Tag: entrepreneurship
MK100m bet on Malawi’s youth
Standard Bank Malawi is betting MK100 million on young Malawians, supporting a summit focused on skills, mentorship, entrepreneurship and opportunities.
Project vs. Product, Startup vs. Business
An equitable company
decentralized networking is best realized with decentralized ownership
When people trust humans more than brands: the incubator newsroom
How we might rebuild journalism from the ground up by rethinking what a newsroom is.
Call for Papers: Using Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) to Advance Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Research
We invite papers for a virtual special issue in the Journal of Business Research.
Eric Simons - StackBlitz
Eric Simons reveals how living in AOL's headquarters led to StackBlitz and WebContainers that run Node.js and npm directly in your browser.
Jori Lallo - Linear
Linear co-founder Jori Lallo talks about building project management software and his entrepreneurial journey.
I'm building a tiny product
Let's call it an experiment. I'm building a tiny product to see if I can make something people will buy.
I'm building a tiny product
Let's call it an experiment. I'm building a tiny product to see if I can make something people will buy.
I'm building a tiny product
Let's call it an experiment. I'm building a tiny product to see if I can make something people will buy.
How do you choose the right CRM for your product?
You're building relationships with all of your customers, whether you know it or not. Setting up the right CRM for your product can help make those relationships stronger.
How do you choose the right CRM for your product?
You're building relationships with all of your customers, whether you know it or not. Setting up the right CRM for your product can help make those relationships stronger.
On seasonal change, open source, and carbon offsets
Cognitive science and the framing effect, Open Source software and Working in Public, language learning, creating online courses, and reforestation.
On seasonal change, open source, and carbon offsets
Cognitive science and the framing effect, Open Source software and Working in Public, language learning, creating online courses, and reforestation.
Spire Magazine: a teenage (mis)adventure
I wrote a piece over on Google+ about Spire Magazine, my first real Internet project: [...] One piece we ran several times was called "What do you do on the Internet?" Nowadays the answer would be "everything", but back then usage was still emerging. So people like Nicholas Negroponte, G.B. Trudeau and Roger Ebert would reply with very specific examples. I wish I still had a copy of these early issues. These experiences still color everything I do; you can read the whole post over here. What w
"Basecamp was done almost entirely without risk."
I really like this quote from 37 signals: Basecamp was done almost entirely without risk. It was completely self-funded. We treated it as a side-product and a side-project until it could pay the bills. And only then did we make it the main focus of the company. I absolutely hate risk. I think it’s a misnomer that entrepreneurs somehow are in love with risk and making big gambles and taking big bets. I think that’s probably true for some. It’s certainly not true for me. And I think it’s certain
Some things to consider if you're deciding whether to be a tech entrepreneur
I was taken by Status.net founder Evan Promodou's post the other day: Hackers make things; entrepreneurs make things that make things. This is a pretty succinct explanation of the difference between an entrepreneur and a hacker, and, I must confess, not one I fully understood when we originally set out to build Elgg. (It was implicitly present in my previous projects, and certainly has been in my projects since.) In short, it's not enough to build something amazing. Being an entrepreneur is a
Launch48 Edinburgh: an inspiring start
I was invited to attend Launch48 Edinburgh as both a speaker and a mentor, and can’t imagine a more inspiring way to spend a weekend. My talk – on creating a startup from scratch with no budget and a two-person team, and the lessons I’ve taken away from that experience – was recorded, and I’ll try and post it here when it appears online. However, what I really want to talk about is the event itself, and the incredible teams that participated. Launch48 has a simple, if daunting, premise: build a