Archive for October, 2008

Making It Happen…

So, I was thinking lately about how difficult it for entrepreneurs to translate the vision into reality.
Why? Because entrepreneurship is like… buiding a house from scratch, with no master plan, no help, no materials. And no money.
And it has to be better than all of the other houses out there.
And if you [...]

6 Questions (plus 2)

To follow up on the “6 Questions Every CEO Should Ask On A Weekly Basis”…
I have been using the checklist, and it got me back on track FAST, in a way where I had a comprehensive grasp on the major sections of the project I need to be making progress on.
It was awesome!
So [...]

6 Questions CEOs Should Ask Themselves On A Weekly Basis

I’ve been thinking often about operations– specifically, how to keep things on track in a simple but effective way.
Startups don’t have time to spare– CEOs to keep tabs on things overall on a regular basis, but without creating unnecessary tasks.
I put together this list, and will start using it to monitor CoffeeWithAnExpert.com on a weekly [...]

How To Create Milestones

Earlier, I wrote about the Brain-to-Hand Spectrum of turning your idea into a reality.
In a more nuts-and-bolts description, there are three steps to getting your idea out of your brain, and into a customer’s hands:
Step 1: Define the concept.
Do this by going through a pitch-writing exercise (see Basic Pitch Guidelines and Basic Pitch Worksheet) [...]