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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
