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LinkedIn Tech Startup Advice
LinkedIn continues to be the place for doing business. Once upon a time, tech startups were not a well-known phenomenon. Only those building and funding tech startups spoke about them, and the rest of the world were betting on cashflow service businesses. Today, every Tom and Dick is advising how to build tech companies, how […]
Definitions
Builder = someone who builds a software application. Indiehacker = someone who builds a software application for commercial gain. Bootstrapper = someone who self-funds a tech startup. Solo founder = someone who starts and leads a tech startup. Tech Entrepreneur = someone who builds a tech startup with others. Tech Startup = A company that […]
Getting things wrong – two resigns
In my effort to be efficient (I’m still a slacker), I seem to have dropped all the niceties. My sentences are straight forward. I still use please but they are more to the point. I don’t write long essays when emailing. I try to keep things compact. I seem to have removed the filters, which […]
Wisdom Bites #2 – Be Yourself
Perhaps a better phrase would be authentic. I think there are subtle differences between being yourself and being authentic. There’s also another term be genuine. We can pretend to be someone else in some cases, but in my opinion, this could lead to heaps of problems. No one is perfect. Painting a picture of perfection […]
Wisdom Bites #1 – Do the right thing
It’s easy to say, “Do the right thing” but what does that mean? When and how do you apply it? Is this the same as listening to your gut feeling? Do you listen to your mind or your heart when deciding? In my opinion, to do the right thing you need to take both the […]
Xero and Tide Banking feeds nightmares
Over the last few months, Tide Bank changed bank accounting details. If you had Xero integrated with this, your feeds may have stopped working. When you have re-activated synchronisation at Tide end, it may have created duplicate accounts. This creates a nightmare scenario. To get out of this problem: Remove Xero connectivity at Tide end […]
Methodology for starting up on Xiaohongshu
I published my first post on 16th Feb just over 2 months ago and have acquired 1 team member, 104 followers and over 10 sign ups for SkilledUp Life. The Rules As I cannot read Chinese, I breached their rules in the early days. Make sure you do not include website addresses in your posts […]
The art of building a tech startup
Building a tech startup and perhaps any business is all about having a vision, being able to articulate it, assembling a team and executing it. It helps execution if the know-how is there to start with. You know what needs to be done, how to do it and when to do it. You may not […]
Stay employed! Don’t leave to start a tech startup!
If you are employed, please don’t leave it to set up a new tech startup. If you do, it’s simply bad timing on your part. Most things are stacked against you, especially if you need external capital. It’s going to be a tough time for everyone – a blood bath for some. More and more venture backed […]
Alpha and Beta Comparison to Technology Readiness Levels (TRL)
Alpha and Beta About a decade ago, you would have seen many websites showcasing “beta” labels with logos to indicate that the website is still in the testing phase and not launched fully. Slideshare which inspired me to launch edocr.com displayed beta label for many years. This trend of displaying alpha and beta labels have […]