Everything you wanted to ask about startup failure but were afraid to ask
 

You were wondering what the fuss is all about? After all its just a book? So what if its on the iPad? Why does that make Reboot special? We put together a special section answering common questions around Reboot that have been asked. [...]

Pitching for startups?
Reboot, 3rd edition for iPad with a brand new chapter and 7 new videos on Pitching for startups is now available at the iTune store. Download it at the launch special $4.99, valid till 31st May 2013.

It started as a labor of love.
Part obituary, part therapy, part getting the record for history right. [...]

Why do startups fail?
No, really, why do we fail?
Why isn’t an even mix of ambition, inspiration, hard work, talent, drive, commitment and creativity enough? And why more often than not, a superior mix of the above ingredients fares much worse than a much more boring, passé combination.
I have spent a large part of the last [...]

Thursday night fire side chat on startup failure organized by the OPEN Washington DC chapter turned out to be a brilliant experience. In the end it’s the audience that determines how well a session goes and the OPEN DC audience was everything a speaker could ask for. Receptive, interactive and generous with their feedback [...]

This Saturday, at midnight, somewhere over the Persian Gulf, I stooped to an all time low.

Our creative and editing team had been burning the midnight oil for the last week to ensure that we were able to ship Reboot, 3rd edition for the iPad before I headed out to New York. At 254 pages, 8 [...]

Jawwad Farid
In the last 17 years of teaching I have never seen a batch of students come together so well.
Yes I have seen classes that do well and gel well. I have groups that have outstanding performers. Some who have become good friends over the years. Others that we sneak out with and grab a [...]

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Selling Financial Content to Smart People – The evolution of a financial training platform
You have all seen the new design changes at FinanceTrainingCourse.com. The changes were based on more than 12 month of usability feedback from our users as well as Google Analytics and took over seven months to implement. I thought it would [...]

Jawwad Farid
Hosting lessons for startups – five common mistakes that we all make

Since we first took the decision to host www.alchemya.com domain on yahoo.com in 2004, we have come a long way. The list of domains and sub domains has grown and the number of WordPress properties that we run has simply mushroomed. With [...]

Jawwad Farid

The startup launch check list infogram is based on an earlier post on what do you do when you startup? One qualification while the action items and roadmaps are generic in nature there is a strong bias towards the bootstrapping mindset. If you have raised 2 million US$, your path (suggested and advised) may [...]

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The Startup Check List: Building a business step by step – three case studies
Last week a student suggested that while enough has been said about the entrepreneurial mindset and idea selection phase not enough coverage exists on what happens next.
Assuming you have picked up the idea and have decided to build and do your [...]