The Product Guy
Every week I read tens of thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.On Starting Up…http://gigaom.com/2008/06/15/venture-capital-angels-or-bootstrap/A look into the financing decision between venture capital, angels and bootstrapping.On Design & Prod (Read More)
The Product Guy
Every week I read tens of thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.On Starting Up…http://www.undertheradarblog.com/wp_blog.html?fb_2042860_anch=4200947Discussion of the characters that make up a successful team.On Design & Product Experience… (Read More)
The Product Guy
Would you use an online product that has neither made any announcements, nor made any improvements to their product in 6 months or longer? Of course you wouldn’t.The Internet lowers the barrier to entry for many products and start-ups. However, with that lower barrier comes the greater need for establishing and maint (Read More)
The Product Guy
Every week I read tens of thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.On Starting Up…http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/06/22/entrepreneur-s-journal-bringing-google-magic-to-your-company/Brief look at how to bring some ‘Google magic’ to yo (Read More)
The Product Guy
Introducing… Quick-MIModular Innovation (MI) is all about relationships, be they between people or products online. In looking at how these relationships are established, maintained, enhanced, and expanded, one can achieve greater insight into the underlying forces shaping Modular Innovation, quantifying the degree by (Read More)
The Product Guy
The first of the 5 components of Quick-MI, that I will be discussing in greater depth, is Sharability. Sharability is the measure of how much and to what degree information can be shared.For relationships to work, between products, just like with people, sharing must be present. And to share, to receive, there must be both (Read More)
Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
If it feels quiet here and even on my Twitter stream you are right. It has been. The reason is Friendfeed. I have become hopelessly addicted to the site. I am sharing a lot of links there that I don't pump into del.icio.us or Twitter, so I recommend picking up my aggregate lifestream feed here. However, if you just want my (Read More)
Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
I just got it confirmed from an O2 source (hat tip to Will Harris at ChannelFlip - you know why), that the UK 3G iPhone will be free on an 18 month contract to new O2 customers, but £100 for existing customers. Although announced today by Steve Jobs at the WWDC (see TechCrunch’s live coverage), the iPhone will ship to custo (Read More)
The Product Guy
Every week I read tens of thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.On starting up…http://www.markpeterdavis.com/getventure/2008/04/the-fundraising.htmlBe flexible and creative when seeking and obtaining capital.On Design & Product Experience… (Read More)
The Product Guy
Every week I read tens of thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.On Starting Up…http://www.hueniverse.com/hueniverse/2008/04/the-last-announ.htmlLearn from the founder of Nouncer of the decisions and challenges that eventually led to the start-up (Read More)
The Product Guy
Every week I read tens of thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.On Starting Up…http://mattmaroon.com/?p=361Something few, new founders (pre-financing) and people on the outside, looking in, think about when it comes to raising money — the (Read More)
The Product Guy
Every week I read tens of thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.On Starting Up…http://meetro.lefora.com/2008/05/21/meetro-post-mortem/Another startup providing value by way of post-mortem. Read about the missteps taken by Meetro that lead to its (Read More)
The Product Guy
Every week I read tens of thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.On Starting Up…http://www.centernetworks.com/twitter-pownce-loyaltyArticle exploring which is better: (a) large user base or (b) solid business.On Design & Product Experience… (Read More)
The Product Guy
In my earlier discussion, I outlined the importance of Sharability to successful Modular Innovations and Quick-MI. Quick-MI consists of 5 components, or categories, that bring to light critical variables instrumental in the sustained success of many current and emerging products, increasingly becoming part of the Modular I (Read More)