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How To Do It Right: 5 Things I Love About the Digg API
development June 7, 2007
In December, I started work on a fun little project called Website Grader. Over time, this went from being a fun, little project to a fun, big project. Website Grader basically…
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How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take To Change A Startup?
strategy May 30, 2007
So, how many lightbulbs does it take to change a startup? Founder's Answer: "Just one more. I'm not convinced yet that we need to change..." Note: If you found this less than…
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Startup Hiring: 6 Subtle Signs You Might Have A Winner
hiring May 18, 2007
Many startups that I'm advising, invested in or otherwise involved in, including my own startup, HubSpot, are hiring. This is a good sign (generally), because growth is usually a sign…
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Startups and The Challenges Of The Freemium Pricing Model
marketing May 16, 2007
It has been a while since I wrote my last article on pricing models titled "Startup Pricing Models: Free Forever, Freemium and Freedom To Pay". This article ended up being reasonably…
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VentureHacks: Peeking Inside The Blackbox Of Venture Capital
venture capital May 7, 2007
For those of you that are regular readers, you know that as a policy, I don't often do site reviews of other startup-related websites -- let alone pour gushing praise on a single one.…
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Software Startups: 7 Signs The Industry Is Doing Well
facts May 2, 2007
I've been reading through the Q1 2007 Software Industry Equity Report. Though the public markets are very different from the world of software startups, I think it is helpful for…
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5 Startup Sales Tips From Turkish Rug Dealers
sales April 24, 2007
I'm writing this article on the flight back from a week-long trip to Istanbul, Turkey. My wife Kirsten is an amateur rug collector and we decided to celebrate her birthday in Istanbul…
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LinkedIn For Startup Entrepreneurs: 5 Hypothetical Reasons To Join
startups April 22, 2007
I've been a LinkedIn member for a pretty long time. People use LinkedIn in different ways. Some are trying to amass the largest possible network (i.e. the most "connections"). Others…
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The One Thing Wrong With Social Content Sites Like Digg
reddit April 19, 2007
I'll jump to the punchline first: What's the one thing that's wrong with social content sites like digg? The content! Social content sites have really grown recently and the top ones…
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Startup Financing: Questions and Answers From A Recent MIT Panel
startup April 13, 2007
This past week, I was on a panel discussion at MIT on the topic of raising funding for an early stage startup. Also on the panel was Michael Greeley from IDG Ventures. Michael was…
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Why Not All Great Hackepreneurs Get Picked By Y Combinator
startup April 5, 2007
This week (Monday, April 2nd) was the deadline for startup founders to apply to be selected for the upcoming batch of startup companies to join Paul Graham's Y Combinator group. If…
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