By Farhan Thawar, VP of Engineering, Xtreme Labs Managing a fast-growing company can be a rewarding and daunting Read More
How to Double Your Company’s Growth Every Year
Business basics Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Leadership Lessons and advice Managing a business Mobile services Scaling and timing Success factors Survival tips Team building
How to Double Your Company’s Growth Every Year
By Farhan Thawar, VP of Engineering, Xtreme Labs Managing a fast-growing company can be a rewarding and Read More
Business basics Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice
Entrepreneurs Experience
In 2012, in partnership with Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley and NCIIA, Jerry Engel and I first offered the Lean LaunchPad Educators Class. The class was Read More
Business basics Continuous deployment Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges Freemium from observer/expert How to build a product Internet Social Media Lessons and advice Software as a Service Survival tips Web design
It appears that Posterous has begun pulling the plug.
I had 6 blogs in syndication on blog platform Posterous until this morning when 4 of the 6 Read More
Business basics Creating good content Culture, Innovation hubs Engagement Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Gamification Landing pages Lean startup Lessons and advice Market sizing Measurement/analysis Metrics Perseverance Retention Survival tips Venture capital
This Will Be the Last Article You Read
If the Internet had a voice, I am fairly certain it would sound like the HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Read More
Business basics Business to Business Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Internet Social Media Lessons and advice Managing a business Marketing/Advertising Software as a Service
Lessons learned in a company turnaround
Very few CEOs walk into a new company faced with the challenges inherent in a turnaround situation. Generally, Read More
Building revenue Business basics Business models/plans Business to Business Creating good content Customer demand Education Engagement Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges from observer/expert How to build a product Internet Social Media Landing pages Lessons and advice Market testing Marketing Marketing/Advertising Online marketing Online Retail Product development Social media Social media Survival tips User experience Word of mouth
How to Think About Marketing an Innovation
Innovation is all about value, and both internal communications and external marketing have a critical role to play Read More
Business basics Culture, Innovation hubs Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Internet Social Media Leadership Lessons and advice Lifestyle and Travel Team building
Sheila Marcelo on building the right team
Finding a caregiver is a daunting task, because no matter what kind of credentials they have or how Read More
Business basics Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice Managing a business Marketing/Advertising
What to Know about Starting a Homebased Business
Working for years upon years to help achieve somebody else’s dreams and following your boss’ every whim and Read More
Angel investing Building revenue Business basics Business models/plans Crowd-sourcing Education Entertainment and Digital Media Entrepreneurship Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs Gamification How to build a product Internet Search Internet Social Media Lessons and advice Marketing Marketing/Advertising Mobile services SEO (search engine optimization) Social media Software as a Service Survival tips Team building User experience Venture capital
The network effect isn’t good enough….
Note: I’m pleased to have co-authored this post with Sangeet Paul Choudary, who analyzes business models for network businesses at Platformed.info. Follow Read More
Angel investing Business basics Creating good content Engagement Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice Market sizing Market testing Marketing Measurement/analysis Origin of idea Product development Retention SEO (search engine optimization) Social media Social media Survival tips User experience Venture capital
Escape from message hell
We are caught in an endless cycle of messaging hell and the pattern is always the same. First, Read More
Businesses do fail from time to time. Even the biggest names in the industry have had their own Read More
Business basics Business to Consumer Character Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges Financing and fundraising Internet Social Media Interviews Lifestyle and Travel of entrepreneur Origin of idea Venture capital Vision
Care.com’s Sheila Marcelo on women, business & funding
Our third Vator Splash NY is coming up on December 5, and we’re honored to have Care.com CEO Read More
Business basics Character Competition Culture, Innovation hubs Entertainment and Digital Media Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges Internet Social Media Launching a business Leadership Lifestyle and Travel Managing a business Online Retail Splash Talks Team building Vator shows Venture capital Vision
Samir Arora’s top 10 secrets on how to build startups
It’s a cool, balmy day in San Francisco, and Vator Splash is well underway. (Open bar! Woot!) Samir Read More
Business basics Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs How to build a product Launching a business Lessons and advice
The Lean LaunchPad Online
You may have read my previous posts about the Lean LaunchPad class taught atStanford, Berkeley, Columbia, Caltech and for the National Science Read More