5 Stages of a tech startup – Stage 1: Product Development
There are many ways to plan the growth of your tech company. One way is to split start to exit period in to 5 stages, these being: product development, product/market fit, launch, growth and dominance. And each of these stages can be further split into five key components, these being: milestones, team, product, funding and […]
Intersection between marketing and sales
The intersection between marketing and sales is a fascinating area, which touches almost all organisations, whether they are small or large. At a very simplistic level, marketing is about promotion. It is about letting the world know that you exists, and your products and services can be trusted to solve a problem. Of course there […]
Recruitment II – Early Observations of Sri Lankan IT Market
Idea Stage Having made the decision to build our product development centre in Sri Lanka starting with employing the first senior PHP and Drupal Developer, I thought it might be useful in capturing my experience so far, at least for my own reference. In my previous post, I spoke about the challenges we face at […]
Overcoming challenges
At edocr.com, we never had it easy! I have changed teams many times over the last 4 yrs. At the beginning, I had a great team, but due to various issues, the team under performed. Then there was a period of about 15 months where no real development took place. In 2008, I outsourced complete […]
Ultimate Search Box
I have been exploring various search boxes of our competitors to understand the ultimate size and shape for our own search box. Here are few references: Designing The Holy Search Box: Examples And Best Practices 25 Creative Search Bar Designs
Idiot’s guide to switching iphones in the UK
I have been wanting to replace my iphone3 with an iphone4 for sometime since my 18 months contract ran out in October 2010. Today, I walked in to Tesco and bought an iPhone4. Before you switch, its worth thinking about the process, and hopefully my experience will help someone. Eventhough my O2 contract has run […]
How do you plan to control your destiny in 2011?
Just like many of us, I am in the planning mode right now. I believe in creating my own luck, i.e. been at the right place at the right time with the right proposition. I am putting considerable demand on 2011 – This is the year I must deliver, balancing growth of two micro companies […]
Business Plan #2 – The Team
Many investors will bet on the team than the product or the market opportunity. So what is the ideal startup team? According to Mark Suster, its 5 software engineers and a CEO. But edocr.com is now 3 years old, yet it has no full-time employees. What it has is a team, made up of freelancers […]
Business plan #1 – Starting point
There are many ways to write a business plan. But how do you start the process? You could start by thinking of: Product – Where would you like to see the product in 18 months? Sales – How much revenues would you like to generate in 5 years time? Market – How much market share […]
Startups: What would the ideal web technology start-up team be composed of?
Startups: What would the ideal web technology start-up team be composed of? 23 answers on Quora What would the ideal web technology start-up team be composed of?