How To Launch A Startup Without Getting Ahead Of Yourself
An intriguing idea for a new business can start the heart pounding and the adrenaline flowing. Fueled by the initial excitement, the brain starts pumping out plans and ideas faster than they can be written down, much less evaluated. This surge of entrepreneurial ardor, if not managed, can lead to…
Should You Release A Minimum Viable Product?
With all of the buzzwords in the tech startup community, one of the top phrases I hear, day in and day out, is MVP: Minimum Viable Product. Although I do believe in the concept, the term itself has gotten so popular that people are quick to use it – without genuinely understanding what it is, or what its…
Rally.org Reinvigorates The Cause Economy With Crowdfunding
The first Rally cause that I read about involved two friends looking to raise money in order to race across the Moroccan desert for 9 days in the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles using 1950s navigational techniques. One of the pair had faced down breast cancer, so additional funds brought in above their target goal will be donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Only 8 other US women have attempted the crossing in 20 years. Pretty...