The “Chief of Staff “ role has quickly moved from the political world into prominent, high-growth technology companies. But what does the title really entail?
Early in your career, it’s great to know who the icons of your field are so you understand what…
C’est la news Tech de la semaine : la start-up de la Food-Tech Take Eat Easy ferme boutique. Malgré des levées de fonds d’envergure, malgré un service apprécié des utilisateurs, malgré une croissance insolente, malgré une belle image de marque, la froide réalité de…
I’ve been designing Missive, the one app for email and chat, for the past two years as the only…
Managers who don’t know how to measure what they…
Since we’re all about transparency at Matter Studios, I wanted to share my to-do list to illustrate all that goes into setting up a…
Years ago at a previous job, I was put in charge of shipping a long overdue release across three products. Bugs were a major concern for the stakeholders, so a Zero Bug Release (ZBR) became our success metric. Every day I would open my spreadsheet, identify the critical and high priority bugs that…
via Muzli design inspiration
Some people on Twitter can be quite active. And even if that’s not the case, Twitter tends to be a very fast-paced social media channel, making it hard not to miss out on important tweets.
Nir’s Note: This guest post is an excerpt from the new book Invisible Influence: The Hidden Factors that Shape Behavior, written by my friend and Wharton School professor, Jonah Berger.
We were approached by Dave at New World Code to re-design the branding for his product Multicolour.
The structure behind our operation model is responsible for providing a significant impact that goes beyond…
Let’s set the expectations straight from the beginning: the title says “how to not lose big” not “how to win.” This is a serious and risky business, and there are no guarantees. Please try…
Use your negative thinking to succeed, and value all aspects of your thinking.
Το πρώτο πράγμα που θα ακούσεις από έναν ισραηλινό founder δεν είναι ότι “χαράμισε τέσσερα χρόνια από τη ζωή του στον…
TL;DR — We want to give founders the ability to make informed decisions when raising their first investment. The best way to do this is by showing them what seed rounds look like in the UK. So if you’ve raised your first round (of less than £2m) in the last 12 months…
E-commerce is dead in Nigeria, what’s next?
I don’t want to be carrier of bad news but the reality is that, e-commerce in just got punched in the face.
Since 2014 there has been a gold rush to launch in e-commerce in Nigeria. No doubt, the validation and market creation Konga and Jumia went about was…
We’re excited to introduce Haus, an online approach to open and fair home buying and selling.
Everyone loves looking at houses online but when it comes to buying and selling, it’s often described as something to “get through” or “survive.” What should be positive is stressful. Anyone…
Did you know that kids around the world have created 8 million programs for Dash & Dot? Over the past year, children have turned Dash & Dot into standup comedians, learned about the Underground Railroad, and traveled to space where they…
A living document with ongoing contributions from the entire Smiletime team (the guys behind pop.in)
The honey doesn’t taste so good once it is being eaten; the goal doesn’t mean so much once it is reached; the reward is no so rewarding once it…
On my small business/startup journey I have learnt a lot more from my mistakes than my victories. We asked some…
We’re out of time! Our beloved Sunrise is saying goodbye. Twitter is ablaze with determined replacement seekers and tech celebrities who little choice but to accept this new reality.
Last week, I gave my two weeks’ notice to the Commerce Leadership team, which means that August 5th will be my last…
Having data about how people are using features has revolutionized how I go about building and growing products. One of the key metrics that I’ve spent a lot of time optimizing is week 1…
Quand on parle startup, on a souvent l’image de petits jeunes en jeans et baskets, prodiges de l’informatique qui gèrent une entreprise ou l’on joue au babyfoot en buvant des bières. L’avis est aussi mitigé concernant ce type d’entreprise, certains voient les startups comme…
The odds are against you, but the best entrepreneurs jump anyway.
An early stage startup will face many challenges such as funding issues, legal disputes…
The total sobriety of a former creative anarchist.
Associer entrepreneuriat et innovation est un sacerdoce. Une telle aventure nécessite…
I remember with great nostalgia the day Fela Durotuye spoke to us in the training room at lagoon court (watermark) on change management. I picked a few notes from that talk. First, an institution is an organization that is set and destined to last long; say a hundred…
Four years ago…
I was briefly working at a company that invested in startups. Super early stage startups. Back then they invested when the business was basically just a team with piece of paper. Ok, it was more than that. But still, it was very…
When you start a company, you are choosing to dedicate your life (or at least a major piece of it) to solving a…
Bütün zamanımı internet girişimlerinin büyüme süreçleri üzerine çalışmakla geçiriyorum. Bu süreç…
By Jon Ollwerther, COO Aerobo
Web and Social Media Monitoring tool. As the need for brands to monitor their online fame is getting more demanding, it is also expanding to smaller companies and also individuals…
If you’re new to technology or new to 100 PM, you might naturally be asking the question, What is product management?
Great question!
Before I tackle a longer form explanation, let me offer you a short version —…
Today Plangrid announced a new open API for customers and developers (You can read more about it here). We at Vernox are incredibly excited about this announcement and want to…
The one crucial mistake that founders make.
Beware, this is a rant.
I see this over and over again.
Founders looking over the pond in hope of cheap talent.
No, we can’t, but we’re doing our part to reduce reliance on it!
→ Yann Girard
If you do too many things at the same time you’ll always feel like you haven’t accomplished anything. Even if you did.
The problem with doing too many things at the same time is not necessarily that you’re working on too many different things at…
Starting a new job can be exciting. For a product manager, going into a new…
It has been 6 months since I started commuting “by-city” between New York and Toronto. And yes, New…
A question we’re often asked during conversations with early-stage entrepreneurs is “What do investors look for when considering a Seed or Series A startup?” At some point, this question might be followed by “What does it take to get to Series B?”
Great films are often lauded for their videography, acting, story, and overall impact on an audience. But for a film…
Dunia freelancer saat ini sedang menjadi sesuatu yang menarik terutama bagi orang orang…
We released Pitchcard Explore on Product Hunt about two weeks ago. The respond was mind…
Pokémon Go exploded seemingly overnight and shows no signs of slowing its viral pace. The augmented reality app’s astoundingly rapid success is due, at least in part, to its mastery of viral loop marketing. While many other apps have created…
I constantly see different startups trying to penetrate the college student market. Yik Yak was big but…
Que o Canadá possui vários incentivos para atrair estrangeiros não é nenhuma novidade…
When passionate about something, always pursue it! Do not be afraid to fail… or succeed! — Erkens Gjini
Once upon a time a was a young mom to a newly diagnosed spectrum child and we were starting our first year of home school, kindergarten. I had grand visions in my head of how I could teach him all the skills needed to be successful in life…
As I am building unbank.ventures programming I am reaching out to fellow colleagues to learn what it takes to get into the best accelerator programs in Silicon Valley. The goal of unbank.ventures is to help early stage FinTech companies get into top rated accelerator…
Aklını duygularından önde tutan, sürekli üreten iş adamı ve girişimciye önerim; prensiplerinizi kontrol edin, amacınızın…
Entrepreneur en devenir, cette réflexion pourrait vous intéresser. Non pas parce…
Once a startup launches its new product, it finds itself lacking a very important thing: Social Proof.
Social Proof has always been around since our early days in the caves. If everyone is eating this plant, than this plant seems to be a good one and I should eat it too…
I’m excited to announce that I’m starting a new chapter and have joined Udacity’s new London…
Are decisions made by consensus great or average? Should we create processes to seek advice rather than trying to take into consideration all the provided feedback while operating under the assumption that all participants will commit to the final decision?
“Start with your story. That’s it.”
It’s not uncommon for a founder to feel trapped.
This post was originally written by our advisor David Reiss. David is a Principal Consultant with over 20 years’ experience in technical, commercial, sales and marketing roles. He has been helping us to articulate, promote and sell the value proposition of…
Anne Ravanona, Global Invest Her Founder talks closing the confidence gap and perfecting the ask.
The lens that you look at the world through has been shaped by your experience in life. By the culture in which you…
(You can also check this out on our in-house blog, right here. Come on. Pay us a visit.)
I heard Peter Thiel recently say that the biggest mistake startups make is overestimating their serviceable addressable market. He mentioned this being particularly true for GreenTech, a sector that has been a bloodbath for some…
This is an email sent out to the internal team at Death to Stock, but it’s been made public for those who are curious to follow our ideas and culture.
It has been a good year so far for our Israeli-based portfolio companies with four exits totaling more than $1.2 Billion. Early this year, Altair was acquired by Sony Semiconductor for $212M, which was the first acquisition ever for the Japanese company in…
Start-up ventures and surfing have a lot in common. Surfing, whether it’s in Orange County, California, or elsewhere, is about catching waves and riding them, and relying on timing, expertise, intuition and quick instincts. Entrepreneurialism is about spotting…
It’s called Republic.co and it is one of the first crowdfunding platforms that allows for every day American business owners to list their company in order to seek an equity or debt investment from the American public. Who are these American…
You know that moment you’re drinking tea or watching a movie and suddenly you jump up thinking, “Hey! I’ve got it!” ? Apart from startling others with your shout, you could surprise them even more with what you make out of that great idea.
I am currently in what some people call the ‘ideation’ stage, which is investigating one or many ideas to see if there is value in pursuing.
Anyone that knows me through work will know that I am an executor, I take the idea/project/product…
Yesterday the startup I previously worked for, SeatGeek, announced a landmark deal with Major League Soccer. The deal will make SeatGeek the official ticketing partner for the burgeoning league. At the heart of the deal, SeatGeek will bring…
I wrote this post years ago on my personal blog, but after having invested in ~40 companies (and raised a multi million…
startup.business
Starting a business? Then you’re busy. So busy, in fact, that you probably don’t believe you…
This is an idea that’s been rattling around in my head for a while. My world since graduating from university has yet to involve a desk job. In one previous professional role I had a desk, but I was an absentee…
Too many founders, VCs and corporates have become obsessed with the warm intro. Founders are hiding their direct emails from pitch decks and websites, charging to meet for coffees and closing networks rather than broadening…
When I started reading my emails this morning after coming back from the gym, I almost fell of my chair. The prestigious Red Herring publication, is considering my application for their Top 100 Innovators in Asia program.
On Monday, 18 July, 2016, the Hon, Malcolm Turnbull, PM, appointed the Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, the Hon Craig Laundy MP, Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science and the…
For quite some time now I have been hearing many people, like the much beloved Gary Vanynerchuk…
Many individuals are interested in making a tax election to minimize long-term tax due. However, this may or may not be a good choice for you. I will not go through the analysis and pros/cons of such a choice in this post…
Chi è Milanese lo sa, il mantra di Giacomo Biraghi (secolourbano su Twitter), prima di essere #expottimista, era proprio #milanocapitaledellestartup, con un primo tweet il 13 aprile del 2012 in occasione dei…
The final day. Three months of work packed into 10 minutes or less.
Three months of struggle and success. Three months of friendship failure and finding yourself amidst the grassy hillocks of Ireland.
The journey from scrappy start-up to a $1 billion buy
It’s really a honor to announce that two teams from MakeMountain have launched on Indiegogo this month. You might interested which projects they are. Follow me now.
We recently got some traction with our app after being featured on the Today Show. Check out some of the things that we learned. This is relevant to anyone with a startup — especially in the app dev space…
There is nothing in life more draining than giving up on something that you really believed in and had passion about-or someone…
Stealing art is the only way to grow and make connections between the world. It’s the only…
NADA ME VEM À MENTE, NEM VIRÁ
Essa história de ter o que dizer, sempre, não é tão simples. Outro dia estava eu a falar sobre o tal “bloqueio criativo”, que…
Here’s a hint…
It’s not just about money, but it’s not “do what you love” either.
When you’re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you’re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You’ll know it’s there, so you’re going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night…
A special person once said to me that when it comes to diet and exercise, vanity will only get you so far.
So too I think of what we choose to do with our lives and our businesses. Motivation will only get you so far, and often, not through the hard…
DHH, there are others who favor the idea of growing small local businesses over searching for the next unicorn. But there aren’t many resources out there for tech startups to get a little funding and do some profit sharing (instead of…
Maintaining SSL certificates used to be the bane of my existence mainly because it is ALWAYS crazy different depending on where you are deploying, what OS, whether or not you have openSSL installed etc….Reason #42 why I love AWS ? SSL certs are…
Identity is near and dear to my heart. Probably because I’ve been dealing with my own…
We often read about students of the best colleges starting their ventures. Why is it so? I feel there are multiple reasons for this.
Best Students — The best colleges tend to filter out the best students through…
Rochester Entrepreneurial Roundtable Discusses Future of City’s Startup Ecosystem: Part 2
You’re pre-gaming with all your friends, getting ready to go out for a wild night in the city. Everyone chipped in for a table and bottle service, it’s looking to be a great night. Everyone’s sipping drinks and someone suggests to play music to get the party going. You’re handed the aux…
I’m headed to Praxis Academy and students have the opportunity to deliver a 90 second elevator pitch. Against my (perhaps) better judgement, I’ve decided to give one. The last pitch I wrote, from my post My Personal Elevator Pitch … 30 seconds … GO, is below:
Your parents lived a different kind of life to you. Gone are the days when your life path had to follow the same route as everyone else’s: finish school, go to college, graduate, get a job (not a career), stick it out, climb the ranks, never leave, die. Sure, it was…
What factors to consider while renting a meeting room?
If you are looking for a meeting room, then you have to be very careful about your choice. The choice…
Hardly anyone in business today talks about self-awareness. I’m not sure why.
Cody Musser another great advice would be understanding who is your target audience. Although it looks obvious, people who just don’t pay enough attention of that and simply focusing on the product thus waste their time and resources for something that might not be productive after all
Like to add one more. Wikibuy Chrome Extension. It will change the way you buy things online.
The startup’s first product is Sleepio, a digital sleep improvement program that claims to help users overcome poor sleep, and has already deployed to…
They include Blumberg Capital, Qualcomm Incorporated (via its venture investment group, Qualcomm Ventures) FJ Labs, Uri Levine, Emery Capital, Ton Ventures, Radiant Venture…
(I’m in the conference room of the California Governor’s Mansion on H Street in Sacramento with Governor Jerry Brown and Secretary of State Alex Padilla)
I’m not much of a love expert, although I do hope my wife awards me at least a certificate of participation, if not a distinction. My engagement with entrepreneurship may be a little better, having been a banker, advisor and observer of small…
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Excellent news! Looking forward to hearing details on the Scale-Up partnership.
