Archive for the Category ‘Advice’

Listen to Customers, Not Users

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

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Vintage Erik: Erik's listening to the customer intently.

When you’re running your own startup and trying to make your product better, it’s tempting to take everything your users say and build it into your product.  After all the users are the ones closest to it, right?  A user makes a suggestion and you’re more likely than not to add it in.

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How to Dump your Loser Business Partner

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

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Not all business partners are going to have the same “get it done” attitude that you do.  Some will be lazy or get bored with your startup idea.  Some will just need to quit for honorable personal reasons, like to take care of health or family.  So how do you approach them to take the business out of their hands?  Read on.

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