In reality, we see many examples that too much capital makes your startup unfocused and it’s a curse, not a blessing. When you get funds at the beginning it’s putting you in the wrong position of ‘spending’ money and not earning it. To minimize it as much as you can is a smart move that […]
Startups must be agile and move fast. This is the main reason why I think they should use more both AMP and PWA as technologies that give them a lot of power. As an entrepreneur, you wish to build this magic wheel of users -> feedback -> product improvements. The web is giving you the ability […]
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas A. Edison
A question I get from time to time is going around “How can you come up with a good idea for a startup?” It’s the wrong question. In order to get to an answer you do not want to think on a great idea for a startup. Because this won’t lead you in the right path. It […]
Today I gave a talk at our Startup Space in San Francisco to a group of startups from Mexico. The goal of this talk was to expose young entrepreneurs to the power of the web platform and how they could leverage progressive web apps in order to improve their businesses. The first section is talking […]
Today we are opening our new Space for startups in San Francisco. I can see that you are asking, what? Well, it is a place to explore the latest technologies and learn how to build successful startups. It a great feeling to build new things and especially when you have the chance to dream about something and than […]
Last week, I had an interesting talk with a friend about the common set of skills you need in order to create a successful (big) project. In most cases, the planing phase is important but not the most challenging one. The execution is the real deal. It’s the ability to push on when things are falling a […]
How to know if a startup will succeed? Or in other words, when you coming to evaluate a new early stage startup what are the parameters you should consider? Bill Gross from Idealab did a (limited) research and found out that timing is the most important aspect for startups to succeed. It’s a downer since it’s a factor […]
