startuplifecycle The Pothole October 5, 2012 by startupengineering . Geoffrey Moore work on the “chasm” was one of the first, and still most insightful peeks into the mechanics of startups. Moore’s key point was that startups face a lull in activity when they’ve saturated the early adopter market, but can’t get
startuplifecycle Being an Angel for Fun and Profit: Three Ways to put “Profit” back in the Equation October 22, 2012 by startupengineering . Who wouldn’t want to be an angel? Apart from the ridiculously loaded word, investing in startups offers a direct line to many of the comforts of the human soul. If you’re an angel, you get to share your hard earned wisdom, give back
startuplifecycle What to Kill October 24, 2012 by startupengineering. One way to think of companies is that they fall into three phases depending on what it is they need to kill. To be successful, a large company needs to kill what the customers don’t want. Clayton Christensen mentions this in The Innovator’s
startuplifecycle The Five Clocks Startups Live By October 26, 2012 by startupengineering . In physics, time moves in one direction. The times of our lives are marked by cycles, but also beginnings and endings. Lots of people believe that god exists outside of time. But for startups, there are five different clocks: Leaking time. Many professional investors look