If you’ve never heard the acronym Nanowrimo, it stands for National Novel Writing Month. Each November half a […]
After NaNoWriMo
Everybody Knows
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows the war is […]
Sprinting from Story to Offering
Part 3 of the Needfinding/Ideation/MVP Creation Charette This is the third part of a three part essay on rapid […]
Ideation Sprints for New Products & Services
Part Two of the Needfinding/Ideation/MVP Creation Charette This is the second part of a three part essay on rapid […]
Needfinding for Disruptive Innovation
Part One of the Needfinding/Ideation/MVP Creation Charette A startup must be in the business of disruptive innovation. Making a […]
For TinyLIpsum, with Love and Stories
I’ve been teaching storytelling for a couple of years now, and have discovered there is a particular shape that […]
Size Matters
Part of a series of essays for the Creative Founder class at CCA. Previously: What is a Market? […]
How to Make a Concept Model
Originally published in Boxes and Arrows May 6th, 2014. I realized recently I never published this here, on my […]
Picking a Market
In the Creative Founder, students are paired semi-randomly, and then spend a semester trying to get to product-market […]
What is a Market?
This is the first of a series of essays for my class, The Creative Founder. Follow our progress […]