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...
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...
