Sean O'Malley — a colleague of mine — recently posted these slides on 3 marketing lessons to get your start-up off the ground. I've embedded it below so you can check it out right here.
I'm also working on a similar slide deck on designing with vision. Look for that in the coming days.
I'm also working on a similar slide deck on designing with vision. Look for that in the coming days.

This is a great slide deck. Getting buzz and attention still seems like such a mysterious process in this new tech environment. Where is your friend located?
Designing with Vision? Hey, that's my schtick!
Allan, he's in Silicon Valley. Check out his web site at http://seancomalley.com
Phil, sincerest form of flattery and all. I suppose a better title might be "the importance of a solid vision before design." But it's not really concise like I want it to be.
No problem;just make sure to tell the world about productvision.org... :-)