Posts by Dharmesh Shah

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Thoughts On The Google / JotSpot Deal

startup October 31, 2006

I have just learned that Google bought JotSpot. I’ve been following JotSpot for a long time now and I have a lot of respect for Joe Kraus (JotSpot’s founder/CEO). Thoughts On The…

Startup Success: The Market Rewards Specialists

startups October 31, 2006

I’ve been meaning to write this article for a while, but a recent post from Matt at Xobni titled “Do One Thing And Do It Well” reminded me about this topic, so felt this was as a good…

Startups: Why You Shouldn't Compete With 37Signals

strategy October 26, 2006

As a software startup guy, I’ve been intrigued by what the folks over at 37Signals are doing for a long time. I interviewed Jason Fried (CEO of 37signals) for my graduate paper on…

Six Interesting Stats About Startup Success

startup October 16, 2006

This weekend, I reviewed a recent paper titled “Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Evidence From Serial Entrepreneurs” by Paul Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner…

Startups: Competing With Venture Funded Rivals

startup October 10, 2006

All of my prior startup experience has been with bootstrapped startups (i.e. no VC funding). As such, I’ve had to deal the situation where I found myself competing with rivals that…

Top 7 Reasons You Won't Vote This Article Up

reddit October 7, 2006

Most of my articles at OnStartups get posted to one or more of the popular social book-marking websites (Digg, Reddit, etc.) by one of the regular readers. A large part of the reason…

Beware The Web 2.0 Walking Dead

startups October 6, 2006

Back in Bubble 1.0, um, I mean Web 1.0, when a startup failed to take off, it generally died a relatively clean and definitive death. We all knew the company was dead because the…

Selling Technology To Small Business: 7 Insights From Top Innovators

sales October 4, 2006

I had the opportunity today to attend a conference held by Longworth Ventures Partners. Longworth is a VC firm here in the Boston area. The most interesting session of the conference…

17 Pithy Insights for Startup Employees

startup September 29, 2006

For some reason, one of my articles titled “Startup Hiring: Why You Should Date Before Getting Married” continues to be ranked #1 on Google when searching for startup hiring. As such,…

Web 2.0, Web 3.0 and Beyond: Villainous Version Numbers

web20 September 27, 2006

Just as I had come to accept the fact that Web 2.0 is an ambiguous term I am already hearing mention of Web 3.0. In the context I have seen it so far, Web 3.0 is being used to refer…

Selling Software: Why Free Trials Aren't

sales September 22, 2006

Some time ago, I wrote an article titled “Startup Tips for Enterprise Software Pricing”. If you’re selling software to big companies, it’s likely worth a quick read. When writing the…