How much should you pay yourself as an entrepreneur?
By Roland Hanekroot
And why does it matter so much to your business?
So you’ve run your business for a while and you pay your staff a...
It Is Good To Startup But It Is Wise To See If You Can...
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what...
How I made $200,000 when I was 16 years old
By Rodney Gainous Jr
About three years ago, I published a story about how the Twitter app I built in high school, Follow, reached 150,000 downloads in two years....
Why big companies should fear startups
On a tour of a young food startup trying to disrupt the home tiffin service and a young budget room aggregation brand, one gets...
Fake goods: Why foreign investors are turning a blind eye to counterfeit e-commerce
As more Indians are expected to shift their daily shopping to the online world, stringent laws will ensure their trust in e-commerce.
By Harsimran Julka
It’s...
How I learned to stop worrying about my sales funnel (and embraced the unpredictable)
You or I could go to any marketing conference, anywhere in the world, and we’d hear about sales funnels.
How to build them, how to...
3 Skills You Need To Master In The First Year Of Your Startup.
The first year of a startup school shouldn’t be seen as make or break.
So many startups just look at the prize in the distance,...
How To Influence People
We all want to be cookie cutter good citizens that pay our tax’s, get married young, have two perfect kids, drive a perfect car,...
Have a Dream? Here Are 5 Actionable Steps You Can Take to Make It...
How many times have you watched that documentary on your favorite artist?
How many times have you listened to that inspirational podcast?
How many times have...
Why slow growth is good for business
“The way the failures die is they run out of money.”
It’s probably no surprise that these words were spoken by Paul Graham during an interview.
What is...
My Thoughts On Money After Being Both Rich And Poor
I’ve been in financial situations where I couldn’t even afford a pizza.
I know what it’s like to have more money than you can spend....
Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups
Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when...
Unemployed At 25: How To Recover
At 25, life got real for me. I got served the sort of challenge that knocks you flat on your ass. It was yet...
3 Insane Lies We Tell Ourselves About Our Need to Learn
Everyone wants to be a master. No one wants to be a student.
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were...
A guide to Minimalist Web Design
First I admit that I am not a web designer, but a design lover, and what you are going to read are not my...
I Quit my Job …. Started my Startup and then Ruined my Life…
Corporate Job are Good…Startups are Better ….But Working For Yourself is the Best….
I was working for one of the top banking firms…
A banking life where...
Facebook has a Big Tobacco Problem
Facebook’s problems are more than a temporary bad PR issue. Its behavior contributes to a growing negative view of the entire tech industry.
In 1996,...
Simply Changing My LinkedIn Bio Changed My Priorities: Try It For Yourself
I regularly give talks on social media and the importance of LinkedIn for professionals and entrepreneurs. A couple of months ago I decided to...
Why startups are dying left and right
52 games over the course of six years
That’s how long it took before the creators of Angry Birds launched their successful game from the verge of bankruptcy...
Why Google Should Sell Nest.
Promise vs Reality
When Google acquired Nest in 2014 it was the biggest acquisition of an energy tech company. Nest had taken the lowly thermostat and made...
Go-To-Market Fit: The Missing Link for Enterprise Growth
By Bob Tinker and Tae Hea Nahm
If you spend time in the incubators, accelerators, or coffee shops of tech hubs, you’re bound to hear...
Are You Working on a Side Project or a Startup?
David Frankel, Managing Partner
Not every tech product or service should be a business, an even smaller set should be venture-backed startups, and plenty of...
17 Creative Brainstorming Methods That (Might) Produce Brilliance
Being creative is a muscle — it needs to be worked in order to stay active.
But just like a muscle, it can also get used to...
Want To Become A Multi-Millionaire? Do These 15 Things Immediately.
“The greatest reward in becoming a millionaire is not the amount of money that you earn. It is the kind of person that you...
Copycats are always out there: Startup Survival Guide
Like President Trump says “Make America Great Again” and now out here many people began to use to the phrase. Such copycats.
opycats are always...
Do Big Advertisers Even Matter to the Platforms?
P&G, Unilever and others are throwing their weight around with Google and Facebook. The platforms can afford to ignore them.
The IAB annual meeting — an industry event featuring...
How focusing on the customer (not the competition) brought us over 1 million new...
Last February, we launched a new product version.
We had spent nearly all of 2016 revamping a core feature and we were excited about what...
Do you get the feeling apps are getting dumber?
They are, and that’s a good thing. Behind the surprising simplicity of some of today’s top apps, smart developers are realizing that they’re able...
The Importance of Building a Platform Company in the Modern Economy
Working with early-stage companies is an exciting opportunity, whether it is reviewing potential investments as an angel investor or advising those in the community...
Setting Funds on Fire: How and Why Most Startups Waste Their First Round of...
Do you remember the first time you were handed $20 by your parents or received your first paycheck from a part-time job while in...
Want to build a successful startup? Adopt these 3 mindsets immediately.
What if you put in time, money and effort to create a product, to see that no one buys it?
You’ve put your hopes and...
Confessions of a Startup Mole in a Dumb Big Company
On September 21st 2015, I walked past the smell of weed and cigarettes at 1455 Market in SF to my new job at Square, an...
From Unfundable to Unstoppable
Last week, Brian Chesky published an open letter to the AirBnB communityabout what it means to him to be a modern company. In it, he...
20 things founders say and what investors think
I’ve always been told that it’s not what you say that matters most but what people hear. This is something that I find a...
Turning Crisis Into Opportunity: 5 Ways to Deal With Hardship
Entrepreneurs face obstacles from the moment they wake up in the morning, whether they’re trying to satisfy investors, struggling to meet payroll, dealing with...
Why I Never Answer ‘Busy’ When People Ask ‘How Are You?’
Do you know that feeling of being so busy that time flies with a blink of an eye? We’re so busy with all kinds...
