The two laws of building products
1.If you can’t sell it, don’t build it
2.If you can’t build it, don’t sell it
The single necessary and sufficient condition for a business, says MIT’s...
Leave The Office On Time and Don’t Take Your Work Home
Author: Darius Foroux
These two lessons are true for every person who wants a long, happy, and satisfying career.
But it’s very hard to put that advice...
How to Create a Product and Sell it for $500,000 on Shark Tank
Author: Dave Schools
In a moment of surprise, Robert Herjavec presented Riley with a stunning offer:
“Here’s my offer and it’s a little bit different,” says Herjavec....
20 Companies That Are *Really* Changing the World.
Author: Timothy Nordvedt
Announcing the 2018 NewCo Honors Nominees
We’re in the final stretch leading up to NewCo Shift Forum and are pleased to announce the nominees for the NewCo Honors,...
Fundraising for your startup has never been this easy.
Author: Igor Feerer
Over the last three years (2014 to 2017), the funding ecosystem for early stage founders have been high in dollar amounts and low...
Why you should stop using product roadmaps and try GIST Planning
Author: Itamar Gilad
Over the years I created my fair share of product strategies, roadmaps and project gantts. I don’t do them anymore. I found a...
A Message For Overwhelmed Entrepreneurs
Author: Sadda Shaker
If you’re an entrepreneur like myself, we both know that work never ends. Trying to maintain your sanity, and therefore your creativity is...
Forget About Setting Goals. Focus on This Instead.
Author:James Clear
We all have things that we want to achieve in our lives — getting into better shape, building a successful business, raising a wonderful family,...
These 10 Hidden Gmail Productivity Hacks Will Give You Goosebumps
Author: Larry Kim
For many, Gmail is their preferred email service. But, even when you get to use your favored provider, that doesn’t necessarily make managing...
Things are going so well we’re doing a hiring freeze
Author: DHH
Business has never been better at Basecamp. Despite all the competition, all the noise, and all the changes since we launched 14 years ago, 2017...
Steps to Validate your startup idea before you spend any $…even $1….
Author: Saloni Kapoor
“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” — Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox
You’ve been working on a cool idea...
Put Your Startup On The Right Track In 30 Days.
Author: Bram Krommenhoek
What smart entrepreneurs do different.
What’s your make-it-or-break-it of your startup?
42% of startups failed because they didn’t solve a market need.
The biggest mistake: not building...
10 Web Development Companies You want to work with in 2018
Author: Aleks Pedchenko
Finding web programmers that will work is difficult enough, and that’s why these 10 companies are worth keeping an eye on.
Despite seemingly everyone having...
Startup Funding: What It’s Going To Take To Get That First Check From An...
Author: Poornima Vijayashanker
Interview with Investment Partners at XFactor Ventures Danielle Morrill CEO and Founder of Mattermark and Ooshma Garg CEO and Founder of Gobble
All this month we’ve been exploring how...
6 Ways Your Videos Can Boost the Growth of Your Startup
Author: Larry Kim
The standard business pitch presentation is so… yawn.
Think about it. How much do you enjoy sitting through slide after slide of numbers, figures and plans...
Time for my 501st adventure…
After an incredible journey at 500 Startups, I am now getting ready for my next adventure.
Author: Arjun Dev Arora
I came into 500 Startups right after...
How to lead, challenge and coach corporate rebels
Author: Marcus Raitner
Change needs disturbance. Every organization needs people who question the status quo. As jesters or corporate rebels, they cause constructive irritation and thus...
Want Growth? Don’t Look At Your Customer Data
Author: Andrea F Hill
Paying too much attention to today’s customers may make you blind to tomorrow’s.
It’s an easy trap to fall into.
Your company is doing...
Bleisure Travel: How to Capitalize on Business Travelers That Linger for Leisure
Author: AltexSoft Inc
Even office-based professionals may feel they’re losing that difficult balancing act between work life and social life. A subway ride to or from...
What is a great Product Strategy, really?
Author: Espen Sundve
After having spent years building products, and recently led the buildup of one of the largest product & tech organizations in Norway, people...
Bringing Entrepreneurship To Anyone in New Zealand, No Matter Where They Are
Author: Dan Khan
Today marks a landmark event for our team with the official launch of our new virtual accelerator and incubator programmes, bringing entrepreneurship support,...
Universal Basic Income: Yet Another Reason to Move to Canada?
Author: Meghan Nesmith
While Justin Trudeau playing with baby pandas is inarguably the most important Canadian news story in recent memory, we’ve also been making noise...
What’s it like to be a female entrepreneur in New Zealand?
Author: Alina Siegfried
Recently I asked a successful female entrepreneur, what was the one thing that New Zealand could do to encourage more women into entrepreneurship?
Her...
Ethereum Founder Talks Blockchain in New Zealand
Author: Alina Siegfried
Last night in Wellington, the BizDojo played host to one of the most exciting and innovative players in the blockchain space — Vitalik Buterin, the...
4 Reasons Why It’s a Good Time to Be a Social Entrepreneur in Australia
Author: Social Good Stuff
Although the social enterprise sector is still young in Australia, social entrepreneurs are on the rise in response to the social and...
Actions reflect leadership — not words
Author: Claire Lew
“It’s not what you say that matters — it’s what you do.”
I observed the truth of this old adage, firsthand, about six years ago.
At the time,...
The Limits of Loyalty: When Habits Change, You’re Toast
Author: Nir Eyal
“I’m endlessly loyal,” my wife said, staring straight into my eyes. But she wasn’t talking about our marriage — she was pledging her allegiance to...
How a Solo, Non-Technical Founder built a Million Dollar Tech Startup staying bootstrapped
Author: Neeraj Joshi
Whenever we talk about a million dollar tech startup, the first question that comes to our mind is: How much money it has raised till...
Why HubSpot’s Building a Centralized Platform
Author: HubSpot
In one year, HubSpot doubled the number of certified partners in its platform ecosystem and increased the number of apps installed by customers by...
Is This the Society We Really Want?
Author: John Battelle
Technology’s march is taken as gospel. But if we’ve learned anything from the past year, it’s that Valley giants often miss key human...
Why I left Google to join Grab
Author: Steve Yegge
After nearly 13 years at Google, I have finally left the nest! Never thought it would happen. I always thought I would die...
Is Amazon Go the first shot in the high street retail revolution?
Author: Enrique Dans
A little more than a year after its launch, during which it has carried out tests open only to company employees, Amazon has opened...
Why Business Design is the Most Important Skill of the Future
Author: David Schmidt
The times of pure Design Thinking are over: Certainly, the last years have seen the rise of Design Thinking and similar processes (most lately design sprints)...
Profits *Because of* Purpose
Author: Andrew Beebe
Milton Friedman would agree: give the people what they want.
Much has been written about the lofty goal of creating profits while somehow also delivering...
Why One CEO Calls Himself Chief Coffee Maker, and How It’s Benefitted His Company
Author: Yitzi Weiner
I had the pleasure of interviewing Ajeet Singh, CEO and founder of ThoughtSpot, a company that provides the industry’s leading search and AI-driven...
Building a Truly Successful Personal Brand Takes Vulnerability
Author: Nicolas Cole
When people think of a Personal Brand, do you know what they think of?
They imagine that Instagrammer they follow, a very attractive girl, who posts...
