http://coconutheadsets.com Rob May's Blog About Business, Finance, and Critical Thinking Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:57:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Focus. That is the secret to building a successful company. Most every VC and entrepreneur will tell you that. Focus. Focus. Focus. When successful entrepreneurs are interviewed about the secrets of their success, they always mention Focus. But I have always found Focus ... http://coconutheadsets.com/2012/01/10/what-does-it-really-mean-to-focus-as-a-startup/ I don't blog a lot about the inner workings of Backupify but our recent launch of Snapshot for Google Apps has been very successful, and it seemed like a good time to use this example to correct some misperceptions people have about common terms bandied around in startup circles. ... http://coconutheadsets.com/2011/12/08/customer-development-and-inbound-marketing-in-practice-the-story-of-snapshot/ Every few days I find a new article about how innovation is dead and speculating about what killed it. Scott Adams opined a while back that a lack of boredom was the root cause. Others are blaming the rise of cubicles. This "innovation is dead" meme seems ... http://coconutheadsets.com/2011/10/30/innovation-is-dead-it-was-killed-by-innovation/