Posts by Dharmesh Shah

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How Much Should A Startup Founder/CEO Pay Herself?

guest August 14, 2012

The following is a guest post by Chris Sheehan. Chris is a seed stage VC and angel investor at CommonAngels. You can follow him on Twitter at @c_sheehan and his blog Early Stage…

Startups: Stop Trying To Hire Ninja-Rockstar Engineers

guest August 6, 2012

This is a guest post by Avi Flombaum. Avi is the Dean of The Flatiron School, an intensive program to learn Ruby on Rails in New York. He was formerly the co-founder and CTO at…

6 Tips To Rapidly Raise Funding on Angel List

The following is a guest post by Rick Perreault. Rick is co-founder & CEO of Unbounce, a Vancouver-based company that develops a web based platform which makes it easy for…

Shorter Flights at Lower Heights: The Right Way To Angel Invest

guest July 11, 2012

This is a guest post by Dave Balter. Dave is the CEO of BzzAgent, founder of Smarterer, an active angel investor and a holder of proms. You can follow Dave on twitter @davebalter…

The Startup Spouse: On Risks, Trade-Offs And Never Sleeping On The Floor

guest July 9, 2012

The following is a guest post by Lisa Rosen, the startup spouse. You can follow her on twitter @entreprenrswife. "He who sleeps on the floor will not fall off the bed." ~Robert…

The Power of Focus And The Peril Of Myopia

strategy June 19, 2012

Greed is good. ~Gordon Gecko Focus is good. ~Steve Jobs I'm a big fan of focus. I'm such a big fan of it, I try to apply it to as many things as possible. [just kidding] It's really,…

What It's Like To Be The CEO: Revelations and Reflections

guest June 5, 2012

The following is a guest post from Paul DeJoe, founder at, Ecquire, which provides contact management software and EIR at Fairbridge Venture Partners. This article is adapted from an…

Freemium Pricing for SaaS: Optimizing Paid Conversion Upgrades

guest May 22, 2012

The following is a guest post by Rishi Shah, Co-Founder of Digioh and 500 Startups Mentor. Join his newsletter and get his eBook "10 Paying Customers in 10 Days" for free. I've been…

Building It Is Not Enough: 5 Practical Tips On User Acquisition

marketing May 2, 2012

The following is a guest post by Brian Balfour, Co-Founder and CMO of Boundless. You can read more of his writing on his blog at BrianBalfour.com. Stories about the growth of "hot"…

Startup Founders: Don't Freak Out

When I was working on building my first startup, Really Bad Things(TM) happened on an alarmingly regular basis. I was in my early 20s and living in Birmingham, Alabama (where there…

Don't Make Raising Angel Funding Your Plan B

guest April 16, 2012

The following is a guest post by Chris Sheehan. Chris is a seed stage VC and angel investor at CommonAngels. You can follow him on Twitter at @c_sheehan and his blog Early Stage…