--- title: Advice and Insights for Entrepreneurs | OnStartups | Dharmesh Shah (32) description: Insights and ideas for software startups (32) --- # Posts by Dharmesh Shah Tags: - [All](https://www.onstartups.com?recent=true) - [#HappyInvestor](https://www.onstartups.com/topic/happyinvestor) - [#MostPopular](https://www.onstartups.com/topic/mostpopular) - [#StartupAdvice](https://www.onstartups.com/topic/startupadvice) [Startups: Why What You Build Is Less Important Than Who You Build It With startups February 14, 2007 I’m in the middle of reading “Founders At Work” by Jessica Livingston. The book is basically a collection of interviews with founders of some prominent software startups. What I like… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/1191/Startups-Why-What-You-Build-Is-Less-Important-Than-Who-You-Build-It-With.aspx) [Why "Me Too" Startups Are Not Always A Mistake strategy February 7, 2007 The “me too” label has been applied to a past when a company enters a crowded market of highly visible competitors. Examples abound, such as the remote storage category, RSS readers,… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/1173/Why-Me-Too-Startups-Are-Not-Always-A-Mistake.aspx) [Can Baseball Strategy Help Your Startup Hire Better? strategy February 6, 2007 For those of you that are regular readers, you may know that in addition to this blog, I also co-author http://www.smallbusinesshub.com with Brian Halligan. Brian has a very… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/1172/can-baseball-strategy-help-your-startup-hire-better.aspx) Subscribe ### Get OnStartup News and Updates in your Inbox. [Startup Founders: Are You Too Assertive, Or Not Enough? strategy February 5, 2007 I came across an article recently titled “Researchers Uncover Best Bosses’ Success Secret”. I was hoping to find some revealing insight about what makes great bosses. Unfortunately, I… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/1135/Startup-Founders-Are-You-Too-Assertive-Or-Not-Enough.aspx) [Startups vs. The Big Guys: The Power Of Caring For Customers strategy January 30, 2007 I’ve been working in and around startups for most of my professional career. A topic that often comes up in startups I’m advising or considering an investment in is: “How will the big… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/1109/Startups-vs-The-Big-Guys-The-Power-Of-Caring-For-Customers.aspx) [Startups: How To Compete With Your Customers January 24, 2007 Before we go too much further, let me explain a bit further what I mean when I say “competing with customers”. Although the concept sounds like it should be controversial (which… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/1096/Startups-How-To-Compete-With-Your-Customers.aspx) [How VCs Can Help Indian Software Startups January 23, 2007 This article is a continuation of my series of articles on software startups in India (a topic I know very little about, but am hopeful that I can spark interesting conversation in… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/1089/How-VCs-Can-Help-Indian-Software-Startups.aspx) [Interview On StartupStories.com January 18, 2007 While I was on holiday in India, Sudha Jamthe interviewed me for her site Startup Stories. I generally don’t like interviews, but I met Sudha at one of the recent Web Innovator’s… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/1057/Interview-On-StartupStories-com.aspx) [Pithy Insights On Startup Marketing January 12, 2007 This is the next installment in the ongoing “pithy insights” series. If interested, you might also want to check out “17 Pithy Insights For Startup Founders”. Marketing continues to… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/889/Pithy-Insights-On-Startup-Marketing.aspx) [Startup Marketing: How Useless Is Your Web Traffic? January 11, 2007 My co-founder at HubSpot, Brian Halligan, posted an interesting article today on our partner blog titled “Advanced Internet Marketing: Turn The Pareto Principle On Its Head”. Brian’s… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/878/Startup-Marketing-How-Useless-Is-Your-Web-Traffic.aspx) [Why Startups Can Innovate Better Than Microsoft, Apple and IBM January 10, 2007 Don Dodge wrote a couple of great articles recently titled “Why Startups Innovate While Big Companies Incrementally Improve” and “What do the PC, Mac and Xbox All Have In Common”.… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/874/Why-Startups-Can-Innovate-Better-Than-Microsoft-Apple-and-IBM.aspx) [** Prev](https://www.onstartups.com/author/dharmesh-shah/page/31) [Next **](https://www.onstartups.com/author/dharmesh-shah/page/33)