http://anders.tyckr.com Words of an ex startup CEO Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:16:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lately I've been gaining a lot of interest in the #leanstartup "movement". Eric Ries of StartupLessonsLearned is probably the lead missionary, but there are many out there liking this concept. To give you an idea just search for #leanstartup on twitter. With this post I'm starting a series where I'll be ... http://anders.tyckr.com/2010/04/04/using-lean-startup-methods-revamping-a-complex-product-part-1/ As you might have read in my previous posts, I tend to speak very highly of Seedcamp. Still now, some 3 years after attending Seedcamp week as a participant and later winning the whole thing, it was the most eye-opening, developing, and the best learning experience in my whole life ... http://anders.tyckr.com/2009/07/30/have-an-idea-apply-to-seedcamp/ I love inspirational videos like this one. This is exactly what I stand for when it comes to not only entrepreneurship but also life. But then again to me entrepreneurship==life. Any challengers?  [youtube T6MhAwQ64c0] When I was pitching Tablefinder.com to investors I always ended my pitch with: -Do you want to leave this ... http://anders.tyckr.com/2009/05/09/time-for-inspiration-once-again/ Twestival: On thursday the 12th 160+ cities around the world will bring Twitter communities together in an effort to raise money for charity:water. This is a large charity organization that focuses on bringing clean water to the 1.1 billion large portion of the worlds population that don't have access to ... http://anders.tyckr.com/2009/02/06/twestival-gothenburg-help-raise-money-for-clean-water/ I don't mean that you just got to love them. You actually have to love them and here's why: There is a reason why the economic downturn has not affected internet startups in the same way as traditional businesses. The internet just passed 1 billion users and bandwidths are continuously increasing ... http://anders.tyckr.com/2009/01/30/metrics-you-got-to-love-them/ Currently, I'm working on my 24hbc project rmindr.com and I know that even if I've launched an early alpha version to the public, it is far from ready, since I can't use it the way I want to yet. My whole purpose for creating a GTD tool was that I felt ... http://anders.tyckr.com/2009/01/28/emptying-your-inbox-is-a-good-start-but-only-half-the-problem-for-gtd/ Image by dead_squid via Flickr Ok, he really take things to a whole new level. Talk about having an organized desk. Look at this video for some tips on how to implement your own system. That's really what this is all about - implementing your own system. Your mind have to ... http://anders.tyckr.com/2009/01/26/desk-frenzy-with-gtd-founder-david-allen/ The answer is quite simply: A lot! Yesterday at 12 noon the first 24 hour business camp ended. I participated with my Getting Things Done service rmindr.com that I first wrote about a while back. My 24 hours consisted of everything between 4-hour-dig-downs in weird php errors (later saved by a Hjalmar ... http://anders.tyckr.com/2009/01/24/minipreneurship-what-can-be-done-in-24-hours/ Yesterday I saw a tweet from Rachel Bremer at Spark PR about a "Christmas card" from First Round Capital. I must say that was one of the most inspirational videos I've seen in a long time. Fellow entrepreneurs that are positive and happy in these so called "tough times". I ... http://anders.tyckr.com/2008/12/19/fck-the-credit-crunch/ Image by .nele via Flickr As of lately I have been quite into the "Getting Things Done" methology. I'm very bad at implementing it myself, but I'm quite good at telling other people how and why they should use it. I just found this interview by Robert Scoble on fastcompany.tv where ... http://anders.tyckr.com/2008/07/27/great-interview-with-david-allen-on-getting-things-done/