Product Planning for Successful Technology Businesses

  • Startup Essentials from Sun
    Sun has been a long favorite of ours as a great hardware platform, because of their commitmenet to open source. They are working the startup arena these days, and have created a service to help …
  • Business Models on the Web Podcast
    An indepth and excellent look at the variety of models for successful Internet businesses. If you are just beginning to create your internet business, this is well worth looking at. We also have …
  • Product Management
    In the podcast from the FBFund Incubator summer, you get some great insights into managing your product development in the early stages. Dan points out the key ingredient is starting with a …
  • Business Models on the Web
    Here’s an in-depth look at business models, with a good focus on the internet businesses, which have their own unique revenue and cost implications. There’s also a fabulous podcast of …
  • Do You Accept Online Payments?
    If you still need convincing that you should accept on-line payments, this is a great article to read. Whether you are running a business or are a self-employed consultant, there are not only …
  • User Interface Redesign
    How often should you redesign your user interface? And, how do you get your users to move with you? Jakob's article addresses this issue very clearly and succinctly. Take a look at it …
  • Startonomics 2009 Videos
    The Startonomoics conference was held in LA this year (2009) and a great set of videos are available for those of you who didn't make it. The focus on startups was enhanced by presentations from …
  • Customers First at Amazon
    Normally we would just post the YouTube video. But I think it's worth while to also see the comments that this particular video generated. Amazon and Jeff are a great success, and as such, …
  • About Product Launch
    Don't launch your product. Can you believe that? Here's a fascinating article that makes a very convincing case about the downsides of doing a marketing launch prior to really having your product …
  • Low cost usability testing - UserTesting.com
    A great way to find out how your website is seen by users, and fix what is not working. Very affordable.
  • YouTube - SEO Best Practices
  • Wesabe vs Mint: Who Won?
    A must read blog entry, where entrepreneur Marc Hedlund analyzes why his company shut down, and another start-up succeeded. He points out the most important principle: A great user experience pays …
  • Customer Development not Product Development
    In this article we hear more from someone who agrees with Steve Blank's approach to product development, which is, abandon it and track customer development. As in Steve's article, this direct …
  • What Not To Do: Product Development
    Here's a long blog entry that reviews the typical product development model and points out that it is a thing of the past. It's not often worth while reading about things that don't work. But in …
  • Home Page Checklist
    As an Internet Entrepreneur, you already know that your business success depends on creating a killer product on a shoestring budget, and then watch it take off. However, there is no shortcut to …
  • Designing a Website
    If you are a start-up, this slide show has some interesting points. From a talk Jeffrey gave at the February 2009 Startup2Startup dinner, the opening slides are a bit unintelligible, but …
  • It's Time to Go Online - Here's How
    If you are a retailer and don’t yet have an Internet presence, it’s well worth checking the facts: this is the time to do it.
  • Best of 2008 - SEO Tools, Part 1
    This blog entry points to some great tools that you can use to check on the SEO viability of your website. There’s no such thing as too much checking ,when it comes …
  • How to Build a Small-Business Web Site, Part 1: Nuts and Bolts
    As many as half of the small businesses now in operation have no Web sites, a figure that should spur more business owners to action, especially in today’s economic environment. There are …
  • The Value of Design
    Some interesting points to consider when designing your website.