Sunday, October 31, 2010

Checklist for start-up success from Silicon Valley

On this fine Halloween Sunday, I came across a checklist for startup success while sipping my "afternoon" coffee. Steve Blank is a entreprenuer working in Mountain View, CA (Silicon Valley) who learned to include his enginerring employees in his Sale/development process, during his 8th Start-up, a company called Epiphany. Follow these links to see his check list and hear more about his process.

Steve Blank's Blog:
http://steveblank.com/2010/10/28/a-checklist-for-chaos-the-path-to-success/

Steve Blank's Checklist:
http://steveblank.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/customer-hypothesis-checklist.jpg

Friday, October 29, 2010

Music in the Downtown

We have agreed to co-sponsor with the West Chester Downtown Foundation a concert at the Chester County Historical Society on Sunday, December 5th. The concert features an 11 piece orchestra of West Chester University musicians playing baroque music on vintage instruments. Please mark your calendar and join us for this rare treat.

Pete's Produce Farm

Yesterday afternoon I stopped by Pete's Produce on Route 926 - what a great place to pick up locally grown produce and support our local agriculture. I got to meet Pete and just wish I had known about the store before today! My Salsa Verde was delicious! Check it out: http://www.petesproducefarm.com/.

iphone post

This morning I am learning how to post messages from my iPhone to the blog. This is my first attempt - let's see how it goes

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

West Chester LLC starts blogging

As Richard, Katharine and I met yesterday, our brainstorming topic was "How do we get the word out about us?"  We thought we would try blogging and see if we can connect with the greater West Chester Area! 

Our mission is to invest in and support small businesses and entreprenuers in the greater West Chester Area.  We have capital to invest and are looking for applications from innovative and creative people who want to open a location in West Chester or expand with a new idea.  Do you have a friend who wants to open a specialty bookstore, or a tee shirt shop?  Are you a creative at home parent who has a hidden talent? 

We'll be posting as often as we can about the research we do and also about other places like West Chester that we think are doing it right.  Please subscribe to our blog and stay informed on new and interesting ideas for West Chester and tell your friends about us!!