There was a great article on Fast Company about the advice that Tumblr’s founder gave a new entrepreneur who was publicly launching his startup. “What made Tumblr Tumblr was that in its first years, we just focused on our core small 1% set of users, who were creating most of our content and really loved - Read More -
The story of Mint has always been one that has interested me. It is a model case of how good product design, guerilla marketing & the concept of instant utility are foundational components of building a strong product facing company. I was reading about the company in greater detail on Quora today which is a - Read More -
Twitter just crossed 50 million tweets a day! An historic day in the company’s history. Everyone is talking about it these days. This is definitely a position all startups aspire to be at one day. An important point to note is that back in July 07 upto Jun 08 it was not on too many people’s radar. - Read More -
“I’ve always learned on-the-job, in real time. A problem comes up; I research it, and try to solve it. You can’t study to be an entrepreneur; you have to develop those skills day in day out. “ Tom Szaky I have memories of going to a video rental store over the weekend when I was - Read More -
“Companies that establish clear lines of sight to the metrics that matter and then make sure that employee behavior is aligned with those metrics can create enormous value growth.” Tony Siesfeld and John-Paul Pape Over the past two weeks I have been discussing both financial and non financial metrics. They both have their place in - Read More -
“There is value in careful planning and thoughtful preparation. However, until there is execution, no plan is flawed; no preparation inadequate. Execution spotlights all.” Chip R. Bell Business all comes down to execution. Without this critical component we could make all the plans we want and prepare for every possible scenario, but achieve very little. - Read More -
“Failure to gain market share even with superior costs is failure to compete. This failure is also a failure to achieve even lower costs.” Bruce D. Henderson There is substantial evidence which states that market share is directly related to ROI. With an increase in market share, a business can expect to benefit from economies - Read More -