In a previous “Ready for 2014?” post we recommended performing a quick management team alignment check. This post will recommend that it is important to perform a quick business model [...]

In my recent post in the series “From the Garage to the NYSE in 10 Years Flat“, I discussed some core issues associated with getting a software-driven business started. In this post I [...]

Millions of new companies are started every year all over the globe. Most of these companies are local service providers trying to build a platform for feeding the owner and her family. None of [...]

This blog post is a transcript of a keynote presentation that I made at Proekspert’s 20-Year Anniversary Conference in Tallinn, Estonia on April 25, 2013. You can watch the presentation [...]

Identifying what customers really want (and do not already have in abundance) is one of the biggest challenges in any business. Millions of start-ups are launched every year all over the world on [...]

Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur published the book Business Model Generation in 2010. The book is primarily based on Osterwalder’s research (Ph.D. dissertation). In the span of just a few [...]