Dealing with impossible crises
April 17, 2009
Who haven’t had the situation that if you want to change something, everyone involved starts to argue about why something is not possible.
Read Daniel Tenners post on how to Deal with impossible crises for some good advice on how to cope with such situations:
To get around the brick walls which large corporations, bureaucracies and other social organisms put in our way, it is important to:
- Calm down, smile and remain polite to maintain any chance of success
- Become a human being rather than a faceless number
- Be persistent to grind away the brick wall
- Be prepared to lose to expand your freedom of thought and action
- Be clear about your objective so you can be flexible about how to achieve it
- Find who can, since often the first person you speak to cannot help
- Take an active part in making things happen more efficiently
- Make the other person feel good about helping you so that they are more likely to help you
- Don’t relax this stance until it’s over, it’s easy to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Sometimes it might also help to change the question.
I’m a Geek, How Do I Pick a Business Partner I can Trust?
March 28, 2009
If you are like many software geeks, you find the company of business people a little awkward. But as you embark on the journey of creating a Fair business, making money is critical and a good business partner can make the difference between success and failure.
Steve Jobs is not a coder but everyone agrees that he turned Apple around single-handedly. The same truth applies on a smaller scale: your project can greatly benefit from being sold, marketed and pitched the right way to the right people.
But how can you pick the right partner?
via I’m a Geek, How Do I Pick a Business Partner I can Trust? « FairSoftware’s Blog.
Advices for getting in contact with venture capitalists
March 26, 2009
If you need to get in contact with a venture capitalist, the ENTREPRENEURS REPORT: Private Company Financing Trends – Winter 2008 lists some important advices:
Perfecting Your Pitch
As a venture capitalist, I’m constantly on the receiving end of pitches from entrepreneurs looking for capital. Over time, I’ve found that these pitches fall into three categories: (1) The Introduction, (2) The First Shot, and (3) The Full Pitch. The same mistakes regularly appear in each category—following are some of the common ones and what you can do about them.
How Do I Get Meetings with Investors?
Getting an introduction is a test of your entrepreneurial skills. If you can’t convince a middleman to make an introduction, how will you convince employees to join your company? How will you convince customers to buy from you? How will you convince investors to put their money in your pocket?
