Posts by Dharmesh Shah

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Speaking to MIT Students in 15.390 - New Enterprises

Speaking September 17, 2007

Brian Halligan (my co-founder at HubSpot, and MIT classmate) and I are scheduled to speak tomorrow to the "New Enterprises" class at the MIT Sloan school tomorrow. New Enterprises (or…

88% are Millionaires and 6 More Surprises From Entrepreneurial Survey

inc500 September 10, 2007

I've been a subscriber to Inc. Magazine for a long time and follow the Inc. 500 list (a ranking of the fastest growing 500 privately held companies in the U.S.). Recently, Inc. also…

37signals Losing Lustre? Why I Miss The Adoring Fans

37signals August 24, 2007

For some reason, when I woke up this morning, my non-caffeinated brain (had not had my morning coffee yet) began to wonder why I hadn't heard much lately about the smart folks over at…

The Dark Side of Startups: 5 Corrosive Co-Founder Conflicts

strategy August 21, 2007

Most of the startup writing out there (including articles on this blog) addresses issues of strategy, finance, innovation, product development and other "fun" topics. For this article…

Ga-ga for Groups? LinkedIn is Lame, Facebook is Fantastic

facebook August 17, 2007

I am on vacation in Norway for a couple of weeks (for those that are curious, I am on a farm about half an hour outside of Skien). Regular readers of OnStartups will likely know that…

Lamenting The Loss of Reddit

reddit August 3, 2007

Reddit and I go way, way back. I was there when Alexis and Steve presented the early idea (and a working application) at one of the early Web Innovator's meetups in a small, cramped…

Startup Marketing: Be The Lesser Of Two Necessary Evils

strategy July 27, 2007

Before I offend any of you or scare you off, when I say "necessary evil", I'm speaking in a broader sense about things we simply don't like. I am not suggesting that you actually be…

Startups: Are You A Trusted Adviser Or A Responsive Assistant?

sales July 6, 2007

We've all heard the cliche "The Customer Is Always Right". Those of us that have actually been in any type of business and had real interactions with customers for more than 2 days…

The Art Of Startup Prioritization: Maximizing The Wow-To-Work Ratio

strategy June 25, 2007

At most startups, one of the hardest things to do is prioritize tasks. If your startup is anything like mine, you’ve got hundreds of things you could work on. There are always more…

Who Has The Best Startup Blog? Hint: There's A New Sheriff In Town

startups June 20, 2007

I've been reading startup blogs for as long as there have been startup blogs. I'm a fan of Joel Spolsky. I'm impressed with his wit and humor. Some of his older stuff was really good,…

3 Things LinkedIn Can Learn From Digg To Compete With Facebook

facebook June 12, 2007

I came across an interesting article today on CNNMoney.com titled "LinkedIn Says It Will Own Business Networking". Basically, Dan Nye, the CEO of LinkedIn is saying that people will…