Knowing Your Business v. Helping Others Get to Know Your Business
Last week, Jonathan and I had the privilege of joining an SMU MBA class as the judges for the final assignment of the class: pitching a business born from a…
Last week, Jonathan and I had the privilege of joining an SMU MBA class as the judges for the final assignment of the class: pitching a business born from a…
Over the last 18-24 months, as we were working to evaluate the product-market fit of an early stage venture capital firm focused on emerging ecosystems, we met with several entrepreneurs.…
Recently, CrunchBase published a new case study on early-stage funding including the different types of deal structures, priced (equity) and unpriced (convertible notes or SAFES). The post was a useful, if very…
I caught up with a friend yesterday who is an up-and-coming architect in the Austin area and it turns out we are facing a lot of the same challenges in…
Nothing is more critical to a growing startup than pricing strategy, and all too often startups leave too much money on the table by not charging enough. This makes it…
Recently, I crossed a passage in Let My People Go Surfing which deeply resonated with me because so few people seem to leverage the giving nature of others. I had no business…
Most of my last few weeks have been tied up in various meetings. The unique part has been that in those meetings my role has been quite different depending on…
Yesterday, Capital Factory CEO Joshua Baer announced a partnership with The Dallas Entrepreneur Center to bring Texas' biggest accelerator to Dallas. In his post, The Texas Startup Manifesto, Baer proposed…
Since our work is primarily focused in areas where the startup ecosystems are just beginning to grow, we often get questions that have been answered by more veteran investors or…
Recently, I decided to take a "themed" approach to my book selections. The first theme has been centered around a new approach to my work habits. I asked myself three…
Remember those terrible word association problems from your SAT? (A is to B as C is to D) I do, and this is the first time I'll be using them…
What a few months it's been, Choose Energy sold to Red Ventures and my partners and I made our first investment into a startup. These big events have led to…
Over the decade, I’ve been blessed to work a variety of different jobs with a diverse group of people. I’ve gone from retail store manager to a publicly traded company,…
“You get what you measure.” A concept that seems simple enough, yet even the world’s best businesses get wrong. Measuring the wrong things drives poor decision making and undermines performance.…
It was revealed last week that Facebook is experimenting and planning the wide release of a stories feature similar to Snapchat. Haven’t we been here before? But count me out amongst…
Over the past month, I’ve focused on my growth in product during the span of the last few years. This led me to reflect on my initial days as a…
A few days ago, I posted a few of the resources I used as I grew into the product marketing manager / product manager role. With this post, I’m focusing…
Last week, I introduced a series which I hope will be of use to new product managers in markets outside of Silicon Valley. For the first installment I am focusing…
Jonathan and I are at the CBI Insights Innovation Summit in Santa Barbara this week. Below are a few quick takeaways from yesterday's panels and discussions. Enjoy. As can be…
With most of my usual newsletters and bloggers taking the final week of 2016 off, I spent the last week of the year reviewing the blogs, podcasts, and books that…