Posts by Dharmesh Shah

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5 Startup Hiring Mistakes That Can Crush Your Culture

strategy April 29, 2013

Remember your first business loan? Or, if you're like many entrepreneurs, you may have initially bootstrapped your startup by buying some stuff on your credit card. You were excited…

12 Terrible (But Hilarious) Places To Work [slides]

humor April 22, 2013

After the week we've had in Boston this week, I found it hard to focus on any overly heavy work this weekend. So, instead, I created the slide deck below. This is unlike the prior…

3 Biggest Mistakes When Choosing a Cofounder

guest April 18, 2013

After spending a significant portion of the last couple of years talking and collaborating with countless entrepreneurs (through FounderDating) a few clear themes have emerged around…

Does HubSpot Walk The Talk On Its Culture Code?

strategy April 11, 2013

A couple of weeks ago, HubSpot shared our culture code deck (http://CultureCode.com) — a document that describes what we believe and how we work. The presentation, despite being 150+…

Clear Eyes, Full Heart: Beating The Series A Crunch

guest April 9, 2013

The following is a guest post by Alan Wells, co-founder & product designer at Glyder. [Disclosure: I'm an angel investor in the company. -Dharmesh] It has been widely reported that at…

How To Survive a Ground-Up Rewrite Without Losing Your Sanity

guest April 8, 2013

aka: Screw you Joel Spolsky, We're Rewriting It From Scratch! This is a guest post by Dan Milstein (@danmil), co-founder of Hut 8 Labs. Disclosure: Joel Spolsky is a friend and I'm an…

Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric

guest March 29, 2013

Ben Yoskovitz is the co-author of Lean Analytics, a new book on how to use analytics successfully in your business. Ben is currently VP Product at GoInstant, which was acquired by…

Why I Spent 200 Hours Writing Culture Code Instead of Python Code

If someone had told me a few months ago that I'd be spending more hours in PowerPoint than PyCharm (an IDE for programming in Python) I'd have laughed at them (not out loud though).…

Getting Crunched, Mashed Or Beaten Is Not A Launch Strategy

guest March 19, 2013

This is a guest post by Alex Turnbull. Alex is a serial SaaS entrepreneur and the CEO of Groove, a customer support software platform for startups and small businesses. Alex was…

Culture Code: Creating A Company YOU Love

This article is available at http://CultureCode.com -- the slides and content will be updated periodically. I'm working on a really big project on the topic of culture. Follow me on…

Classes They (Thankfully) Don't Teach At Startup School

humor February 19, 2013

The following are some hypothetical classes that I'm thankful they don't teach at places like Y Combinator, TechStars and 500 Startups. 11 Classes They Should't Teach Founders 1.…