Paul G. Silva

MARCH 6, 2025

The members of the group are free to agree or disagree with each other and should reference the points of view of the other members when formulating their responses. Message me and share how it’s working for you and any creative variations you’ve developed. When I want the group to debate, I will type DEBATE.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

His popular book on this subject, “ The Lean Startup ,” lays out how today’s entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically successful businesses. This refers to a change from an application to a platform, or vice versa. This refers to the monetization or revenue model. Platform pivot. Value capture pivot.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

I then remember when Amazon started selling books on the web. As John Battelle chronicles in his brilliant (and must read) book, The Search , Google thought this idea stunk. If there were no advertising on Google we would have no Gmail, no Google Maps, no Android, no Google Books. That was a kerfuffle too. So did the media.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

.” Strangely, the best I’ve ever heard this exemplified is in Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential - which is really a book about startups as told through kitchen stories. When you’re hiring most reference checkers focus on the person’s former bosses. Writing a book will be fun. But he knows it.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

.” That pre-COVID transformation that Pichette is referring to is Hopper’s shift from being essentially a machine learning-powered lowest fare finder to what co-founder and CEO Fred Lalonde says is really much more of a fintech company. We allow you to come in and hold the price of a booking for between two hours and 14 days.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

“Most of the technical content published misses the mark with developers. I think we can all do a better job,” author and developer marketing expert Adam DuVander says. DuVander was recommended to us by Karl Hughes, the CEO of Draft.dev, which specializes in content production for developer-focused companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

These engagements went well and he came highly referred by my friend Gary Swart who runs oDesk. He is profiled in my favorite book about ADHD, Delivered From Distraction , where the author talks about high-performance ADHD professionals. I knew Dave when he had just finished his stints at oDesk and SimplyHired.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

To watch a young company win 1,000+ seat deals at Global 100 companies at this stage of development has been simply stunning. The best designed mobile apps use the accelerometer, the camera, map integration, location, contact book integration, QR codes and so on. making the experience “as easy as buying a book on Amazon.”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2014

They like a solid product, well defined pricing, good references to sell against, a clear quota and well defined competitors. Customer also buy social proof because others are acting as strong references. We have 12 developers and they have 3. Please call our references. Customers buy solutions to solve their problems.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 28, 2013

I don't know if it was by design that I reference Descartes when I think about risk and uncertainty or by accident, but I wish I had started doing that earlier. They're learning test driven development without ever picking their heads up to see if they're even working on the right problem.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2010

Many of you have read or at least know the primary thesis of “ Crossing the Chasm &# the seminal book on marketing your products to mainstream consumers by Geoffrey Moore. The book popularized the technology adoption lifecycle curve that originally came out of Iowa State University shown below.

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Dream It

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Recently, Mel served as the SVP of Product Development at Securonix and Director of Product Management at RSA NetWitness. Mel knows firsthand how crucial strategy is to develop products that customers love. This is only possible with continuous customer feedback at the ideation, design, and development phases.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Help somebody negotiate their compensation package, introduce someone to your favorite startup CEO, agree proactively to be a reference client for somebody who didn’t ask. years as a software developer I decided I wanted a change. I booked non-refundable tickets. I started blogging because Brad Feld blogged.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

As chair of the entrepreneurial practice at Forbes Books, a former director of an entrepreneurial center and a tech entrepreneur, I drill this philosophy into aspiring entrepreneurs. How can you develop that authority? even a book. It’s not a matter of being better at what you do?it’s This is the essence of Authority Marketing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Culture refers to the social and emotional glue that bonds employees together into a community of belonging, motivates employees and protects against burnout. This activity provides an excellent foundation for developing relationships, rebuilding trust and accommodating differences. Why corporate culture suffered during the pandemic.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Start building your brand book with a visioning workshop. Developing your customer profile is an integral piece of positioning your brand and an indispensable section of your brand book. More posts by this contributor. 5 questions startups should consider before making their first marketing hire.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 30, 2019

As Eli Pariser notes in his book The Filter Bubble , Consuming information that conforms to our ideas of the world is easy and pleasurable; consuming information that challenges us to think in new ways or question our assumptions is frustrating and difficult (p. References: Pariser, E. NY: Penguin Books. NY: All Points Books.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2013

There are many out there and many books have been written on the topic. In an early-stage business where your product is less developed the business case might be higher level. Preferably you’d have a customer testimonial where the customer reference will be able to talk through their economic benefits.

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Dream It

APRIL 3, 2020

In addition to his books, Geoffrey Moore assisted in writing “In a Downturn, Provoke Your Customers” for the Harvard Business Review in 2009. Develop a unique point of view on the problem Your team must prove that they have a unique and valuable view on this problem. Senior executives won’t listen to you otherwise.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2021

In the book Alien Thinking , three innovation professors at IMD Business School argue that people who generate truly breakthrough ideas look at their world like aliens–outsiders unburdened by the assumptions, biases and conventional thinking that constrain imagination. Entrepreneurial success hinges on generating breakthrough ideas.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

They like a solid product, well defined pricing, good references to sell against, a clear quota and well defined competitors. Customer also buy social proof because others are acting as strong references. We have 12 developers and they have 3. Please call our references. They’re in beta).

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

. “For instance, when an economics student uploads a PDF on the topic of marginal cost, StudySmarter will recommend several user-generated courses that cover marginal cost and/or several flashcards on marginal cost as well as e-books on StudySmarter that cover this topic. “We’ve run successful pilots in the U.K.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2021

That refers to our tendency to look for and interpret information in ways that conform to our prior beliefs, intuitions, feelings, desires and preferences, as opposed to the facts. His newest book is Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic (2020). Again, cognitive fluency deserves blame.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

As the field of entrepreneurial ecosystem building has started to grow over the last decade a few books dedicated exclusively to the topic have become valuable sources of information for ecosystem builders. I suspect many ecosystem builders will find the final sections of the book the most rewarding.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

” Piyush’s book, Lead Your Tribe, Love Your Work: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Creating a Culture that Matters , reinforces how to lead by example by giving to your employees. “The book—as well as my speaking events—are really focused on how to transform the lives of your employees. Still not sure where to start?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Michèle Hecken : I had sold my business and was writing a book, which made me curious about public speaking. I just co-authored my first book, Lead Like a Woman: Audacity (with a fellow GSA graduate), I’ve written a second talk and am expanding my audience and social media following. It helped me begin to build out other platforms.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you don’t follow the image reference above or the tag line, “ You don’t need double talk; you need Bob Loblaw “ (try saying it out loud) , and if you care! I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? the link is here.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 31, 2023

Quiet quitting —a term that has become all too familiar for business owners—refers to doing the bare minimal tasks of your job description well enough that you don’t get fired. A behavioral scientist shares the data to prove it and offers best practices to minimize quiet quitting and lower productivity concerns amid a hybrid return to office.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

She said they thus refer to the category with a distinct term: “experience commerce.” The gradual return of tourism and travel in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to see a wave of startups raising rounds of funding to meet new opportunities in the market.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Create target customer personas to develop successful growth strategies. Start building your brand book with a visioning workshop. This process is called positioning, and it’s the single most important (and least understood) component of your brand book. More posts by this contributor. Essentially, where does it land?

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Price low to minimize adoption friction, grow quickly, and then move up-market after developing broad adoption. Skimming is less common in the software world because few startups develop a product at launch that will be accepted by the most sophisticated customers (and those willing to pay prices that generate the greatest margin).

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Bert’s passion is developing future leaders through mentorship. His new book, High Impact Mentoring , A Practical Guide to Creating Value in Other People’s Lives, co-authored with Dr. Sherry Hartnett is a playbook for mentorship. Developing leaders is not an accidental function of just “giving them time” No.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

But Adept’s vision, at a high level, is to create what it refers to as an “AI teammate” trained to use a wide variety of different software tools and APIs. That hasn’t disrupted product development, apparently. “Foundation model” is a bit jargony. Adept is running lean for now, with just 25 employees.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 7, 2017

And some will willingly work for stock options, an amount to be negotiated based upon time spent and stage of corporate development. Original 1994 book. were ultimately sold at a tremendous profit.

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Onevest

MARCH 27, 2015

This Q&A with securities attorney, Sam Guzik, addresses the regulation promulgated by the SEC under Title IV of the JOBS Act of 2012, now also designated by the SEC as Tier 2, and commonly referred to as Regulation A+. This is a question better answered by in a book, not an FAQ. Who is Eligible to Use Regulation A+?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

A startup called Sanity has built a platform to help businesses (and their people) do that more easily with a SaaS platform that lets developers create code and systems to manage content. We’re excited to back the Sanity team and their impressive developer-focused content management platform.”. million to fuel its growth.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

First, the New York-based startup is open sourcing a set of developer tools it has built, called Fides , so that developers can build privacy tools and monitoring mechanisms directly into their codebases. Added to that, of course, is the role of the developer, or the organization itself, in the equation.

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