A/B testing isn’t an optional extra in digital development
You know what they say about assuming, it makes an “ASS out of U and ME”. The point being that unfortunately assumptions tend to be incorrect. Imagine a place where assumptions and ideas can be launched in a focus-group tested way, in real time, with malleable users for very little money… well you don’t need [...]
How much money should you raise from an Early-Stage Investor?
Raising money for your startup is never fun. It takes time, distracts you from developing your product, is fraught with emotional ups & downs, and doesn’t have a guaranteed outcome. Frankly, many founders would rather go jump into an icy lake than take another fund raising meeting where they aren’t sure what they should say [...]
Are we in a startup accelerator bubble?
In the past year, the number of startup accelerators and incubators across the US has grown faster than expansion league baseball. This growth led Jed Christiansen to base his master thesis on the impact and efficacy of the phenomenon. In 2009 Jed created a Google doc to track the seed accelerators. By mid-2011 he noted, [...]
