Mike Schorah

A friend of mine asked for some war stories of entrepreneurship over a couple of beers. My best advice was to point him in the direction of Eric Ries super book, almost a manual, certainly a must-read ... The Lean Startup . At its heart, though, my experience is one of focusing on a few simple principles: In addition to the necessary and sufficient test , and turning Weaknesses into Strengths , we actively use our geography to help us. My programming colleagues have continued to be based in America, though not necessarily where I used to live. I'm now operating out of GMT time zone again from the UK. Sure, there are some costs and inconveniences that this brings. But overall it's a huge benefit ... By being rigorous in our use of project management and communication tools we can extend the working day. Many is the time when I've done background research, assembled resources and started a ball rolling with, say, a database schema set up so that my US-based programm...

A friend of mine asked for some war stories of entrepreneurship over a couple of beers. My best advice was to point him in the direction of Eric Ries super book, almost a manual, certainly a must-read ...  The Lean Startup . At its heart, though, my experience is one of focusing on a few simple principles: In addition to the necessary and sufficient test , we actively try to turn our weaknesses into strengths. For example, we don't have to waste resources on expensive office premises. We have a small team so the communication overhead is low; we don't have to have extensive group meetings to ensure everyone is co-ordinated around the same goal. We can iterate fast and often, making tiny steps that subtly change direction to hit what has become a new priority... Get more like this