How Airbnb’s marketing genius started the flywheel The press is having a field day on Airbnb’s behalf these Read More
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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Class
The Lean LaunchPad class for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps is a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. Read More
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How much to burn while building a product
(Fred Wilson is a VC at Union Square Ventures. This piece is about burn rates for start-ups and Read More
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Today’s Entrepreneur: Leandro Lemos
Today’s entrepreneur is Leandro Lemos, co-founder of Timezpot, a social network which links sources like Facebook, Twitter, news Read More
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Scientists unleashed
Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why Read More
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Best Vacation Tip for Small Business Workaholics.
Do you actually go on vacation when you go on vacation? Typically, I don’t. This Thanksgiving week my Read More
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Are Social Network Profiles Putting Us at Risk for Busi
When you interview a potential employee for a job opening, according to federal and state law you are Read More
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Accidental inventors: A search for solutions
“There was a moment when the belts arrived in the mail, and I looked at this belt which Read More
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And The Winner Is…….
With so much doom and gloom in the press these days, it’s great to have a fun story Read More
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And the Answer Is: ‘I Don’t Know’
Most entrepreneurs are confident risk-takers who are good at using their instincts and experience to figure things out Read More
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A Mixed Bag of News for Small Business
Network Solutions and the Center for Excellence at the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business just recently Read More
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Are You Cut Out to Be a Franchisee?
For many Americans, owning a small business is a life-long dream. However, building a business from the ground Read More
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The Helsinki Spring
I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup Read More
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How to build a Web startup
As part of our Lean LaunchPad classes at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and for the National Science Foundation, students build a startup in Read More