9 Ways To Disrupt And "Hipmunk" An Industry
startups February 28, 2011
hipmunk [hip-muhnk], 1. verb: To bring sexiness and simplicity into an existing industry with a fresh approach that delights people. Example: The real estate mortgage industry really…
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Startup Culture Memes: Do You Have A Duck Of Awesomeness?
culture February 16, 2011
The following is a guest post from Tom Critchlow. Tom is head of search for Distilled, a London and Seattle-based SEO company. Have you noticed how as people spend time together they…
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How To Know Your Side Project Is Ready To Be A Startup
startups February 3, 2011
The word startup seems to be used too loosely in this day and age. Some people think something built in a weekend or over the course of time on the side is a full fledged startup,…
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How To AMP Your Engineers: Ideas For Energizing Your Best
autonomy February 2, 2011
The following is a guest post from Yoav Shapira. Yoav is on the management team at HubSpot and runs our platform initiative. At HubSpot, our small internet marketing software company,…
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Secrets Of Freemium Pricing: Make The Cheapskates Pay
pricing January 31, 2011
The following is a guest post by Andy Singleton. Andy is the founder and CEO of Assembla, a company that provides online workspaces for software teams, including bug tracking,…
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8 Reasons Why SV Angel/Yuri Milner Investing $150,000 In Every YCombinator Startup Is Brilliant
ycombinator January 31, 2011
Disclosure: SVAngel is an investor in my startup, Onswipe, a platform for insanely easy tablet publishing. There is a ton of fervor and talk over SV Angel/Yuri Milner investing 150k…
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11 Ways Dating Is Like Starting A Company
January 31, 2011
My friend and co-blogger Jason Baptiste tweeted this earlier tonight: “Good news: I”m way better at entrepreneurship than dating. Bad news: I’m way better at entrepreneurship than…
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HubSpot Fires First Shot in Boston Battle For Talent: $10,000 Bounty
hubspot January 24, 2011
Over on the west coast, companies like Google and Facebook are duking it out for top tech talent. There’s all sorts of craziness going on including 10% across the board raises and big…
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The Big, Important Startup Lesson From The Recent Google Leadership Shuffle
google strategy January 21, 2011
As you’ve heard, there’s been some big announcements at Google recently (announced during their earnings call). In fact, it’s impossible to not have heard this news, as it’s being…
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14 Ways To Be A Great Startup CEO
startups December 28, 2010
Everyone thinks that being a startup CEO is a glamorous job or one that has to be a ton of fun. That's what I now refer to as the "glamour brain" speaking aka the startup life you…
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Sleepless In Startupville: 23 Questions That Keep Entrepreneurs Up
strategy December 27, 2010
I frequently talk to entrepreneurs at pretty much every stage in the process. When I get together with my fellow startup folks, there are some recurring “themes” that seem to keep…
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