Students and Startups: Notes From Talk at MIT Underground 2008
Speaking May 4, 2008
I did the opening presentation at MIT's Underground 2008 event yesterday for student entrepreneurs. My hat's off to Albert Park and his colleagues for organizing a great event. We…
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How To Make It Hard For People To Find Your Startup Online
April 30, 2008
Ok, it's late (2:07 a.m. here in Boston), so please forgive my snarkiness. I'm going to presume that most startups would like to be found online by people (you know, like potential…
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Student Entrepreneurs: Unite!
Speaking April 30, 2008
I'm going to be giving the keynote presentation at an upcoming event organized by and focused on student entrepreneurs being held on the MIT campus this Saturday (May 3, 2008) from…
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Fred Wilson Is Cleaning Up His Blog And You Should Too
April 27, 2008
I'm a regular reader of Fred Wilson's blog. Fred posted an article today that he is planning to clean house on his blog. He will remove many (if not most) of the widgets that adorn…
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Web 4.0 Is For Wankers: Stop The Madness!
April 26, 2008
Apologies in advance for using the term wanker. It's probably the most pejorative word I've ever used in an article title. I'm likely going to regret this someday, but it's been a…
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Startup School: David Heinemeier Hansson vs. Everybody Else
ycombinator April 25, 2008
The following is a guest article by Philip Crissman. OnStartups partially sponsored Philip's trip to Startup School 2008 in exchange for sharing some of key lessions for those of us…
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Startup School 2008: Key Takeaways
ycombinator April 22, 2008
The following is a guest article by Philip Crissman. OnStartups partially sponsored Philip's trip to Startup School (hosted by Y Combinator) in exchange for capturing some key…
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Stop Waiting For The Magical Startup Fairy
strategy April 21, 2008
I've been in the startup business for a while and it still amazes me how many founders (including me at various points in my life) have completely irrational views on how life at a…
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Pithy Insights On The Business of Software
strategy April 17, 2008
I've been invited to speak at the upcoming Business of Software conference in Boston (my home town!) on September 8, 2008. As such, I've been thinking a bit about the business of…
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Bidding On A Twitter Account: Insanity or Efficient Market?
social media April 14, 2008
It's been a mildly interesting weekend. One of the interesting things that happened was a TechCrunch article that described Andrew Baron selling his Twitter account It was the…
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Why I Hate PowerPoint and You Probably Do Too
April 9, 2008
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak to the New Enterprises class (15.390A) at MIT and talk about startup funding. On my first PowerPoint slide, my second bullet-point was…
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