Insider Peek At Data From Two Years Of B-List Blogging
anniversary November 12, 2007
This week, OnStartups.com (the blog you are now reading) turned two years old. Woo hoo! Hard to believe another year has gone by since I posted "Data Points and Delusions Of A B-List…
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Why Startups Have Fewer Dilbertian, Pointy-Haired Bosses
strategy November 5, 2007
If the title of this article made you smile, then chances are that at some point in your life you've worked for a big company and/or been subjected to a Dlibertian pointy-haired…
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Why You Should (Almost) Never Rewrite Your Software
development October 29, 2007
Software startups are fun. In the early days, you have an idea, and a few developers (usually including one of the founders) cranks away and manifests that idea into an application…
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Diminishing Dead-Tree Media and 3 More Ways Bloggers Can Help Save The Planet
blog action day October 15, 2007
Back in August, I was contacted by Collis Ta'eed, a longtime reader of OnStartups.com. Collis was kicking off an initiative called "Blog Action Day" to get bloggers around the world…
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Why Facebook Will Flourish: No Food Fights or Vampires On LinkedIn
strategy October 12, 2007
I came across an interesting article on the NYTimes.com website today: LinkedIn Plans To Open Up In A Closed Sort of Way The article is an interview with Dan Nye, the CEO at LinkedIn.…
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force.com: The Perils of Platform As A Service
strategy October 5, 2007
First off, let me say I'm very impressed with Salesforce.com. I admire the company considerably. My startup, HubSpot, is a Salesforce.com customer. We're also about to become a…
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Startups: Why A Real Market Of A Few Is Better Than A Mythical Market of Millions
strategy September 24, 2007
I talk to entrepreneurs all the time that are very excited about their idea because "…the market opportunity consists of millions of potential customers!". This line of thinking then…
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Speaking to MIT Students in 15.390 - New Enterprises
Speaking September 17, 2007
Brian Halligan (my co-founder at HubSpot, and MIT classmate) and I are scheduled to speak tomorrow to the "New Enterprises" class at the MIT Sloan school tomorrow. New Enterprises (or…
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88% are Millionaires and 6 More Surprises From Entrepreneurial Survey
inc500 September 10, 2007
I've been a subscriber to Inc. Magazine for a long time and follow the Inc. 500 list (a ranking of the fastest growing 500 privately held companies in the U.S.). Recently, Inc. also…
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37signals Losing Lustre? Why I Miss The Adoring Fans
37signals August 24, 2007
For some reason, when I woke up this morning, my non-caffeinated brain (had not had my morning coffee yet) began to wonder why I hadn't heard much lately about the smart folks over at…
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The Dark Side of Startups: 5 Corrosive Co-Founder Conflicts
strategy August 21, 2007
Most of the startup writing out there (including articles on this blog) addresses issues of strategy, finance, innovation, product development and other "fun" topics. For this article…
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