Posts by Dharmesh Shah

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Fall In Love With Your Business, Not Your Business Plan

That business plan, that business plan, I do not like that business plan. I do not like the writing part, I do not even like to start. I do not like them at a bar, I do not like them…

Avoiding Founder Failure: 26 Quick Tips and Real Data

Several years ago, I met with Noam Wasserman who had recently joined Harvard Business School as a professor. I initially came across Noam because he was doing some fascinating…

How To Get Media Coverage For Your Startup: A Complete Guide

The following is a guest post by Leo Widrich, co-founder of Buffer, a smarter way to post on Social Media. [Note: I'm an angel investor in Buffer and love what they're doing] The…

Be Captain Of Your Destiny - Not Prisoner Of Wishful Thinking

The following is a guest post by Mike Troiano. Mike is a former New York ad man turned venture-funded entrepreneur, now a Principal at Boston-based Holland-Mark. You can follow him on…

How I Enjoyed SxSW 2012 Without Attending The Mega Parties

conference March 14, 2012

Late last night I got back from a few days at SxSW 2012. This was my second time going to the event/conference/festival or whatever the right term is. I don't usually write…

Founder Focus: Don't Kill Your Startup With 1,000 Trivial Tasks

guest March 5, 2012

This article was written by Noah Kagan, the Chief Sumo at AppSumo.com (#1 ecommerce site for entrepreneurs). He was employee #4 at Mint.com and employee #30 at Facebook. A few weeks…

Startups: Attack The Problem, Not The Competition

Pin It Pin It Do not become obsessed with beating the competition. Instead, obsess over beating the problem you are out to solve. There are several reasons for this: 1) The goal is…

Selling or Funding A Startup? Tips On Surviving Technical Due Diligence

guest February 28, 2012

The following is a guest post from Karl Treier. Karl is a serial entrepreneur, currently with ProspectStream and SaaS Capital. He currently blogs at The Alien Entrepreneur. Be Better…

Things Entrepreneurs Never Confess To Their VCs

February 22, 2012

Note: This is intended be a light-hearted piece that hits just close enough on some counts to (hopefully) be funny. Please don't take it too seriously. (Oh, and for the record, I've…

Why FastCompany Gets "The Lean Startup" Almost Completely Wrong

February 20, 2012

Normally, I don't like to criticize someone else's content — particularly when it's from a source like FastCompany, which I respect and enjoy reading. But, today, I came across this…

Startup Gamification Lessons From a Kindergartner

guest February 13, 2012

The following is a guest post by Mads Srinivasan. Mads is a co-founder of Neemware, a mobile customer engagement company. He blogs here and tweets as @mitmads. During super bowl week,…