Michaela Draganska gave a talk at Stanford recently on market research for entrepreneurs, found some tips useful: Market research tools by development stage: Stage Tools Identifying markets Secondary data on macro trends Syndicated industry data Understanding customer needs Observation Depth interviews Finding solutions Lead-user analysis Designing product Conjoint analysis Survey on attribute preferences Testing Concept ...
Wrote an article on speed reading a few weeks ago that got picked up on the blog of Steve Yoshida, an MIT Sloan School MBA: Above: Excerpt from Steve Yoshida’s post on speed reading I can’t read Japanese, so I ran Steve’s blog through Microsoft Translator, an online service transforming websites from one language to ...
I use the word “cheat” here as in “cheating death”—to avoid something unnecessary that gets in the way of enjoying yourself and having a good time (i.e. no Honor Code violations, just time savings). This habit began at the age of 7. My parents bought us the World Book Encyclopedia. It included a special service: ...
It used to take me half an hour to change my oil at Michael’s Toyota in Bellevue, Washington. Today I changed my oil and topped my fluids in a third of that time at 9 minute oil and lube on 3839 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, 94306—less than 4 minutes away from Stanford. Instead ...
Found an article at the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies I wanted to share: Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs. #10: Failing to incorporate early enough #9: Issuing founder shares without vesting #8: Hiring a lawyer not experienced in dealing with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists #7: Failing to make a timely Section 83 (b) election ...
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Emotions help connect. But, what if I’m not emotional? Should I fake it? Communication coach Eric Nitzberg answered these questions and more at today’s “Speaking with Authenticity” workshop. Part of the Mastery in Communications Initiative at the Stanford GSB, the event taught tips and techniques to become more real and less canned in front of ...
Want to read faster? Get an MBA. The sheer volume of reading (useful or otherwise) turns you into a scanning machine. One thing that’s helped me is speed reading tips on pages 85-86 in the hardcover edition of the 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss. Below: Speed reading excerpt from 4-Hour Workweek. Tim used to teach ...