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Confessions of a Startup CEO: Customers Incoming

September 13, 2010

Yesterday something clicked and the customers started rolling in. It’s VERY early for us right now, and the customer counts probably sound infinitesimal to you, but for us it’s a great start and an indication that people care about what we’re doing. Awesome.

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Confessions of a Startup CEO: Pre-launch Jitters

September 1, 2010

We’re launching Profitably v1.0 this week, which means we are open to accepting our first paying customers. Quite a big step, but with it comes some major league jitters around the “Minimum Viable Product” and sending our baby out into the real world!

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Confessions of a Startup CEO: We Won!

June 11, 2010

There’s a lot of excitement around the office coming off a big win up in Boston!  The North Bridge Venture Partners venture competition featured a $75k prize but it also came with a hearty vote of confidence.

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Confessions of a Startup CEO: Start-up lessons learned…from Led Zeppelin

April 14, 2010

“We’re hope that we are Led Zeppelin’s first album…for small business analytics.” What else can I say about that?  Watch the video and pass along the link! Transcription: Hi! I am Adam Neary, and this is “Confessions of a Startup CEO.” Today’s episode is called “Startup lessons learned from Led Zeppelin,” and the episode is [...]

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Confessions of a Startup CEO: You’re not unique, and it’s a good thing.

March 5, 2010

In this episode, we talk through why being unique can be such a drain on a small business. Small businesses should be unique when it comes to their core offering and they way they address the marketplace, but when it comes to the non-core activities, they should be conforming to best practices and seeking out [...]

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Confessions of a Startup CEO: The pitch!

February 17, 2010

In this episode, we unveil the concept as we emerge from stealth mode. The video is basically a trial run for a pitch to investors later this week through the Founder Institute. Importantly, though, we aren’t raising money at this stage, just raising awareness. I would love to hear your thoughts. Comment away! Transcription: I [...]

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Confessions of a Startup CEO: New Year’s Resignations

January 27, 2010

In this episode, we introduce the new format and talk about my resignation from AlixPartners to launch a start-up. On a personal note, I cannot tell you how nice it is to speak candidly about this process. I feel like the last 6 months have been in “ultra-stealth” mode as I continued to hold my [...]

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