In an article in the Washington Business Journal, Philippe Chetrit speaks candidly about the factors that caused Tixelated to shut its doors. “What we ran out of first, before ideas, before money, before time, was steam,” [Chetrit] writes. “We spent two years tirelessly working, putting all our time, faith and resources into Tixelated. And what we were [...]

The Ideal Profile of an Early Adopter
When you’re doing customer development, you are specifically NOT trying to understand and satisfy all of your possible users, or the total addressable market. You can deal with the whole market after you get off the ground, but you’ll never get there unless you understand and satisfy (or better yet, thrill) your early adopters. You [...]

Interview with Elliot Susel: Tech Risk + Agile
An interview with Agile expert Elliot Susel about using agile to mitigate tech risk. Full Transcript Teague Hopkins: Welcome. I’m Teague Hopkins. Today I’m here with Elliot Susel, the senior project manager and primary Agile evangelist for Taxi Magic, an app that helps people book ground transportation. Elliot’s an expert on Agile has worked on [...]

The Three Biggest Risks to Your Startup
Starting any new venture is risky. Before we can limit or manage the risk, we have to understand it. Most startup (or new product) risk can be divided into three buckets: Tech Risk Market Risk Ego Risk Tech Risk Tech risk is what entrepreneurs (or intrapreneurs, for those starting something within an existing structure) most [...]

Questions from Innovation Experts
Recognizing that finding the right question can be more challenging than finding the right answer, Warren Berger of Fast Company asked five innovation experts “What questions should every company ask itself?” Our favorite responses Tim Ogilvie: “Where is our petri dish?” “Where, within the company, can you explore heretical questions that could threaten the business [...]
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Ego Risk Downs DC Startup Tixelated
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The Ideal Profile of an Early Adopter
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Interview with Elliot Susel: Tech Risk + Agile
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The Three Biggest Risks to Your Startup
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Questions from Innovation Experts
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Interview with Elliot Susel: Tech Risk + Agile
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Good Enough Technology
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The Three Biggest Risks to Your Startup
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Teague: Thanks Harrison!...
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