startup 101 – Inspire99 https://inspire99.com Startup and Motivation Tue, 06 Feb 2024 20:48:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://inspire99.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cropped-cropped-inspire99-logo-FB-cover2-32x32.jpg startup 101 – Inspire99 https://inspire99.com 32 32 44421129 Continuous delivery in a startup product https://inspire99.com/continuous-delivery-for-early-stage/ https://inspire99.com/continuous-delivery-for-early-stage/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 20:48:46 +0000 https://inspire99.com/?p=13161 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.

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]]> https://inspire99.com/continuous-delivery-for-early-stage/feed/ 2 13161 How to write a startup business plan, it’s components? https://inspire99.com/business-plan-using-mvp-approach-for-your-startup/ https://inspire99.com/business-plan-using-mvp-approach-for-your-startup/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2023 09:07:49 +0000 https://inspire99.com/?p=12486 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.

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]]> https://inspire99.com/business-plan-using-mvp-approach-for-your-startup/feed/ 2 12486 There’s something artificial when everyone is agreeing https://inspire99.com/the-luxury-and-cost-of-yes-men-startup-101/ https://inspire99.com/the-luxury-and-cost-of-yes-men-startup-101/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:54:50 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=12352 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.

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]]> https://inspire99.com/the-luxury-and-cost-of-yes-men-startup-101/feed/ 4 12352 The world isn’t going to shower gold coins just because of a good idea https://inspire99.com/the-world-isnt-going-to-shower-gold-coins/ https://inspire99.com/the-world-isnt-going-to-shower-gold-coins/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2022 16:34:47 +0000 https://inspire99.com/?p=17686 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.

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]]> https://inspire99.com/the-world-isnt-going-to-shower-gold-coins/feed/ 1 17686 Startup: Do not figure out the big plans,start small and iterate https://inspire99.com/do-not-figure-out-big-plans-at-first-begin-slowly-startup-101/ https://inspire99.com/do-not-figure-out-big-plans-at-first-begin-slowly-startup-101/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2021 05:00:00 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=12267 "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.

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]]> https://inspire99.com/do-not-figure-out-big-plans-at-first-begin-slowly-startup-101/feed/ 5 12267 Canva: Digital Marketing for simple designs – Startup 101 https://inspire99.com/canva-digital-marketing-for-simple-designs-startup-101/ https://inspire99.com/canva-digital-marketing-for-simple-designs-startup-101/#comments Wed, 31 Jul 2019 13:30:39 +0000 https://inspire99.com/?p=12626 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.

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]]> https://inspire99.com/canva-digital-marketing-for-simple-designs-startup-101/feed/ 6 12626 Plagiarism Checkers: Maintain your unique content! https://inspire99.com/plagiarism-checkers-maintain-your-unique-content-startup-101/ https://inspire99.com/plagiarism-checkers-maintain-your-unique-content-startup-101/#comments Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:30:59 +0000 http://inspire99.com/?p=12649 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

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]]> https://inspire99.com/plagiarism-checkers-maintain-your-unique-content-startup-101/feed/ 2 12649 Presentations in a small business and startup https://inspire99.com/google-for-presentations-startup-101/ https://inspire99.com/google-for-presentations-startup-101/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2019 05:30:49 +0000 https://inspire99.com/?p=12628 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.

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