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Guest Post: Don’t Milk Your Cash Cows

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ May 24, 2011 / Leave a comment

On the Author: If you’re from the South Hills of Pittsburgh you’re no doubt familiar with Rollier Hardware on Washington Road (if you’ve been in Pittsburgh a while you were familiar with it on McFarland Road too); but did you know the family run business has a multi-million dollar e-commerce...
Long Term, Short Term and Strategic Thinking

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ May 23, 2011 / 2 Comments

A lot of people talk about operating in the short-term because there is more certainty. This is totally valid, your job isn’t likely to change in the short term and neither is the demand for it. Your company, your customers, your costs, your growth and your funding aren’t likely to...
Pittsburgh Startups get TechCrunched

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ May 10, 2011 / 1 Comment

In the tech world one blog reigns supreme. TechCrunch (which recently became part of AOL) is subscribed to by 4 million+ on RSS. Their posts regularly receive hundreds of retweets. 205,000 like them on Facebook. While TechCrunch uses that platform to spend a lot of time talking about Apple, Google...
Beachheads and Product Management

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ May 6, 2011 / Leave a comment

Beachhead is a military term used to describe the line created when a unit (by sea) reaches a beach, and begins to defend that area of beach, while other reinforcements (it is hoped) help out, until a unit large enough to begin advancing has arrived. -Wikipedia I’m part of or...
The Right Moment

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ April 29, 2011 / 3 Comments

A few weeks ago I got to have a couple drinks with a guy I really respect, a seriously successful entrepreneur and VC. We talked about a range of topics but one stuck out to me, “Jonathan, if you’re going to start a company you have to have the right...
Facebook vs. GroupOn is On

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ April 26, 2011 / 2 Comments

I am on the record as saying GroupOn should have sold to Google and then shouldn’t have raised $950B. Starting today, the biggest battle that GroupOn faces will start to prove me either right or wrong. Facebook has launched “Facebook Deals” in 5 test cities. It’s not quite as threatening...
Howard Lindzon on Startup Ecosystems

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ April 23, 2011 / Leave a comment

I’m a fan of Howard Lindzon, his blog is usually good for both a laugh and a think in the morning. The problem is that he’s often focused on market movements (Howard’s startup is StockTwits and his background is as a banker), so you don’t always get a chance to...
Entering an Industry: Partner, Piggyback or Create?

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ April 19, 2011 / 1 Comment

So Jobs doesn’t believe an “additional box” is a viable strategy for seriously entering the TV industry. This leaves three places to enter: 1) integrating into set top boxes, 2) integrating into other TVs, or 3) Apple creating its own TV. Regarding #1, the last thing the cable operators want...
Business Guy vs. Engineer

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ April 13, 2011 / Leave a comment

When something is scarce, it’s valuable. MBA’s with buzzwords and the ability to raise a million dollars around some web idea are not scarce. They are fungible. People who understand technology and are willing to bend it to their will, on the other hand, are scarce. They can’t be found...
37 Signal and the Move to Chicago

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ April 7, 2011 / 2 Comments

UPDATE: I’m going to leave this post up because I think it’s funny, but it was pointed out to me that the 37 Signals post was made on 4/1 and that I may have been made a fool of on the first day of April. As a small business /...

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Guest Post: Don’t Milk Your Cash Cows

Long Term, Short Term and Strategic Thinking

Pittsburgh Startups get TechCrunched

Beachheads and Product Management

The Right Moment

Howard Lindzon on Startup Ecosystems

Entering an Industry: Partner, Piggyback or Create?

Business Guy vs. Engineer

37 Signal and the Move to Chicago

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