We Love To Hate Microsoft But What About Apple?
strategy July 9, 2008
The reasons so many people hate (or intensely dislike) Microsoft are plentiful and for the most part, pretty easy to understand. If you were to ask around, reasons cited would…
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Startup Advice from George Costanza: Do The Opposite
strategy July 2, 2008
The Seinfeld fans out there will clearly recognize the reference to "the opposite" episode. Basically, George tries to change his life by going against his natural instincts and doing…
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20 Wrenches In The Software Startup Machinery
strategy June 28, 2008
The following is a guest post. I have had the misfortune of personally making every one of these mistakes during my years as a software entrepreneur. I am currently reviewing a…
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Startup Business Strategy For The Simple-Minded
strategy June 20, 2008
Here are the six simple steps for building a startup (in this case, a software startup). 1. Figure out what to build. You can do this by being brilliantly insightful (which you might…
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Taking The Leap: Don't Just Be A Wannabepreneur
startups June 9, 2008
Chances are, if you're reading this article, you are either involved in a startup already, or looking to be involved in one. This article is for the folks in the latter category, the…
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7 Uncannily Obvious Lessons From A Product Launch
strategy June 4, 2008
A few days ago, my startup HubSpot, launched a new app called Press Release Grader. It's not our core product, but a free tool for marketers and PR folks to analyze a press release…
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Has The Bubble Burst? The Four Stages of Bubbleness
May 29, 2008
Don Dodge posted an interesting article recently on his blog titled "Web 2.0 = Bubble 2.0". The part that really caught my interest are the four "stages" of a bubble that he…
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Why Raising VC Funding Does Not Equal Success
venture capital May 20, 2008
My startup, HubSpot (which provides online marketing for small business) recently released the news that it has closed a Series B round of VC funding of $12 million, bringing our…
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Insanity? Why A Bootstrap Entrepreneur Raised $17 Million in Venture Funding
venture capital May 16, 2008
If you've been following OnStartups.com for any period of time, you likely know that I'm not a big advocate of startup founders going out and trying to raise venture funding in the…
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Scalable Funding: Can Venture Capital Be More Like Amazon EC2?
venture capital May 12, 2008
I'm becoming an increasingly big fan of infrastructure services like Amazon's EC2 and S3. The reason is simple: You pay for what you need at around the time that you need it. This is…
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7 Unlikely Sessions At Upcoming BarCamp Boston 3
May 9, 2008
I'm looking forward to BarCamp Boston coming up on May 17th and 18th. If you're in the Boston area, and reading this, you're probably just the type that should be attending. 1. How To…
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