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Author: Josue Arteaga Countless phone and computer applications guarantee an increase in followers in no time, just like pages and posts guarantee followers in exchange for a like, or share, it has become very easy and obtainable to gain followers. This is impressive, and also difficult, is building a network of followers organically. Building a brand is challenging but not Impossible,...

Author: Carter & Courtney Reum In order to exit your company successfully, you must follow these simple steps. Your company has finally achieved success. You’re finally looking to cash out on the effort you invested. Deservingly so, but you’re not done yet. The most critical stage is near — the exit. Founders can’t simply hand over the reins in exchange for a handsome payday. It’s more complicated, as...

Author: Yitzi Weiner “Building a solid product generally takes two to three times as much time and effort as you initially expect. This is particularly true when building a product where you have a clear end-goal in mind, but you’re the first to pave the way in achieving that product or goal. Overestimate on the time and resources needed.” I had the...

Author: Founder Collective Entrepreneurs pitching venture capitalists have access to an endless stream of advice on tweaks that can be made to their decks, strategies they can use to manage the fundraising process, and (ugh) hacks to eke out an incremental advantage in the scramble for capital. Founders seeking capital should try to get every edge they can, but they should also...

Author: Jake Prins Trello, Craigslist, Unsplash, AppSumo, Twitter, Gmail… what do all these successful companies have in common? Yes, they can all trace their humble beginnings back to being something we might call a ‘side project’. Side projects come in many forms and have lots of different purposes. Some people start them to create a nice product and eventually build a successful company,...

Author: Zat Rana “We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.” It’s a line only Bukowski could have written. To some, he was a cult-hero. To others, he was a low-life. In either case, the man made an impression. An author, a pessimist, an alcoholic, and a poet. Bukowski’s work has...

Author: Aytekin Tank Question: What do Craigslist and Albert Einstein have in common? Answer: Their big idea started as a side project. 1905. Albert Einstein worked six days a week full-time in an office, examining patent applications. He dedicated all his remaining hours to studying and experimenting with physics. One day, the Theory Of Relativity was conceived — completely off-the-clock. 1993. Craig Newmark, employed at an investment company, started an email list in...

Author: Darius Foroux Life is complex. One day you’re happy, working on your daily tasks, and the next day you wake up, thinking: “What the fuck should I do with my life?” Am I right? We’ve all been there. When one of my readers responded to an article last week, I asked her: “How’s it going?” She said: “Am doing well. Been interesting...

Author: Kamaldeen Yusuf Kehinde Most people react strangely to children learning to code in the digital skill’s field. They tend to harbour the belief that coding is a too complex thing for kids to comprehend, and that learning it will never impact on them, seeing it rather as a waste of time and effort. There are, however, a few who feel...

Author: Nathan Kontny Someone asked me the other day what personality trait I had that’s responsible for the success I’ve had in life. There’s two things to that question I’d like to unpack. The personality trait, which I’ll cover in another post soon, but maybe even more importantly, what is this “success” they spoke of? I’ve founded and run various software companies. Today, I...

Author: steve blank A Case Study Teams that build continuous customer discovery into their DNA will become smarter than their investors, and build more successful companies. It’s been over 4 years since I first blogged about Ashwin. He’s one of my ex-students who wanted to raise a seed round to build an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (drones) with a Hyper-spectral camera and fly it over farm fields collecting...

Author by: Sunil Rajaraman You wake up at 6:30 a.m. after an Ambien-induced sleep. It’s Friday. Last night at the Rosewood was pretty intense — you had to check out Madera and see if there is any truth to the long-running Silicon Valley rumors. You were disappointed, but at least you did get to see a few GPs from prominent VC firms at the...

Author by: Paris Marx Black Friday is synonymous with the image of consumers storming big box stores, but a growing number of shoppers are opting instead to stay home and get their deals from Amazon. In 2017, so many people chose to do so that as thousands of digital carts were being checked out, the wealth of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos...

Author by: Vinod Khosla So imagine the possible in the many of the areas of interest and let’s imagine the axes and tools of innovation. The way I think about it is the greater the number of axes, that is the dimensions in which innovation is possible, and the better the tools for innovation, experimentation, and lower the cost of trials...

Author by: Dmytro Brovkin Uber has transformed the world. Indeed, its inconceivable to think of a world without the convenience of the innovative ride sharing service. Tracing its origins in a market which is constantly being deregulated, Uber has emerged triumphant. Operating in over 58 countries and valued roughly at US$ 66 billion, Uber has rapidly expanded to established branches in...

Author by: Amy Vertino When I read Susan Fowler’s story, my blood boiled. I am not able to sleep. My friends kept sending me updates on the story and insisting on letting my own experience be made public. I am sure there are plenty of women still working at Uber’s San Francisco office who have many such stories to tell. Here...