November 2011
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The goal for your the first release of your new product should be to be embarrassed by it. It shouldn’t be perfect, it should be good enough. “If you’re not embarrassed by your first product release, you’ve released too late.” – Reid Hoffman, Linkedin That’s not to say I don’t think beautifully designed products are important – they most definitely are – but you won’t know what goes into a...
Nov 15th
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…partly for fear of having them shot off. When I woke up this morning I was greeted by some exciting news. Melbourne-based startup Trunk.ly had been acquired by Avos, the startup setup by Youtube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen to relaunch Delicious.com. The Trunk.ly founders Tim Bull and Alex Dong are the definition of the word tenacious. Trunk.ly is their third (fourth?) pivot in the...
Nov 10th
This last weekend I made an investment in myself that paid off. I’ve been wanting to find new startup collaborators for a while – or even just smart people to work with at Native. So I signed up to Startup Weekend – a competition where you pull together a team to build a startup project and (hopefully) launch something in a weekend. I wanted to invest in my ability to develop compelling...
Nov 8th
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