherwise. Listening to these back stories can be a great source of… Read More
The Story of Two Startups in Three Years and Many Lessons from Laura Baines
Finding right business is a journey most founders take in one form or another and finding the eventual destination has been the topic of much discussion within the startup and venture capital communities. Steve Blanks seminal book Four Steps to the… Read More
Customer Feedback Analysis from Hannah Chaplin’s Customer Feedback SaaS Company.
Accomplished entrepreneurs regularly state that building the wrong thing is the biggest risk facing startup ventures. When a company discovers too late that customers don’t want the thing they’ve spent many months building, it is often the beginning of the… Read More
Crowd Funding Tips and Wisdom From the Real World With James Gupta
It isn’t long before all new ventures need money. Initially the founders may have savings or if an established business is launching a new product or service they maybe able to support it for a while; but other sources of income… Read More
The Ojee Golf Story From Matt and Paul Hulbert
Contemporary approaches to lean product development does just apply to software and web applications. With modern rapid prototyping techniques like 3D printing and low cost electronic platforms like Arduino and others it’s now possible to commercialise hardware products far faster and… Read More
IP Protection Tails From the Front Line by Paul Berwin
Protecting intellectual property is a topic any business needs to understand and technology companies have particular needs surrounding computer code they may use or write as well as the things that apply to all business like trademarks. Paul Berwin is… Read More
Founders Reflect – If I Knew Then What I Now Now With James Ward
Listening to founders tell their stories is always interesting and varied and James Ward is a great example of the entrepreneurial species with a diverse and varied background and some fascinating insight to share. Pianola is his online management system… Read More