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Founders and Allocation of Shares

November 2, 2016 November 3, 2016Entrepreneurship 0

I found myself trying to explain, in detail, how startups allocate shares and on what basis. My common answer is “who risks the most, gets the most” but below that, how do you technically set up allocation of shares? Since I’ve only done this on one of my startups, I’m…

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I think one of the biggest challenges we face…

October 16, 2016 October 16, 2016Entrepreneurship, Innovation 0

Is that people that have a “good idea” (aka, recognize a true pain point) don’t know how to get a prototype in people’s hands in order to test it. Most think you need a developer, a “technical co-founder”. That’s shit. If you can’t write a single line of code then…

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Tampa Bay is About to Take Off.

June 25, 2012 June 25, 2012Entrepreneurship, Tech in FL 0

Not from all the rain we’re getting. Not from the RNC. What is about to explode is the number of startups getting off the ground. Unfortunately they will look like nothing the area has ever seen before. We’re largely known for medical companies and real estate but a growing core…

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Intra-preneurship (Unless it’s a top down effort, don’t even try it.)

April 10, 2012 April 10, 2012Entrepreneurship 1

In February, @phillmckinney wrote an article about corporate anti-bodies and their effect on innovation. I’ve got a few thoughts on this… First off, if you’ve got a track record for seeing problems, coming up with solutions, figuring out how to make money at it and then convincing people to help…

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The Most Daring of Ideas

April 6, 2012 June 25, 2012ChannelLauncher, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Internet TV OTT 0

In March, Paul Graham wrote a post about the top 7 most daring startup ideas. At number 4 was “Internet Drama” which discussed how video content delivery will be changing consumer’s viewing habits. He also identified two ways that this was likely to play out – either Netflix, HULU or…

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90 Days In a Startup Accelerator – Part 1

November 22, 2011 November 22, 2011Entrepreneurship, Gazelle Lab, Tampa 0

As one of the first six companies to complete Gazelle Lab‘s accelerator program I can say that it was well worth the effort. If you’re a startup in Tampa Bay then I highly recommend submitting your application NOW. Check the FAQ on their site for an up-to-date list of the…

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Inner Workings of DEMO Day

September 1, 2011 September 1, 2011Entrepreneurship, Tech in FL 0

This video was taken leading up to Boulder’s DEMO Day in the summer of 2010. What does it mean to the companies that are participating? As you’ll hear David Cohen state that you’ll base your success on the number of meetings that you get. I don’t think it gets any…

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Here’s What Sucks About Being An Entrepreneur…

August 29, 2011 August 29, 2011Entrepreneurship 1

It’s not the long hours, development dead ends or the faint hint that you may need to pivot your business model sooner rather than later. No. What sucks is that a very small number of people, the small minded, short sighted sycophant with neither vision nor the barest wisp of…

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Handling Seed Stage Funding

August 23, 2011 August 23, 2011Entrepreneurship 0

Here’s how I’m dealing with it. First, take a look at Brad Feld’s Finance Friday article from 8/12. Next, if you want more investment money, show what you did and how much you accomplished with the last money you got. This is just common sense. If you turned it into…

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Red Hawk Interactive Accepted to Gazelle Lab

August 22, 2011 August 23, 2011Entrepreneurship, Tampa, Tech in FL 0

Today I’m pleased to announce that my company, Red Hawk Interactive, has been accepted to participate in Gazelle Lab. When I left my previous role in April it was to get more involved with the growing entrepreneurial and start-up communities that are developing in and around the Tampa Bay area.…

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    • The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How. by Daniel Coyle
    • The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development: A cheat sheet to The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Brant Cooper, Patrick Vlaskovits

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    • Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want (Strategyzer)

      Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want (Strategyzer) by Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Gregory Bernarda, Alan Smith

    • Beyond the Obvious: Killer Questions That Spark Game-Changing Innovation

      Beyond the Obvious: Killer Questions That Spark Game-Changing Innovation by Phil McKinney

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    • Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
    • Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, Braden Kowitz
    • Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman, Chris Fussell
    • Exponential Organizations: Why new organizations are ten times better, faster, and cheaper than your by Salim Ismail, Michael S. Malone, Yuri van Geest
    • Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance

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