Dave McClure, founder of seed and incubator fund 500 Startups, which provides betwen $10,000 to $250,000 in seed Read More
Dave McClure: Focus on sales, metrics, users
Business to Business Business to Consumer Electronics/Appliances Entertainment and Digital Media Financial and Legal from investors Internet Search Internet Social Media Internet Web 2.0 Lessons and advice Software
Angels, bubbles and core tech: Splash panel
We decided to mix things up a bit at this year’s Vator Splash, introducing a panel discussion for Read More
Thomas Korte, co-founder of incubator AngelPad, shares his advice to entrepreneurs. No. 1: Be really careful who you Read More
Character Entrepreneurship from investors How to build a product Lessons and advice Pivot Team building
David Thacker on entrepreneurs’ mistakes
It’s become stylish these days for entrepreneurs to “pivot” often. That doesn’t mean, however, that it’s a fad Read More
Business models/plans Business to Consumer Character Continuous deployment Customer demand Customer Service Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges Financial and Legal from investors Launching a business Lean startup Lessons and advice Making decisions Managing a business Marketing/Advertising Minimum viable product Pivot Product development Success factors Survival tips User experience Vision
Eric Ries on learning, failing, and pivoting
Author, speaker, and consultant Eric Ries spoke at Thursday’s Amplify event, where the former Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Read More
Character Education Electronics/Appliances Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges from investors Internet Social Media Lessons and advice Mobile services Origin of idea Vision
Vinod Khosla on innovation vs. punditry
At Tuesday afternoon’s Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, took the stage Read More
Building revenue Business basics Business models/plans Character Energy/Green Technologies Entrepreneurship Financial and Legal Financing and fundraising from investors Lessons and advice Origin of idea Venture capital
Top mistakes entrepreneurs make when pitching
I spoke with Cali Tran, a principal at North Bridge Venture Partners, at the September Vator Splash event, Read More
The venture capital business is highly competitive. There is more money out there chasing good deals than most Read More
A few weeks back we talked about stock options in some detail. I explained that the strike price Read More
Character Creating good content Customer demand Entertainment and Digital Media Entrepreneurship from investors Lessons and advice Marketing Marketing/Advertising Team building User experience
The Washington Post’s acquisition strategy
I spoke with Thao Tran at September’s Vator Splash event, where she discussed the Washington Post’s recent acquisition Read More
Business models/plans Character Entertainment and Digital Media Entrepreneurship Financial and Legal from investors How to build a product Internet Social Media Lessons and advice Market conditions Mobile services Origin of idea Product development
Rick Heitzmann outlines 2010’s strong sectors
I spoke with Rick Heitzmann at September’s Vator Splash event and he discussed some of the sectors that Read More
Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, first Facebook investor, and co-founder of Founders Fund and Clarium Capital, delivered his Read More
Character Entrepreneurship from investors Lessons and advice Market testing Marketing Measurement/analysis User experience
Entrepreneurship: Nature over nurture
While there are many lessons entrepreneurs can learn to mitigate risk in the future and become better entrepreneurs, Read More
A lot of the discussion about last week’s MBA Mondays post on Outsourcing was about the differences between Read More
This MBA Mondays topic was suggested by Aviah Laor, a regular member of this community. I’ll start this Read More