Passion is, perhaps first and foremost, the most important trait for any entrepreneur. You have to truly believe that what you are going to do will add value for your customers.
Chutzpah, Ideas & Product Development
March 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
Ann Arbor SPARK hosts a monthly series, Starting Your Own New Business. The day-long seminar includes presenters on finance, accounting, marketing, product development, and other topics related to launching one’s own business. Below, is the high-level presentation for Friday, March 19, 2010. This high-level presentation discusses: Do you have what it takes…to be an entrepreneur [...]
Is It Agile or Software Anthropology?
March 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The key to success is clear: Smooth, rapid, delivery of a product demands effective, clear, and complete communication between all involved parties. It is better to risk over-communicating than the alternative. And, only through frequent communication can teams hope to adapt to change (they need to know about it).
Maybe we should call these Software Anthropology meetings.
It’s a Duesy II-Manufacturing Revival Conference
February 12, 2010 By 1 Comment
The world around us continues to evolve; nothing new there. But many organizations, even as they change what they look like, have largely stayed the same inside. Social, technical, global evolution has now come so far organizations simply have no choice but to finally begin changing who they are inside.
Mid-Life Crisis Explained
February 8, 2010 By 2 Comments
Mid-life crisis is the result of so many having run out the maps others laid before us…covering the first 35-40 years of American Male life. Increasingly, I suspect the problem is not so tied to just ‘males’ nor Americans, either.
Where Have the Foremen Gone?
January 8, 2010 By 2 Comments
Organizations are now struggling with a lack of team members who know how to put it all together. Volumes of knowledge have been lost and are hampering competitiveness. Where have the foremen gone?
Make Your Idea into a Product (pt 3)
November 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
To keep it simple, there are two real values to creating a plan. Understanding and keeping on track. Here’s what I mean…
