“Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. Alibaba, the most valuable retailer, has no inventory. And Airbnb, the world’s largest accommodation provider, owns no real estate.
Something interesting is happening.”
-Tom Goodwin
Uber’s success and rise to being Silicon Valley’s highest valued privately funded company is inspiring the “Uber of Everything” or “Uber of X” — the on-demand revolution. While the list is full of creativity and entrepreneurial spirit, reaching success including…
So last night I got retweeted by Mark Cuban. As a business student who is trying to start a business naturally I was stoked! I quickly started tell all my friends and family about what had just happened…and then I realized something… Mark retweeted me for…
For the last few weeks, we’ve been building a thing to help people find and share great tools. It’s called Stacks and you can…
I assume you’ve read Made To Stick? This piece reminded of Chapter One, specifically the portions about Commander’s Intent.
“Colonel Kolditz says, “Over time we’ve come to understand more and more about what makes people successful in complex operations.” He believes…
Cat is a designer with a love for creating meaningful products that are simple and easy to use. She’s the Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer of Liberio. We’ll do this for 30 minutes! Cat is SUPER awesome so we imagine this will be extremely…
This is the 3rd and final part my everyday struggles; the constant struggle to something productive with…
Dedication, iteration and risk taking
Tôi đã biết về ngài Lý nhiều năm trước, và mặc dù mới chỉ đọc cuốn duy nhất của ông là “Lịch Sử Singapore — Bí kíp hóa Rồng” nhưng tôi chưa bao giờ ngừng thán phục trước những phát biểu hay những điều mới tôi biết về ngài. Tôi muốn dùng từ “ngài” để thể hiện sự kính trọng…
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Every six months around a certain prestigious accelerator’s demo day event, my Twitter feed lights up about how high seed valuations are in today’s market.
On “selling out” or “going corporate”
At the end of the day, I see two paths. One in which I rise up, always improving, hustling, never quite satisfied. People know me for projects I’ve built, but they don’t know me. I…
“Spoils of the privileged.” A phrase thrown around not uncommonly about services like Uber and Airbnb. I find this…
Una startup, cualquiera sea su rubro, tiene que resolver algún problema de la gente. Algunos llaman al problema, puntos de dolor del consumidor.
En la última semana, anoté los distintos puntos de dolor que fui sufriendo en mis actividades…
The Unicorn
Boxter is developing sustainable systems for growing web traffic and acquiring customers. It’s like a Hubspot/Marketo with better UX and a focus on modern growth hacking.
Startups should learn from corporations, even though we have usually been told the opposite.
As a startup scene, we tend to believe that we’re better. We’re arrogant enough to present our industry as the bright side of a “dirty business world”.
10 lies about entrepreneurship
Dear reader,
These are all my opinions, and not that of any organization I may belong to. I feel these myths inhibit the progress of entrepreneurs the world over.
I would encourage you( yes you reader) to consider these points and not just cast…
I worked from home for a very long time.
There is usually a lot of inhibition before starting something new. The most important thing is to start immediately. Keep all your inhibitions away.
The biggest fear usually is of an unfavorable result. Remember, the journey is as important as the end…
6 months into this. I think we're finally getting it as a team.
Posted March 23, 2015 by Jason Portnoy
In late December 2014 I was talking on the phone with the CEO of one of our promising portfolio companies. During that conversation I began to sense that he believed his company value would cap out in the…
Greensboro, NC is headed toward a new era of economic development. The entrepreneurial community has recognized the value of #startups to the culture, and economy of the Triad. One year ago, the Greensboro Partnership formed a new operating unit called Entrepreneur Connection.
Afgelopen maand heeft hightech startup Eregion een plaats gekregen in de TOP-regeling. Naast een financiering van €40.000 ontvangt het bedrijf ook een jaar lang ondersteuning vanuit Kennispark en toegang tot ondernemersnetwerken. In deze post kunt u…
