My Favorite Entrepreneur Story in a Long Time
If you don’t like it hot, use less,” he said. “We don’t make mayonnaise here.”
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Featured Stories
Visualizing Dilution i...
Don't get diluted by shooting for the stars.
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Sales & Marketing
Should You Ever Fire A...
Sometimes, you have to fire a customer. When you’re in the business of making customers happy, it [...]
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Cost Structure
The Way Companies Are ...
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There are lots of trends people have been talk [...]
Case Studies
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DoubleClick Co-Founder’s Lessons Learned from Three Decades in Startups
Kevin O’Connor became an entrepreneur because of two people: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. The investor and co-founder of DoubleClick and several other[...]
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When Do You Throw in the Towel On Your Struggling Project?
One of the hardest decisions you have to make, as an entrepreneur, is deciding when to give up on your current struggling project. It’s made especia[...]
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8 Tips For Creating a Great Case Study
Case studies are a great way to tell the world how valuable your products or services are. They go beyond simple testimonials by showing real-life exa[...]
Interviews with CEOs
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Why Angel Investors Don’t Make Money … And Advice For People Who Are Going To Become Angels Anyway
Everywhere I go in Silicon Valley I hear people discussing their angel investments. The conversations remind me of fish stories. People love recountin[...]
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Richard Branson Interview about How to Succeed as an Entrepreneur
Nobody ever tells you that starting and running a business is really tough. The first 5 years are all about survival. This is the essence of what Mult[...]
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Just starting out in startups? Here’s some advice.
I get a lot of questions around how to get into startups. Here's my advice:
Sales & Marketing
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Should You Ever Fire A Customer?
Sometimes, you have to fire a customer. When you’re in the business of making customers happy, it’s a very difficult realization to come to. It’[...]
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Pricing in reverse: use a product’s price to figure out what you need to build.
wrong: build something and then figure out how much you can charge. right: choose your desired price, then figure out how to justify it.
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Getting to No
Selling complex solutions is not like selling a commodity. Your prospects have a uniqueness about them that requires you to be more thorough, and deta[...]
Featured Stories
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Visualizing Dilution in Deals
Don't get diluted by shooting for the stars.
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Lean’s Great Dilemma: Persist or Pivot
The Lean Startup Conference finished with a discussion between Marc Andreessen and Eric Ries. Two points rose to the fore: “lean is not an excuse to[...]
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Inside the Mind of the Consumer or B2B
"A place for everything and everything in its place," goes the old saying.
Today, we have many well-known brands with no places in the mind to put [...]
Recent Research
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When To Get Rid of Your MVP
First off, congrats. Not many folks even get to this stage where you have a successful MVP with many users. [...]
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The Golden Age of Design in Startups
The startups being invested in are designer-led.
Videos
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Did You Know this about Social Media?
Were you aware of these facts about social media and how fast technology is innovating mankind?
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Blogs in Plain English
Blogs in Plain English
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Twitter in Plain English
What is Twitter and what do people use it for? Find out now