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8 Tips For Building An Internet Company Outside of San Francisco
March 3, 2011
The following is a guest post by Healy Jones. Healy is head of marketing at OfficeDrop, a digital filing system and scanner software provider – and moved to Boston from San Francisco.…
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Sleepless In Startupville: 23 Questions That Keep Entrepreneurs Up
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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Commit To Your Core: 9 Reasons Why Every Entrepreneur Should Outsource
December 2, 2010
The following is a guest post by Scott Dinsmore. Scott is an entrepreneur, Personal Freedom Coach and value investor. Read more of his articles at Reading For Your Success or grab his…
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38 Tweetables From The 37 Signals Master Class
December 1, 2010
The following is a guest post from Noah Kagan. Noah was the lucky winner in the OnStartups contest to win a free ticket to the 37signals sold-out master class. Thanks to Dharmesh I…
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Cumulative Advantage: Why You Need A Bias Towards Action
September 24, 2010
The following is a guest post from Rob May. Rob is the founder and CEO of Backupify which provides secure, online backup for twitter, Facebook and GMail. [Note: I’m an angel investor…
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Video From Business Of Software 2009: Building Great Software Businesses
August 23, 2010
Of the several conferences I attend or speak each at each year, my favorite is the Business of Software conference organized be Neil Davidson (of Red Gate) and Joel Spolsky (of Fog…
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The Magical Founding Team Mix For Web Startups
August 16, 2010
At a startup dinner I had with a bunch of really smart software entrepreneurs in Austin, Texas during SXSW earlier this year, something really struck me. Of the 8 founders at the…
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SaaS 101: 7 Simple Lessons From Inside HubSpot
July 19, 2010
It’s been a little over 4 years since I officially launched my internet marketing software company, HubSpot. (The “official” date is June 9th, 2006 — for those that are curious about…
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Startups: Your Customers Are Not Ignorant, Selfish, Control Freaks
July 12, 2010
Imagine you’re having some big, high falutin’ meeting. Perhaps it’s a board meeting. Or, if you don’t have a board, perhaps it’s a management team meeting. Or, if you don’t have a…
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From Minimally Viable To Maximally Buyable Product
June 21, 2010
I’m a big fan of Eric Ries and the lean startup movement that he’s championing at Startup Lessons Learned. I think many of the fundamentals behind the lean startup are things you…
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37 Startup Insights
June 7, 2010
Earlier this year, I had a chance to attend SxSW. One of the highlights of my trip was a startup dinner which included Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of…
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