--- title: Advice and Insights for Entrepreneurs | OnStartups | Dharmesh Shah (5) description: Insights and ideas for software startups (5) --- # 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) [Happy Birthday BASIC, Thanks For Making Me Possible May 7, 2014 This month marks the 50th anniversary of the invention of the BASIC (Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) computer language. I have fond memories of BASIC -- without it,… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/happy-birthday-basic-thanks-for-making-me-possible) [MA: Lets Nix The Non-Compete Here So We Can Compete Better Everywhere April 10, 2014 The Boston Globe reported this morning that Governor Deval Patrick will propose today a sweeping legislation to make it easier for workers in technology, life sciences, and other… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/106157/MA-Lets-Nix-The-Non-Compete-Here-So-We-Can-Compete-Better-Everywhere.aspx) [Corporate Development 101: What Every Startup Should Know April 2, 2014 The following is a guest post by Chris Sheehan. Chris is COO of TrueLens, an early stage startup in the social marketing space. He is also a board member, advisor and investor in many… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/106015/Corporate-Development-101-What-Every-Startup-Should-Know.aspx) Subscribe ### Get OnStartup News and Updates in your Inbox. [Expectations vs. Reality: 8 Lessons From The First Year As CEO guest March 4, 2014 I started working on Foundersuite in the Fall of 2012, and we launched our MVP in early 2013. Prior to this, I'd spent 10 years consulting to startups as a fractional CFO / BD / Ops… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/105493/Expectations-vs-Reality-8-Lessons-From-The-First-Year-As-CEO.aspx) [Did The 900-Pound Gorilla Just Vanquish Your Startup Or Validate It? guest February 19, 2014 The following is a guest post by Todd Garland, the founder and CEO of BuySellAds. Todd is a long-time friend, and was one of the early employees at HubSpot before he set out to build… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/105249/Did-The-900-Pound-Gorilla-Just-Vanquish-Your-Startup-Or-Validate-It.aspx) [Exit Strategy Is An Oxymoron strategy January 29, 2014 In early meetings, if a VC ever asks you what your exit strategy is, you should run, not walk to your nearest…um…exit. You want your investors to be more curious about how you're… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/104820/Exit-Strategy-Is-An-Oxymoron.aspx) [A Tech Founder's Guide To Picking A Non-Tech Founder guest December 18, 2013 There are many articles and blogs claiming to have THE list of things to do to find the perfect technical cofounder - as if it’s that easy to find a cofounder in general. From my… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/104056/A-Tech-Founder-s-Guide-To-Picking-A-Non-Tech-Founder.aspx) [How To Launch A Startup Without Writing Code guest October 21, 2013 There is an unspoken rule: to launch a startup, you need to build a product, and to do that you need someone that can write code. Whether that means chasing down a technical… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/102728/How-To-Launch-A-Startup-Without-Writing-Code.aspx) [How The Business of Software Conference Changed My Life guest October 14, 2013 tl;dr: If you work in the business of software the one must-attend event is the Business of Software (Boston, Oct 28th – 30th 2013) Note from Dharmesh: This is a guest post from… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/102569/How-The-Business-of-Software-Conference-Changed-My-Life.aspx) [2 Mental Exercises For Battling "It Won't Work" Syndrome strategy September 20, 2013 Every company has ideas that come up (sometimes frequently). And, based on the stage of the startup and the degree to which the idea is unconventional, there are always good, rational… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/101969/2-Mental-Exercises-For-Battling-It-Won-t-Work-Syndrome.aspx) [The Growth Hacker's Dilemma: Process vs. Tactics guest August 27, 2013 After conducting nearly 100 interviews with some of the world’s best growth hackers on Growth Hacker TV, I have become keenly aware of a certain tension that is in the growth hacking… Read Post ** ](https://www.onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/101283/The-Growth-Hacker-s-Dilemma-Process-vs-Tactics.aspx) [** Prev](https://www.onstartups.com/author/dharmesh-shah/page/4) [Next **](https://www.onstartups.com/author/dharmesh-shah/page/6)