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Monthly Archive for: "February, 2011"
By Ian Stevenson
In Friday Link
Posted 25th February 2011

Friday Link #4 – Learn from the best with OnStartups

OnStartups is one of the blogs that truly inspires me.  Run by Dharmesh Shah, it has a great collection of articles from Dharmesh and his guest authors.  Not only is the content great, it is [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Market Discovery, Market Research, Marketing, Sales, Startup Management
Posted 23rd February 2011

A Letter from an Uncustomer

When I work with a new product or service I generally need market feedback, and one of the best ways of getting this is to go out and talk to people.  Often, I get positive feedback from them, [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Friday Link
Posted 18th February 2011

Friday Link #3 – KILTR

If you are already familiar with LinkedIn then the idea of KILTR will be familiar to you.  It’s a new professional networking site aimed at those with some relationship or affinity to [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Events
Posted 17th February 2011

Event Report: Tech Law for Startups

I attended the first Tech Law for Startups meetup last night.  For a full account of the event check out the live-blog from StartupCafe which includes some pictures.   Our host Dug Campbell from [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Recruitment, Startup Management
Posted 15th February 2011

8 Top Reasons for Hiring a Loser

Every hire affects the average of the employees in your company.  Hiring someone good brings the average up, hiring someone bad takes it down.  Even hiring someone that is no better or worse than [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Friday Link
Posted 11th February 2011

Friday Link #2 – The Startup Daily

Take a break from whatever you are doing for just a few moments, and enjoy a bite-sized piece of wisdom from a great author with The Startup Daily. Karl Krantz has recently started this site, [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Investment, Startup Management
Posted 9th February 2011

Investors, Magic and Mythical Creatures

I came to a realisation earlier this week.  Most investors I have met believe in magic, but not in mythical creatures.  Let me explain this rather startling claim!

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By Ian Stevenson
In Friday Link
Posted 4th February 2011

Friday Link #1 – Get out of the cold with StartupCafe

In the spirit of Follow Fridays (#FF) on twitter, I’m going to try to make a regular friday post linking to sites I find useful and interesting.  I’m going to try to avoid the [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Financials, Startup Management
Posted 3rd February 2011

Numbers to Manage By

Hello, and welcome to this new blog! Salient Point helps young companies make sense of the complex world around them. This can include customers, markets, suppliers, competitors, business models [...]

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