Entries Tagged 'Entrepreneurship' ↓
May 14th, 2009 — Consulting, Entrepreneurship
The best way to reduce the risks associated with new product is putting it in target operating environment, or better off under much higher stress than it suppose to carry. Carmakers do it, aircraft makers do it. I do it – I am software performance engineer. It proves time and again – software failure guaranteed without stress testing it beforehand.
How can I stress test a product before it’s even created? How can I test my new business idea without significantly investing efforts? In software we call it threat modeling and performance modeling – it is based on straightforward checklists and guidelines. In business they have business models to test it. Got something lighter?
Richard Koch provides interesting quick “stress” test for success of new idea in his book - The 80/20 Individual: How to Build on the 20% of What You do Best
. Koch writes:
The chances of success for your new business, product, or service are dramatically higher of all of the following are true:…
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March 9th, 2009 — Consulting, Entrepreneurship
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“Alik, thank you for coming! When the new problem arose, everyone in the room agreed, “Let’s call Alik. Now, here is what’s happening…”
Heaven. My best customer.
But it never starts this way in the beginning. First, trust must be established. One way to do so is writing proposals that sell. I found good tips on writing proposals in Tom Sant’s book Persuasive Business Proposals: Writing to Win More Customers, Clients, and Contracts![clip_image001[4]](http://practicethis.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/clip-image0014-thumb.gif) .
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Guidelines For Successful Proposals
Sant shares the following tips for writing successful proposals. I have “spiced” each tip with my own experience and how it works for me.
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March 6th, 2009 — Blogging, Consulting, Entrepreneurship
and he unveils where he wants to go next - the middle of nowhere. Let me share here few notes I have taken and how it relates to my aspirations.
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