--- title: Advice and Insights for Entrepreneurs | OnStartups | Dharmesh Shah (4) description: Insights and ideas for software startups (4) --- # 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) [8 Unconventional Lessons From Quitting My Job At HubSpot December 29, 2014 The following article is a guest post by Ellie Mirman. Ellie is the VP Marketing at Toast. Check out her blog or follow her on twitter: @ellieeille. Three months ago, I told my… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/8-unconventional-lessons-from-quitting-my-job-at-hubspot) [A Few Funny Characters You'll Find In Silicon Valley December 15, 2014 The following is a guest post by Nathan Beckord. Nathan is co-founder and CEO of Foundersuite, a San Francisco-based company developing the ultimate collection of software tools and… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/a-few-funny-characters-youll-find-in-silicon-valley) [The Day I Had To Wear Pants To Ring The IPO Bell hubspot November 20, 2014 It's #TBT. It's been a busy and exciting several months. Earlier this year, HubSpot decided to publicly file our S1 document as part of the IPO process. On October 9th 2014, after our… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/the-day-i-had-to-wear-pants-to-ring-the-ipo-bell) Subscribe ### Get OnStartup News and Updates in your Inbox. [10 Tips For A Successful Startup Job Search guestpost October 23, 2014 This following article is a guest post by Rick Burnes. Rick is the VP of Content Products at BookBub. You can follow him on twitter: @rickburnes. Startup job searches are hard.… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/10-super-smart-tips-on-startup-job-search) [You're Probably Wrong October 22, 2014 Dear Friend About that thing we were chatting about the other day. I've been trying to find a good way to say this, but... You're probably wrong. You think you're right, but you're… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/youre-probably-wrong) [Startup Traction Starts With The Right Goal. How To Get It Right. August 28, 2014 Without traction -- sustainable customer growth -- your startup will languish or die. As such, traction should always be top of mind. To focus your traction efforts, you need a… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/startup-traction-starts-with-the-right-goal.-how-to-get-it-right) [The 7 Speakers Even This Introvert Will Go See At INBOUND 14 July 31, 2014 I’m an introvert at heart. That means I don't draw energy from being around people and definitely don't crave it. So I usually spend more time in twitter discussions and inbound.org… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/the-7-speakers-i’ll-be-in-front-row-for-at-inbound-2014) [The Gentle and Visual Guide to Startup Marketing July 8, 2014 There are two things in my professional life that I'm passionate about. 1. Startups. I love startups. It's an obsession. I've started three companies, angel invested in over 50 and… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/the-gentle-and-visual-guide-to-startup-marketing) [The Most Important Thing to Do Before Building Your Startup #StartupAdvice June 3, 2014 We failed. After 6 months poring over the code quality and refining the design of our mobile app, my partner and I finally launched it in the app store and the downloads started… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/the-most-important-thing-to-do-before-building-your-startup) [5 Mistakes Every Startup Founder SHOULD Make guest June 2, 2014 “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure” - Bill Gates Much digital ink has been spilled trying to caution startup entrepreneurs against… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/5-mistakes-every-startup-founder-should-make) [Hiring Employee #1 At A Startup: Expectation vs. Reality May 12, 2014 This is a guest post by Jenn Steele. Jen is the Head of Growth at RecruitLoop, an online recruitment marketplace based in San Francisco and Australia. Previously of Amazon and… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/hiring-employee-1-at-a-startup-expectation-vs.-reality) [** Prev](https://www.onstartups.com/author/dharmesh-shah/page/3) [Next **](https://www.onstartups.com/author/dharmesh-shah/page/5)