Why You Should Focus On Distribution Before Focusing on Product

Winning companies have either a remarkable product that ‘sells itself’ or a strong product with remarkable distribution. As a startup founder, one of the fundamental questions you have to ask yourself early on is: should…

GoFundMe’s $500 Million Valuation — How Medical Crowdfunding is Eating the World — Part 2

When TechCrunch reported last week that GoFundMe was raising capital at a $500 Million valuation, I decided to write a two-part blog post discussing how a crowdfunding site not…

Colleges Should Get Rid of First-Week Orientation and Replace Them with Startup Weekends

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The Four Most Powerful Words in the English Language

I believe in you.

The Habit of No

Most people at startups are in the habit of saying yes.

Peak San Francisco

I was at a tech conference the other day in SF. My buddy was one of the speakers. All the speakers got a bottle of wine.

Buddy: I’m going to Shyp the wine home so I don’t have to carry it around all day.