Should you invest in community? Where’s the payoff?
People have this idea that you can or should “invest” in community. But if you dig deeper, do you find anything more? A moral argument that it’s “good” or “aught to” be done? Or a rationale in hard sales – pressing the flesh and making deals? I think both of these miss the real value. I’m coming to [...]
A Visual Language For Finance Patterns
You don’t need numbers to understand many important dynamics in accounting. When accountants look at businesses, they spot problems and patterns in a similar way that architects, programmers and user experience designers do. As entrepreneurs, being able to spot the same patterns makes our businesses financially-sustainable and healthy, and I’ve seen it lead to serious [...]
Torture your data long enough, it’ll tell you anything. The antidote? Falsifiable hypotheses
Torture your data long enough, it'll tell you anything View more presentations from Salim Virani.
A Leancamp including Architecture, Fashion and Science? Leancamp Barcelona Mission
UPDATE: The Leancamp Barcelona waiting list has opened here: http://register.leanca.mp/leancamp-europe-2011/ Tickets will be available to the waiting list first. My first few days in Barcelona have been great. I can already see how a very unique Leancamp could take shape here, an event where new approaches across entrepreneurship, design and architecture are born. If this [...]
Using FiveSecondTest to quickly spot the right improvements in landing page designs.
I use FiveSecondTest.com to test landing pages before I build them. It shows a mockup of your page to random people for 5 seconds, then lets you ask them questions to learn what they recalled and understood. This is very valuable to make sure the message you intended is getting communicated, which is important to [...]
Web Business Models, Lean Startup & The Missionary Position.
via vimeo.com A talk I gave at The Hacker News meetup in London, to inspire hackers to hack their business models too. Posted via email from I’m Sal
Why Lean Thinking Doesn’t Just Hand You Answers
Lean Thinking is a key foundation of Lean Startup, and there’s something at its core which makes it stand out but also leads to a lot of misunderstanding. Unlike a lot of methodologies, Lean Thinking is not actually prescriptive. It is principle-based and learning-oriented – and recognises that these principles manifest differently in different contexts. [...]
A good reason to shave your head.
On Friday, I shaved my head in support of kids with cancer. Was a bit scary, but loads of fun! My hair is being donated to a charity that makes wigs for kids with cancer, and I’m hoping some of you guys are inspired to make a small donation to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). [...]
The Market Positioning Myth
There’s a dangerous myth about market positioning that can keep you from seeing true customer needs. It comes from looking at the wrong side of the market. In this post, I’ll help you steer you away from being blind-sided by market realities when it’s too late, avoid poor marketing channels, and give you freedom from [...]
Make Your Mockup in Markup (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Epicenter Design) /by @meaganfisher
a href=”http://24ways.org/2009/make-your-mockup-in-markup”Make Your Mockup in Markup (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Epicenter Design) /by @meaganfisher/a
Unfinished London – an entertaining history of the Green Belt…
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5 inflection points in digital signage this year /via @pixmo
a href=”http://www.digitalsignagetoday.com/article.php?id=23457″5 inflection points in digital signage this year /via @pixmo/a
Get a real-time cloud view of your Twitter stream with Journotwit by @mled. Nice work.
a href=”http://journotwit.com/”Get a real-time cloud view of your Twitter stream with Journotwit by @mled. Nice work./a
Get a real-time cloud view of your Twitter stream with Journotwit by @mled. Nice work.
a href=”http://journotwit.com/”Get a real-time cloud view of your Twitter stream with Journotwit by @mled. Nice work./a
A shrewd analysis of Seesmic’s new platform business model, and its latent advantage in owning content.
a href=”http://blog.tweetworks.com/2009/11/25/seesmic-takes-the-lead-what-will-tweetdeck-do-to-catch-up/”A shrewd analysis of Seesmic’s new platform business model, and its latent advantage in owning content./a
Don’t expect a recovery in 2010, says HSBC. You’ll need to focus on your cashflow and fundamentals.
a href=”http://network.hsbc.co.uk/blog-entry/Hsbc-Experts-Blog/Video-Business-Recovery/1700003867″Don’t expect a recovery in 2010, says HSBC. You’ll need to focus on your cashflow and fundamentals./a
What embarrassing books are on your favourite authors’ shelves? @stackeduptv reveals all in their video blog.
a href=”http://stackedup.tv/”What embarrassing books are on your favourite authors’ shelves? @stackeduptv reveals all in their video blog./a
@evanalyze explains how real-time interaction makes live video…
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The Economist Will Spend to Get to 500,000 Facebook Fans /via @BBHLabs
a href=”http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/12/24/the-economist-will-spend-to-get-to-500000-facebook-fans/”The Economist Will Spend to Get to 500,000 Facebook Fans /via @BBHLabs/a
Step 4 of 5 to building social experiences – link to the real world /by @boxesandarrows via @iatv
a href=”http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/5-steps-to-building”Step 4 of 5 to building social experiences – link to the real world /by @boxesandarrows via @iatv/a
If you’re improving your site iteratively, you need to review ABtests.com – shared results on conversion tests.
a href=”http://www.abtests.com/”If you’re improving your site iteratively, you need to review ABtests.com – shared results on conversion tests./a
Having discovered @24ways, I am now unstoppable.
a href=”http://24ways.org/”Having discovered @24ways, I am now unstoppable./a
Target check-out game – using gaming design patterns to change real-life behaviour
a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpstyles/4141140976/”Target check-out game – using gaming design patterns to change real-life behaviour/a
Facebook’s $1 Billion Revenues Explained In 25 Words
a href=”http://www.businessinsider.com/facebooks-1-billion-revenues-explained-in-25-words-2009-12″Facebook’s $1 Billion Revenues Explained In 25 Words/a
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