It all started in 2010 when my mother decided to surprise me with DVDs of some old 8mm film my father had shot. She found a local firm that promised to digitize all of her 8mm films into DVDs, complete with menus and background music. She dropped off the movies hoping to have them completed… Continue reading Converting 8mm Film Into Digital Video
Organizing People to Get Stuff Done
How do you organize the people in a young company? Do you need a President or COO? What is the role of the CEO? What is the right skill set for the head of sales or head of products? How do you hire the right skills and manage the egos and personalities? These are the… Continue reading Organizing People to Get Stuff Done
The Top Ten Execution Missteps
I originally presented this to the Technology Association of Georgia in 2002. It received some positive feedback so I’ve updated it a few times and have posted it here. Execution is one of the most overlooked elements of business. Strategy, finances, and market opportunities seem to get a lot more attention. In my own experience,… Continue reading The Top Ten Execution Missteps
Five Rules for Growing a Business
This presentation was put together in 2005 and presented to the Technology Association of Georgia. I decided to post here because I think a lot of the core ideas remain as true as ever. Download the PDF (if this doesn’t work, right click and select Save As…) View in Slideshare.net
Lessons Learned from Da Vinci Systems
I presented this deck to a class at HBS shortly after I graduated and was working at Greylock. At the time, the lessons I had taken away from Da Vinci Systems were very valuable and ended up shaping my view of business over the next decade. Here is the PDF (if it does not display, right-click… Continue reading Lessons Learned from Da Vinci Systems
The Top Ten Truths About Startups
I presented this at a lecture series at Georgia Tech back in 2002. It is one of my favorite presentations because it gets at some of the less obvious and more powerful aspects of getting a startup company off the ground. Download the PDF (if it does not display, right-click on the link and select Save… Continue reading The Top Ten Truths About Startups
Building a Management Team That Grows With Your Business
This was presented at the Institute for Enterprise and Innovation (IEI) on April 10, 2008. From the original IEI description: From idea to prototype to first customer to full scale operations, young companies go through tremendous changes in their first few years. Each of these stages has unique challenges and require unique approaches to management. How… Continue reading Building a Management Team That Grows With Your Business
Forget Everything You Know About Marketing
Presented to the IEI group on October 14, 2010 From the event description: Over the last five years, consumers and business have fundamentally shifted the way they make purchase decisions. Ironically, very few marketing departments are addressing the changes and many remain largely unaware that anything has changed at all. The changes run deeper than… Continue reading Forget Everything You Know About Marketing
Bill Nussey's Notes 