Design is the changing of behavior

Design is the changing of behavior

photo credit: NathanaelB While it’s loaded with implications, I think there’s enormous potential in viewing design, as profession, this way. It allows ...

Content Is King – Bill Gates (1/3/1996)

Content is where I expect much of the real money will be made on the Internet, just as it was in broadcasting. The television revolution that began half a century ago spawned a number of industries, including the manufacturing of TV sets, but the long-term winners were those who used the medium to deliver information [...]

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Designing for Documentation vs. Designing for Development

Designing for Documentation vs. Designing for Development

photo credit: riddle_ Let’s talk for a moment about design “artifacts” (or  ”deliverables” or “documentation” or whaever you call them.) They take up a lot of time. I’ve worked on some projects where, by the time we’ve done dozens of wireframes in high-detail, we could have coded a working prototype of our idea. But if [...]

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How to Pitch Your Product in 30 Seconds

“For [target customers] Who are dissatisfied with [the current offerings in the market]. My idea/product is a [new idea or product category] That provides [key problem/solution features]. Unlike [the competing product]. My idea/product is [describe key features].” Source: Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal

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Presentation and Startups 101 from Steve Blank

Hey, future business partners!! Have five minutes? Browse through this awesome slideshare preso on the very fundamentals of business models.

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StartupLi.st – A web startup for everything

If you take a quick browse through startupli.st I think you’ll agree, there seems to be a web start-up for just about everything these days. Any niche consumer need or behavior imaginable. Which begs the question — who is going to use all these? How are all these individual properties looking to become profitable? I [...]

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