We ran the first National Science Foundation Innovation Corps class October to December 2011. 63 scientists and engineers in 21 teams made Read More
National Science Foundation Innovation Corps
Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs How to build a product Launching a business Lessons and advice
Stanford 2012 Lean LaunchPad Presentations
Today, the first half of the Stanford Engineering Lean LaunchPad Class gave their final presentations. Here are the first five. Read More
Business models/plans Business to Business Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs How to build a product Launching a business Lessons and advice
Killing your start-up by listening to your customers
The art of entrepreneurship and the science of Customer Development is not just getting out of the building Read More
Entertainment and Digital Media Entrepreneur and Investor Talks Financing and fundraising How to build a product Internet Web 2.0 Pivot Vator shows Venture capital
Turntable’s Billy Chasen: Starting over with $400,000
I hear so many start-ups unwilling to make a drastic change to their operations, even if they’re running Read More
The No. 1 and 2 questions I typically ask start-ups when they’re getting started is: How do you Read More
Last night’s IIT Alumni event at Google was a coming-out party for the Core Mobile technology – one-touch Read More
Here’s the second part of my interview with the founders of Kaggle, a recently-launched start-up with $11 million in Series Read More
Building revenue Business models/plans Continuous deployment from entrepreneurs How to build a product Internet Web 2.0 Lessons and advice Marketing Minimum viable product Pivot Team building
Top 10 Lessons Learned videos on VatorNews in 2011
How Airbnb’s marketing genius started the flywheel The press is having a field day on Airbnb’s behalf these Read More
Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs How to build a product Launching a business Lessons and advice
The government starts an incubator
Over the last two months, the U.S. government has been running one of the most audacious experiments in Read More
As most entrepreneurs and investors know, it takes a dozen iterations, pivots and sometimes re-starts before a company Read More
Like many companeis, Lijit Networks, which was bought last month by Federated Media, had its own pivots throughout Read More
Angel investing Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs How to build a product Internet Web 2.0 Lean startup Lessons and advice Minimum viable product Venture capital
Leah Busque shares TaskRabbit’s fundraising lessons
During a cold evening in Boston, Leah Busque didn’t want to leave her cozy home to buy dog food. Read More
Angel investing Entrepreneurship from observer/expert Internet Social Media Internet Video Internet Web 2.0 Leadership Lessons and advice M&A Milestones Product development Venture capital
Venture Shift NYC and the Angel Investing Hall of Fame
At Vator and Bullpen Capital’s Venture Shift event next week, I’m moderating a panel called “Super angels, micro-VCs, Read More
Recently, I’ve been cleaning up a lot of virus infested websites, so I decided to write about this Read More
Aerospace Angel investing Biotech/Life Sciences Business basics Business models/plans Business to Business Business to Consumer Creating good content Customer demand Education Electronics/Appliances Energy/Green Technologies Entertainment and Digital Media Financial and Legal Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs Google Analytics Health and Medical How to build a product Internet Search Internet Social Media Internet Web 2.0 Landing pages Lean startup Lessons and advice Lifestyle and Travel Local M&A Market testing Marketing/Advertising Mobile services Online marketing Online Retail Origin of idea Outsourcing Perseverance Pivot Product development Retention SEM (search engine marketing) Social media Social media Software Software as a Service Team building Telecommunications/Wireless User experience Venture capital
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