Author Archives: Craig T Hall
Starting Your Start-Up
In my first post to this Blog, I discussed what it takes to be an Angel Investor in my Guide to Angel Investing. In this post I would like to look at the view from the other side of the … Continue reading
Thoughts On Leadership and the Value of Personal Mantra’s
One of the most important things that you can do for yourself, your associates, your family and life, is to establish a personal constitution. It starts with understanding whom you are, what you value and what drives you. In this … Continue reading
So You Want To Be an Angel (Investor)?
Starting a company is one of the most worthwhile and rewarding things that you can do. Not only are startups the most effective supplier of new jobs for our economy, but you can learn more by building one from the … Continue reading
What Type of Business Do You Have — or Want to Start?
If you have started or are thinking of starting a business, you may not have really thought too much about the type of that business. You probably should — it will make a difference in your future and how you … Continue reading
The Lean Startup — Thinking Lean from the Start
Maximize your Chances for Success from the Start with Lean Thinking I am a big proponent of the “lean startup movement” as espoused by Steve Blank & Eric Ries. Other then just the term “lean” (as the founder of LeanLogistics … Continue reading
The PC is Dead, Long Live the PC
Steve Jobs has done many things right. Apple Computer is a marketer’s and designer’s dream company. His thoughts about a post-PC world are one of those things that I believe that he also has right (although maybe not for the … Continue reading
Ready, Fire, Aim – Defining Your Market
Elephants and Deer and Rabbits oh my… do I have to choose? Please forgive my game animal metaphors (I have a great friend who recently got me thinking of market segmentation in this light) but I hope that you will … Continue reading
My Case for an Open and Neutral Internet
Just in case you missed some of my Facebook postings on this and topics like it, I thought that I should share with you some further thoughts on a topic that admittedly on its face sounds too abstract and … Continue reading
Heady Times for Mobile Apps
Disruptive Technology The concept (and phenomenon) of Disruptive Technology has been without a doubt the most influential in my career. The term was coined by Clayton Christiansen in this breakthru book The Innovator’s Dilemma in 1997. In it he defined … Continue reading
Click to Manufacture
The transformation of manufacturing. The Economist in their February 10, 2011 issue had a Briefing on 3D printing heralding the realm of direct three-dimensional printing from entirely digital designs. As opposed to the “subtractive” process of removing material to reveal the underlying part thru our traditional … Continue reading
Musings at Altitude 