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Comment on Stay Away from Workaholics by deejsounds

deejsounds — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:23:00 +0000

i think we sometimes need them in our lives, so that we have a bit of motivation to keep ahead of ourselves. but then again, if they’re around all the time it gets annoying.

Comment on Enterprise Software Lessons: Forget About Virality and Focus on Network Effects by Bill Conniff

Bill Conniff — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:12:58 +0000

There is also the “Build it and they will come” model. While highly criticized, it works for solutions that solve a painful problem and is priced right. It also helps if the solution is unique.

Tiny companies can sell to IT departments with nothing but a website and a buy button. I have no sales organization, yet I have dozens of Fortune 500 customers and over half my customers are International. I rarely have any pre-sale communication with customers. They just try and buy. Check out some of my customer testimonials that include real names and companies.

Comment on Dreams Fly High at Venture Hive: The Hidden Treasure of Miami’s Startup Scene by Kurt Miller

Kurt Miller — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:20:59 +0000

Jesus,

This was a really interesting blog. In my circles, there is a similar network for church planters called Exponential (www.exponential.org). In envision developing something like it on a smaller scale and focused in the city of Philadelphia; although, I’d much rather be doing it in Miami!

Have a great day!

Kurt Miller kurtmiller01@gmail.com (814) 505-4791 – mobile

Comment on No Talent, No Problem: Become a Big Company Bureaucrat by Kurt Miller

Kurt Miller — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:42:07 +0000

One more point: once the incompetent bureaucrat realizes that his incompetences have been discovered by a competent bureaucrat, he will often act traitorously to eliminate the competent one. Once a deceiver always a deceiver.

Comment on No Talent, No Problem: Become a Big Company Bureaucrat by wtpayne

wtpayne — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:04:15 +0000

Yup, that is why I wanted to start a company with a charter that restricts the number of staff to (approximately) that of a football team. If you want to take on a bigger job that needs more people, split the company in two, and the owners get a chunk of each. That way, each resulting company remains small and (in theory) nimble, and the owners get a gradually diversifying portfolio.

Comment on The Enterprise Minimum Viable Product: Focus on Viable Instead of Minimum by Software Marketing Tweetables 13 August 2012 | Smart Software Marketing

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Comment on Get Off the Bitch Train: Selecting the Right Idea for your Product by Software Marketing Tweetables 30 July 2012 | Smart Software Marketing

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:15:59 +0000

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Comment on Enterprise Software Lessons: The Risk of Building on Someone Else’s Platform by Software Marketing Tweetables 16 July 2012 | Smart Software Marketing

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Comment on The Necessary Tension Between Vision and Execution by Kurt Miller

Kurt Miller — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:51:22 +0000

Excellent advice as I begin the plans for a new venture in our lives. I really appreciate your sound reasoning and counsel. Pray for me, my friend, as I work on a vision that is larger than me; development that is highly dependent upon strategic partnerships; well-formulated goals and objectives shared effectivly with partners through well-planned and orchestrated communication systems; and lastly, old-fashioned hard work! Blessings…

Comment on The Necessary Tension Between Vision and Execution by willweaver

willweaver — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:15:47 +0000

How do you quantify the infrastructure expenses? Especially the development and configuration, not simply the hardware…as an engineer, that’s my issue. I can see what the client needs, but can’t “sell it.”