Product & Team Maturity Model

When preparing for outside financing, its important to understand that investors are investing as much in the team as the product.  So it behoves the team to understand where they stand in that dynamic.  Too often the focus is on the product.
I prepared this model, that I use with the companies I work with as [...]

Accelerating Innovation: People, Processes, and Technology

Key note speech by Jack Shaw, President of Intelligent Healthcare Technologies on accelerating innovation.  Thoughtful and thought provoking speech, but be prepared, its over an hour.

5 Financial Rules for Startups

Friday, 4 September 2009, 13:44 | Category : business plan, business start up, execution, funding, leadership
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Anita Campbell recently posted this piece in Small Business Trends – great website.  The write up appears to be based on input from Mark Cuban. I have nothing to add, its sage advice from people who have been in the trenches of start ups.  I thought it was worth sharing.
“You’re not spending enough money.”  That is [...]

3 financial statements you must know

The Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement are the trifecta of a company’s financial reports and should be reviewed frequently with key employees who impact the results.  Everyone should be familiar with these reports and should not rely on the CFO to interpret.  I know it seems like yet more reports to pile [...]

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