Why Immigrants Are More Likely To Start Companies
January 6, 2007
I came across an interesting article from the Seattle Times this week which cites a Duke University study. The study found that 25% of the technology and engineering companies started…
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Back to Basics: User Generated Revenue As A Business Model
January 4, 2007
In 2006, we saw a lot of energy and interest in user generated content. Many companies like MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and others made the headlines in both traditional media and the…
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Startups: Should You Offer A Hosted and Non-Hosted Version?
saas December 31, 2006
This has been the longest time elapsed between posts (12 days) since this blog started over a year ago. Apologies for that. I’m traveling in India for the holidays (which is where I’m…
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Full Videos From The Sold-Out 2006 MIT Venture Capital Conference
December 19, 2006
As I noted a couple of weeks ago, I was a panelist on one of the sessions in the 2006 MIT Venture Capital Conference in Cambridge, MA. The topic of my panel session was…
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Startup Founders: Start Selling Customers!
December 18, 2006
I don’t think I’m alone in my position as a technology geek type when I say that I really don’t like selling (or the general process of sales). I’d much rather be developing a…
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Go West, Young Entrepreneur! Is The Valley Better For Software Startups?
startup December 12, 2006
I want to start out by saying that this is one of the more troubling articles that I’ve written for this blog. The topic is something that is near and dear to my heart (i.e. Boston as…
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Marketing In A Web 2.0 World: Why The Best Products Sometimes Win
guest December 11, 2006
Note: This is a guest article written by Andy Singleton. Andy is a career software professional and is one of the few people I know that can not only talk the talk, but walk the walk.…
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Pithy Insights On Selecting A Startup Co-Founder
December 8, 2006
This is a new installment in my continuing series of “pithy” articles on a variety of startup topics. You can see one of the more popular previous ones here: “17 Pithy Insights For…
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Startups: Do Cheapskates Make The Best Early Customers?
December 6, 2006
So, do cheapskates make the best early customers for a startup. In a word: No. But, since you’ve already interrupted your busy day to read this, let’s take look at this a wee bit…
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Why It Will Be So Easy To Switch Away From Google Search
December 4, 2006
My friend and colleague Brian Halligan has written an exceptionally interesting article in his internet marketing blog today titled “Why Google Will Set The Record For The Greatest…
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Web 2.0: On Bubbles and Business Models
guest November 30, 2006
As I’ve noted on many earlier occasions, a lot of the best content on this blog are reader contributions via their comments. If I were you, I’d be looking at some of the comments to…
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