Can Everyone in Your Startup Answer These Questions?

June 2nd, 2008

Last week, Amir Suissa of Linqia sent me the following questions (published with permission):

What is the core question that we use to project against, to determine if we develop a specific product/feature or not?

What is the user looking for?

If [insert] is our core, how does that manifest to the user?

What is your vision of the path going forward to deliver a coherent user experience on [product] in terms of product priorities, timing, resources allocation (internal/external)?

What is your vision for path to create [company] as a sustainable company, taking in to account financing, product, engineering, business model, time frame (window of opportunity/ investors cash to run the company till proof of concept and revenue generation)?

Can you answer these questions in the context of your company? It took me 2 days to get to my own answers for Linqia. I wonder if Jerry Yang can answer them?

LOL: The First Help Desk

March 30th, 2007

Thanks for the link Kurt!

http://www.devilducky.com/media/57946/

An Important Lesson for Technology Developers

December 4th, 2006

Don’t try to be all things to all people, a unified platform for doing everything. Do one thing well.

How to Create a Pop Star

December 4th, 2006

This video shows how a star can be manufactured by the pros to create a sellable package. Technology has become a powerful tool for making polished, but uninspired art.

Lost Prophets

June 4th, 2006

I heard these guys on Top of the Pops tonight. They are young and naive but the music seemed real. A Welsh “Linkin Park

I was frustrated to not be able to embed a music player with “Rooftops” in my blog.

Can't… avoid…. any… longer!

May 19th, 2006

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Originally uploaded by bigmick.

My friend Mick has got me hooked.