One of the attributes of great entrepreneurs is that they are tenacious and relentless. This guest post is Read More
How customer development failed us
(Normally, I do not write about companies that are doing a marketing launch. But I have decided to Read More
Consumers have always had the ability to compare several products and prices online before making a final purchasing Read More
Business to Business Business to Consumer Financial and Legal from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice Marketing/Advertising Software as a Service
Attend Live Events and Attract More Clients
One of the best strategies you can implement to have a successful business is attending live events, both Read More
Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category Read More
Continuous deployment Customer demand from entrepreneurs How to build a product Internet Social Media Lessons and advice User experience
Craig Sherman: Fail fast and test often
Given the popularity of online communities, it’s always useful to hear from those experienced at building them talk Read More
Business models/plans Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges from investors How to build a product Lessons and advice
What happened to Yahoo and Alta Vista?
Paul Graham of Ycombinator wrote an excellent blog on “What happened to Yahoo?“. (YHOO) It reminded me of Read More
Building revenue Business models/plans Financial and Legal from investors Lessons and advice Market sizing
Should you charge more for your product?
My partner Seth Levine has an outstanding post up today about the freemium model. It’s titled Pricing models, the Read More
Business to Business Business to Consumer from observer/expert Lessons and advice Marketing/Advertising Telecommunications/Wireless
How to Create a Smart Out of Office Message
With only a few more weeks left of summer, many of us are trying to get away from Read More
“I didn’t start the company to make beer,” said Pete Slosberg. Now that sounds a bit ironic considering Read More
Imagine being able to show your display advertisements solely to people who have shown interest in your brand. Read More
The Freemium business model is normal for consumer applications, but can it work for enterprise software? Freemium usually Read More
Business to Business Character Education Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs Internet Social Media Internet Video Lessons and advice Venture capital
Drew Curtis: Lessons running Fark for 11 yrs
Drew Curtis is at the helm of Fark, a news aggregation site known for clever and snarky headlines, Read More
Aerospace Biotech/Life Sciences Business to Business Business to Consumer Education Electronics/Appliances Energy/Green Technologies Entertainment and Digital Media Financial and Legal Financing and fundraising from observer/expert Health and Medical Internet Search Internet Social Media Internet Video Internet Web 2.0 Lessons and advice Lifestyle and Travel Marketing/Advertising Mobile services Online Retail Software Software as a Service Telecommunications/Wireless Venture capital
How deal terms affect valuation & liquidity
Recently, entrepreneur-turned-venture-capitalist-and-blogger Mark Suster had an excellent post titled, “Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Read More
Business to Business from entrepreneurs Internet Search Internet Social Media Internet Web 2.0 Lessons and advice Marketing/Advertising Online Retail
Expecting to go all the way
Let’s face it: it’s typically not recommended! Though it may happen once in awhile, for most people it Read More