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Startup Professionals Musings: For Equity Investors, A Startup Has To End To Win
Seeking investors too early and without an exit strategy? Craig Stark's insight:Although startups seek to "Scale" and go after VC money, the reality of managing high growth in house is not realistic....
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Is Canada falling behind with the Internet of Things?
There’s been an enormous amount of hype around the Internet of Things (IoT) and, for applications within the industrial sector, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).Craig Stark's insight:It is no...
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Your Product Is Your Go-to-Market Strategy. Here’s Why. — Expand Upon
Get the product right, and it will sell itself — or your customers will help you sell it.Craig Stark's insight:The evolution of selling technology is quite remarkable. I think any product development...
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Texas Hold'Em Is A Useful Metaphor for Technology Startups
Texas Hold'Em is a useful metaphor for technology startups: pick the right table (competitors) and understand how your cards best combine with common cards.Craig Stark's insight:A great model to learn...
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Unata CEO Chris Bryson says success means seeing every aspect of business as...
Unata founder Chris Bryson identified the philosophy that he says contributes to the success of the company: applying a product mentality to everything.Craig Stark's insight:Startup Bootstrappers can...
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Startup Professionals Musings: Are You Selling Solutions Through The Right...
Craig Stark's insight:If you don't develop a proper channel strategy in the early stages, you will be grappling with issues that may be the unwinding of your startup. It's a tricky, political...
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Sampler founder Marie Chevrier on how your startup can sell to large...
Speaking at TechToronto, Sampler founder Marie Chevrier maintains that you need to have a plan when the time comes to actually launch a pilot program with anCraig Stark's insight:Selling to...
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Why being ahead of the boat in innovation can suck
The worst place to be in any business or startup is realizing you missed the boat. All of your ideas and subsequent efforts are aligned with a market dynamic that leaves you behind the curve....
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Startup Professionals Musings: 5 Steps To Avoid Solutions Looking For A Problem
Craig Stark's insight:It should be clear that pushing technologies and product features to a deadpan market won't succeed. However, a good example of short cycle entrepreneurship is to find gaps in the...
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Why market timing matters in Lean startup execution
In terms of the Lean startup, market timing is sort of like the stock market. If you get lucky, you can buy stocks low and sell them high to make a profit. It takes some effort to time markets well....
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Startup Professionals Musings: 8 Ways To Pivot Your Business To Kickstart Growth
Craig Stark's insight:Initial ideas need rapid testing via lean experiments. We use the Javelin experiment Board as well as the Business Model canvas to keep track. Part of progress for a startup is...
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Business Models in Internet of Things
Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of things connected to each other and refers to an ecosystem comprising of objects, connectivity and application/services. There are a number of projections...
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Innovation Excellence | Are You an Idea Torchbearer ? How to pitch your ideas...
Most innovators have their own style when they pitch their ideas. Some styles work better than others. Few, like Nancy Duarte, have systemized the product pitch into a verifiable process that works....
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Startup Professionals Musings: Bold Entrepreneurs Now Create New Market...
Craig Stark's insight:This is an excellent framework for a startup's top level strategy. By keeping focus on a new category allows for massive potential growth and uptake. However, the path to chart...
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Startup Professionals Musings: Think Like An Entrepreneur For Business Longevity
Craig Stark's insight:Startups can apply these insights regarding status quo when trying to develop strategic partnerships. Reluctance to change can also close the minds regarding potential acquisition...
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Reasons Entrepreneurs Need To Market...
50 Plus and planning a startup? You need to network!Craig Stark's insight:"Boomers trying to stay relevant" is a growing segment that requires a concerted effort to solve for. More Boomers are looking...
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Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Entrepreneur Beliefs Restrict Innovative...
Craig Stark's insight:Startups need to tap into the creativity models that produce the best results with limited resources. Falling into the old corporate, linear and HR approved processes have proven...
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Big Data as a Customer Strategy - Blackstone Gates
Big Data as a Customer Strategy. Such a customer strategy is what is required to survive in the emerging competitive landscape.Craig Stark's insight:Fragmented Industries are ripe for disruption....
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Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Principles For Proper Use Of Funds From...
Craig Stark's insight:Most startups I have worked with assume that the first line development work will lead to an investment round- basically a "miracle happens here" stage leading to massive success....
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Capitalizing on The Third Wave: A summary for Bootstrappers and Startups
Strategic Partnerships in the Third WaveCraig Stark's insight:More on the Open Innovation process.. from our Blog.See it on Scoop.it, via Entrepreneurship
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