The cost of developing online products has dramatically decreased in the past 5 years with the advent of cloud computing and open-source code. Many of the resources available now to online entrepreneurs are the result of open-source projects with active participation from growing communities.
This blog is the online companion to the book "Make It Big, Crossing the Entrepreneur’s Gap®." Posts contain resources for entrepreneurs starting up and scaling up. Note: The book is out of print as of the end of 2015 and only available to Libraries and Academic Institutions.
Showing posts with label Product. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Product. Show all posts
Monday, November 3, 2014
Contract Manufacturing Agreement
As mentioned in the book “Make It Big, Crossing the Entrepreneur’s gap, Contract Manufacturers are one of the most important partners for scaling a startup. Production levels increase as the entrepreneurial team begins to move past the start up phase and into scale up.
Consulting Agreement Example Template
It is common for entrepreneurial teams to work with consultants to gain access to specialized skills and information. Early stage teams try and remain small with minimal employment commitments until the product and company reach a certain level of maturity and development.
Patent Search Methodology Example
The book “Make it Big, Crossing the Entrepreneur’s Gap” covers intellectual property in detail. In order to file a patent entrepreneurs have to know their idea is unique as compared to prior art. Prior art includes (1) patents and patent applications that are publicly available, (2) patent applications not publicly available,
Bringing Products to Life
This post was originally written for Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Week. It was provided to attendants as a complement to the lecture and panel discussion on bringing new products to market. The book, “Make it Big, Crossing the Entrepreneur’s Gap” talks about this process in detail and
Beta Agreement Example
Testing a product with customers is a necessary step prior to finalizing a design for launch. Once a startup has what they believe to be a stable product, they will often provide it to some ‘test’ customers in order to gather feedback.
Design Guide: Top 5 Rules for Injection Molding
Injection molding seems like a very simple process given the mass amounts of plastics parts and products in our world today. There are however a number of critical design issues that can impact part appearance and quality. Luckily there a number of key design guides to
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