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Startup Culture Memes: Do You Have A Duck Of Awesomeness?

culture February 16, 2011

The following is a guest post from Tom Critchlow. Tom is head of search for Distilled, a London and Seattle-based SEO company. Have you noticed how as people spend time together they…

Secrets Of Freemium Pricing: Make The Cheapskates Pay

pricing January 31, 2011

The following is a guest post by Andy Singleton. Andy is the founder and CEO of Assembla, a company that provides online workspaces for software teams, including bug tracking,…

11 Ways Dating Is Like Starting A Company

January 31, 2011

My friend and co-blogger Jason Baptiste tweeted this earlier tonight: “Good news: I”m way better at entrepreneurship than dating. Bad news: I’m way better at entrepreneurship than…

HubSpot Fires First Shot in Boston Battle For Talent: $10,000 Bounty

hubspot January 24, 2011

Over on the west coast, companies like Google and Facebook are duking it out for top tech talent. There’s all sorts of craziness going on including 10% across the board raises and big…

The Big, Important Startup Lesson From The Recent Google Leadership Shuffle

google strategy January 21, 2011

As you’ve heard, there’s been some big announcements at Google recently (announced during their earnings call). In fact, it’s impossible to not have heard this news, as it’s being…

Sleepless In Startupville: 23 Questions That Keep Entrepreneurs Up

strategy December 27, 2010

I frequently talk to entrepreneurs at pretty much every stage in the process. When I get together with my fellow startup folks, there are some recurring “themes” that seem to keep…

The @Dharmesh Test: 16 Questions For Better SaaS Companies

survey December 16, 2010

The Dharmesh Test is a quick, simple set of yes/no questions to gauge the likelihood of long-term success of a SaaS (Software as a Service) company. It is inspired by the highly…

7 Reasons Why You Need To Work For A Big Company

December 15, 2010

The following is a guest post by Mark Stephens. Mark is the founder and CEO of IDR Solutions. Check out his blog at http://blog.idrsolutions.com or follow him on twitter at @JavaPDF.…

Commit To Your Core: 9 Reasons Why Every Entrepreneur Should Outsource

strategy December 2, 2010

The following is a guest post by Scott Dinsmore. Scott is an entrepreneur, Personal Freedom Coach and value investor. Read more of his articles at Reading For Your Success or grab his…

38 Tweetables From The 37 Signals Master Class

guest December 1, 2010

The following is a guest post from Noah Kagan. Noah was the lucky winner in the OnStartups contest to win a free ticket to the 37signals sold-out master class. Thanks to Dharmesh I…

Cash Connections: Who Invested In Social Media [infographic]

venture capital November 22, 2010

This infographic was created by our friends at CreditLoan. Thanks also to our friends at TechCrunch for creating the fantastic resource CrunchBase. It's one of those ideas I'd wish I…