When it went public in December, Australian enterprise software company Atlassian delivered one of the strongest showings among Read More
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Some 10 months after CEO Jason Kilar stepped down, Hulu is finally getting ready to tap a new Read More
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HotelTonight’s Jared Simon to founders: Don’t be a jerk
The worst kind of person to meet at a party or networking event is the person who obviously Read More
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HotelTonight COO Jared Simon’s hiring hits and misses
Everyone knows that the key to building a hit company is to pick the right team. What’s less Read More
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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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Mass Persuasion
“Successful entrepreneurs recommend reading this article about the persuasion techniques companies use to drive engagement.” Scratch that, how’s Read More
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How investment drives engagement
This week, Baba Shiv and I taught a class at the Stanford Graduate School of Business called, “Using 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
(Fred Wilson is a VC at Union Square Ventures, based in NY. In this opinion piece, he writes Read More
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MBA Mondays: Optimal headcount at various stages
(Fred Wilson is a VC at Union Square Ventures, based in NY. In this opinion piece, he writes Read More
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Start-ups need teams that can run fast, and change
Scott Button became a first-time entrepreneur when he founded Unruly in 2006. He’s since done a pretty good Read More
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With Slide dead, Google kills Aardvark
Google announced Friday that, as part of the shutdown of Google Labs and huge Google+ push, social Q&A Read More
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Cohuman, a Vator Splash finalist, to be acquired
Cohuman, creator of a task management and team collaboration system, announced Wednesday that it has been acquired. The Read More
Fridge, a startup that is shutting down next month, offered its users a way to create networks for Read More
Zynga’s long-anticipated IPO is finally here…almost. The company filed its S-1 form today and plans to raise $1 Read More