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Business Model Generation gives you the canvas but doesn’t teach you to paint like da Vinci.

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Reid
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Tweet One of the books getting buzz in the startup community these days is Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers. Currently it is #158 in Books on Amazon.  I read through it a week or … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged Books, Startup | 1 Reply

foursquare’s messy Places database slows adoption

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Reid
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Tweet This probably qualifies as so obvious as to deserve responses of “duh,” but a recent business trip really brought home to me one of foursquare’s biggest problems. The Places database makes my Outlook Contacts folder look like a model of … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media | Tagged foursquare, Social Networks | Leave a reply

High school sophomore raising $4.2 million for Juvenile Diabetes using the Internet and Social Media

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Reid
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Nowadays, the ambitious kids are not content to raise a hundred dollars from neighbors and co-workers of parents. Instead, they are leveraging technology and social media to raise millions.

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Posted in Social Media | Tagged Diabetes, Philanthropy, Social Networks | 4 Replies

Do you know the difference between in spite of and because of?

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Reid
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Tweet Every business has to balance things that its customers like with things that its customers don’t like.  Someone might buy my product in spite of its high price because of its superior quality.  Other people might buy something from … Continue reading →

Posted in Marketing | Tagged Restaurants | Leave a reply

What should you tell a VC? Fred Destin vs. Eileen Burbidge

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Reid
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Tweet In his recent blog post, Fred Destin said that an entrepreneur should never tell a VC three things when fundraising: How much cash you have and when you are running out of money. Other investors that you are talking … Continue reading →

Posted in Venture Capital | Tagged Corporate Finance, Startup | 2 Replies

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