This article relates to the product development journey in an early stage startup. You can easily extend this to innovative developments in product where you’re focusing on agile developments with continuous feedback. However, make sure that you establish the ground rules between production code and experimental developments so that people know the value of a beta.
The first step to any startup is to start with an idea. Once you have an idea, the immediate strategy is to think about its reach and potential. This is one of the biggest differences between a small business approach vs startup. In a small business approach, you can immediate start with the problem/solution without having to think too much about scalability and expansion. These occur organically.
There’s something artificial when everyone is agreeing: It’s weird when everyone agrees in a team or organisation. Sure, there will be moments like that but if it is a pattern in your founding team, then there are two problems: the leader’s too strong or you don’t have challengers. Either way, it is a sign that something is terribly wrong and you as a founder will need to act on it.
Good ideas are a bedrock of a startup. However, they’re only a necessary – not sufficient conditioning of running a good startup. We’ve seen plenty of material around how good ideas change the world. Although it is true, ideas alone don’t amount to anything.
“Do not figure out big plans at first, but, begin slowly, feel your ground and proceed up and up”. I have always loved the energy in a startup environment, making ideas into reality. On that note, this quote talks about starting small, working through tiny increments to reach your BIG plans.
Canva: This post covers some basic tools available to aid your digital marketing. As a startup, there are plenty of resources available out there which you can use for free or for a minimal license fee. One such resource I want to talk about today on our Startup 101 series is Canva.
Plagiarism is a pain which causes you more harm than use, esp for a young business. This article takes you through some free tools available to check for plagiarism
Presentations in small business: This discussion talks about the use of google slides for presentations as opposed to licensed software. During the early days of startup, we were resource crunched making us rely on freeware. The first thing that came to my mind to make presentations was using google’s free software. Now, we have better choices such as Canva that can help make even more beautiful presentations.