Startup: Incubate!
It was a frigid East Coast morning and I was nervous. I had been flown out for the final interview round with a real estate…
Startups: Careful with Feedback
It was a Tuesday evening and we were all sitting around Tressider. We had been going over applications for hours and had finally narrowed down…
Action Plan
1. Inception ° Identify Needs ° Listen ° Initial Feedback …
Listen: Shut Your Mouth. Open Your Ears.
“I’ve got another idea,” I told my girlfriend, Milena. “Volkswagen minivans are in high demand in Peru because they’re used as mini-buses. We could…
Startups – Identify A Pressing Need
The crowd gathered inside the small, rural schoolhouse. It was Cuba. 1950. And poverty and malnutrition were rampant. Already, the situation had become desperate,…