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Josh Berman’s “Six Ways to Be” part deux
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Beachmint CEO Josh Berman’s “six ways to be,” part I
It’s a balmy 79 degrees in LA and life is good. Swimmin’ pools! Movie stars! Etc. etc. The Read More
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Five tips to drive R&D culture in a fast-moving startup
Research and development (R&D) efforts in a small company can be challenging because resources are often scarce, particularly Read More
Recruiting right is clearly one of the top three priorities of any startup executive. In the first few Read More
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Renaud Laplanche on the exponential cost of B players
Lending Club CEO Renaud Laplanche took the stage at Vator Splash SF Wednesday night to outline a few Read More
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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 daunting Read More
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How to Double Your Company’s Growth Every Year
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Sheila Marcelo on the importance of thinking long term
At our Vator Splash NY event this week, Care.com CEO Sheila Marcelo delivered a riveting keynote address on the Read More
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Sheila Marcelo on building the right team
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Jeremy Allaire’s keys to building great companies
Vator brought its popular Splash to Manhattan this week. Kicking off Vator Splash NY on Wedneday night was Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire, Read More
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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
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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
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How Sports Infects Your Brain
How Sports Infect Your Brain by Nir Eyal in Users Note: I co-authored this post with Andrew Martin and David Ngo. It originally Read More