Swiping is an addictive game designed to keep you single. Hinge isn’t playing anymore.
I’ve been following the Machine Learning space for a while now, and it’s becoming a more and more recurring topic of discussion with founders who want to add ML to their products. One problem that seems common is the…
via Muzli design inspiration
In the last 48 hours, Vice’s Motherboard and The Guardian published articles about how Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and other tech influencers barely follow any women on Twitter. Musk responded with a tweet that the Vice reporter was part of the PC…
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Amazon’un online satış yapan şirketler için ne kadar önemli olduğunu Amerika’ya geldikten sonra tam olarak…
After working with a couple of our portfolio companies on cohort analyses, I eventually put together a cohort analysis template. In the spirit of open sourcing and (hopefully) helping out some founders…
Every day I meet with Founders and I ask them a variety of questions. While no two conversations flow in exactly the same way, I’m usually learning a lot about their background, their vision, their knowledge of the market they’re playing in and more. However, not a single…
Here’s something you might have noticed:
20 years ago, George R.R. Martin published the first book of A Song of Ice and Fire. Things were different then. It cost millions…
Over the last half decade, we have seen an increase in direct to consumer brands that sell their product…
User experience design for software applications is first concerned with practical matters…
We held a team offsite in New York last month. If you know any of us at Spark, you’d guess that we spent most of the time debating with each other, like a family where everyone argues…
You know you should write a book, but you still…
The process to create this guide: 1) (2015) become frustrated that everyone is talking about AI and I’m not sure what they mean 2)…
前回、「Fin x Tech — ぶつかり合う個性が生み出すもの」から少し時間が経ってしまいましたが・・たくさん反響をいただき、ありがとうございました！
対談に出てもらった中村に、金融の歴史について話を聞く機会があり、対談のシリーズの一環として、皆さんにもわかりやすくお伝えしていくというものをここから何回かに分けてお届けしたいと思います。
It was with great excitement that we rolled out Story archiving in Clubhouse. We figured users would be excited to have a place where deserted Stories could be sent to live out their retirement years. However, because this feature can be misused, we thought we should…
(Originally published on SaaStr — more on that here.)
So as a founder, I was fired by 3 PR firms. In a row. Two actual PR firms, and the third, a solo shop.
Author: Dan Faccio, Director, Qualcomm Ventures Latin America
Agricultural Technology (AgTech) is emerging as a hot area for investment in Latin America, but this is still a fairly recent phenomenon. As with many other…
Два года назад наша маленькая (на тот момент) команда — я как руководитель проекта, два разработчика, маркетолог и контент-менеджер — начали с нуля делать мобильный классифайд в Нигерии. Почему Нигерия — мы очень много писали в предыдущей…
Je déteste penser à l’argent. L’idée que je “doive” travailler pour en avoir afin de…
Goals of this post: Convince the reader that they should make it their #1 current focus in life to either a) level up b) work on this problem c) work on another valuable problem d) do something else that they…
With about a hundred other volunteers, I spent a day at Solano State Prison judging a business plan pitch competition.
Thanks to an organization called Defy Ventures that partners with incarcerated men to launch new careers and startups upon their release…
Experiential learning has long been an integral part of the Northeastern experience. The school received a record 51,014 undergraduate applications in 2016, undoubtedly thanks in part to growing acclaim for the co-op…
25 years old — one quarter through a 100 year life, or 41% through life if I live to 61.
It’s been a crazy year so far, and to understand more, let’s flash back to this time 1 year ago:
Money is essential! Especially when you’re trying to build a business. Watch my short…
Some of the most interesting conversations happen in the informal meet-ups leading upto the events. It is in these casual conversations that your ideas tend to get better…
Games are about winning and, with time, people figure out the best ways to win. This presents a problem for any incentives we set up. We may have a good intention to get a good outcome. We may want people to be smart, or to solve problems, or to help society. But once any…
I had the chance to pitch Speedinvest as an employer and want to share my thoughts / notes with you:
Hello out there. We are Speedinvest. And many of you will ask yourself now who the f**k is…
Camille Fournier
Why now is actually a good time to be a music startup
It’s the wife’s fault.
Ok, the first ‘down’ or ‘low’ of my start-up journey. Less than 3 weeks in and I’ve already failed to write a blog entry at least every week but, it’s not my fault. In fact, none of this is my fault. It’s not my…
“Know yourself, know your enemy, and you need not fear one hundred battles. Know only yourself and not your enemy, and for every victory gained you shall sustain defeat. Know neither yourself nor your enemy, and you shall succumb in every battle.” — Sun Tzu The…
Há um mês atrás, numa discussão de projeto, pensamos em uma estrutura para que nosso app…
An embattled blood-testing innovator struggles for a reboot. Theranos, the Silicon Valley company that once…
MERCI. Je n’ai pas trouvé les bons mots pour te remercier à la hauteur de ce que tu m’as apporté alors je te le dis simplement…
Innovation and invention are often used interchangeably. Attend any startup conference and…
Note: This is adapted from the post on my blog.
Every day, I read about people looking for jobs and how it has been hard to find a job in Nigeria. Youth unemployment in Nigeria has doubled between 2012 and 2016. During a youth…
We’re looking for a few great developers to join the team and build voice interactions on hardware devices. With the growth of voice…
Manufacturing for startups hinges on long-term interest alignment
This article was first published on Rude Baguette on August 31st 2015.
By 1987 I was broke. I was sick. I was addicted to drugs and alcohol. I’d spent the last ten…
Let’s start off with full disclosure — I’ve invested in what M25 is doing in more ways than one, and inevitably have some inherent biases. I’m wearing multiple hats as author of this blog. I’m on the board of M25, I’m an investor in both funds M25 has launched, and I’m the…
The day Mike Carson built Park.io he did not set out to be at the helm of a big business. We know this because he didn’t go…
Don’t wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. ~ William Butler Yeats
Action.
The month of October is special for our startup Tekuma http://tekuma.io/. One full year since we incorporated, two years since it began as a startup and four years since the original butterfly logo was created and the original founders met at MIT. For my first post on…
We’re a few weeks into the 2016 Innovators Program Raleigh, an accelerator program for early-stage, high-growth startups supported by Red Hat, Citrix, and HQ Raleigh. Each week, we’re featuring a Q&A…
Wonderland is a network driven by the believe that the power of entrepreneurship can change the world. Everything around us has been created by those who had the confidence and courage to act. They see solutions where others see problems. They feel the…
On October 19 and 20th, we will be staging our second NewCo Festival in Mexico City. Over 60 innovative businesses will be opening their doors and sharing their experience and insights on tackling meaningful problems. Contrary to those who would build border walls, the NewCo…
I’m pretty good at telling you what I think, but wouldn’t it be nice to hear…
As one of the two transfers of my collegiate career, I spent a year in Wilmington North Carolina.
Local weather enthusiast has no plans to stop
This past summer, I had the pleasure of interning at Tablehero — a startup aiming to reimagine the technology stack for restaurateurs through an intelligent operating system. This particular internship appealed to me because I’ve spent the majority of…
1 Ekim Cumartesi günü Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Güney Kampüs’te 800+ misafir ve 46 startup ile Türkiye’de ilk defa olan startup karnavalı fikrini hayata geçirdik.
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Girişimcilik Merkezi ve Endeavor’un katkıları…
When delivering software to our customers or helping them setup a DHIS2 for their National Health Information System (NHIS), we always end up with the same question: where should to host the system? While Web Applications can be developed using various…
As an investor, you do whatever you can to make sure that you never have that “oh, shit.” board meeting…
Online Shopper? There is a lot of prejudice and myth around cashback offered by websites like CouponDunia and some others. A lot of users miss out on a lot of savings because they take Cashback very lightly. IMHO Cashback makes a lot of sense and…
This story moved to my new blog https://5error.com/take-a-step-back-grow-up-for-a-second/
Not too long ago a wonderful friend, and primary school classmate posted a picture of our 6th grade class on Facebook, and tried to tag all the students. Not long after the missing friends were tagged by people she was not Facebook friends…
The number one question I’ve personally been asked in the last six months has been “Wait isn’t it 4AM? Why are you still awake?” People are baffled that despite my irregular sleep schedule, I can stay focused during the day and balance school with my extracurricular activities. I don’t believe…
In the last 15 years, coaching people to get results in large and complex organisations, I’ve seen…
Como empreendedorismo é um tema que está “quente”, quem não se identifica com a ideia de abrir uma empresa tende a escapar da discussão dizendo que, não tem o perfil empreendedor e não tem interesse em ter seu próprio…
If these sales insights don’t motivate you, I don’t know what will. But in all seriousness these statistics will help you see the true nature of sales in today’s day and age. Take…
Yeah, finally. Writing this blog post is like a dream come true. Finally, I have a real startup I am working on (I have worked on a couple of projects that look startup-like in the past). While it is still in the idea stage and I might not want it to be totally…
W świecie innowacji powstają kolejne przestrzenie cooworkingowe w których zbierające się…
Guess the Reporter
Which San Francisco-based Reuters reporter recently switched beats from one enterprise to another, covering the exclusive of Uber’s autonomous truck fleet?
A necrology of the most brilliant citizen journalism start-ups
Growth hacking is not just for Growth Hackers, it’s a mindset.
In fact, Sean Ellis, the guy who coined the term in 2010 (and co-founded growthhackers.com) gave this definition of a Growth…
Who are we? Trendendo! What are we gonna do? Change the world! How are we going to do it? Iterative enhancements, design edits, marketplace…
We’ve received an email from Ivy Hughes, Social Media Director at Language I/O — a software company that seamlessly plugs into CRM systems to automate the process of translating customer support content like FAQs…
The Zoho Creator University Degree starts this October, and on September 28th and 29th the Zoho Creator Workshop it took place in Sydney.
So you’re a candidate on the market, and considering what company to call home next. You’ve probably had a variety of experiences throughout your career, each one a bit different than the last, and had your previous role been the…
I am working on my second independent health project. I do not call it a second startup or a second venture yet. I call it a project: a pilot or an exploratory project…
Une plateforme collaborative qui permet aux professionnels et travailleurs nomades de louer un espace chez des particuliers pour y travailler la journée
Media, and specifically social media, is a powerful tool.
This also applies to networking. “When is it useful to focus on building a network, and when should I just be doing/making things…
If you were anywhere near Boston last week, chances are you heard about HUBweek, a weeklong idea festival that…
All we had were renders and some iPhone photos of the internal mechanisms.
Here’s one of our latest adventures: we were challenged to boost social proof for one of our clients, Zercado. But there was a huge problem —…
Seek and She Shall Find
“Keep Secrets from…
MassChallenge Israel is excited to have teamed up with Jerusalem Foundation’s Social Innovation Challenge, in honor of their 50th anniversary celebrations.
At Hive, we think all the tools you use should coordinate together seamlessly.
Rejections, email notifications, content rendering and refactoring.
Not sure what this is, start here with our README, or catch up on last week, vrbtm.co development stream |…
Tuesday night was our first public demo of GRAKN.AI! At that time, our name was still MindapsDB. Our founder, Haikal Pribadi, put on an admirable presentation, despite having fallen ill after his trip to the O’Reilly AI Conference in NYC last week.
What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in…
WeSearchr (@wesearchr) recently posted an interesting idea on Twitter: “Should we do a bounty on @Ricky_Vaughn99's ban? Internal memos? Name of…
Mimic is a new way to look and immerse yourself in the world of robotics. After years of tinkering around, Brett Pipitone and the Robomotive Laboratories team developed Mimic — a 12-inch-tall robot that moves around and lets you…
The internet has given birth to thousands of social networking apps. Fives, a social networking platform that aims to make it easy for users to connect with their social circle for fun events, is one of those jostling for space…
Today, I fired a guy without warning.
I felt I had the permission to fire him. So I did. He had made many mistakes over time, small and large. He had cost me on average 1 hour of work for every mistake he’d made, and he was used to making them on…
How well is your organization at helping customers solve their concerns quickly and easily? What practice do you follow to keep your customers contended? How do you take follow ups on your offerings? The key is to come up with a…
“If I have seen further than others, it is because I am surrounded by dwarfs.” — Nobel prize winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann
Whenever I have a discussion about education with someone, this question always comes up — What is the purpose of an education system in a society?
Most say, it is to help our children have a bright future by getting a good job…
Foreigners who sell on Amazon and who are interested in establishing a company in the…
For the past five years, I’ve been working at two separate but equally powerful goals. Goal one…
Who is Norris Ventures? Another VC Firm? A new holdings player? Good questions…and I am glad to explain. In this economic climate, it seems many would advise against the starting of “another business” or “another holdings…
Today is Friday!
Hello Andy, At some points i think you are right. But for business purpose its very necessary to earn money by those employs. I saw many employ who left your job because of the same process. They have new ideas but they can’t apply on particular project. For example how much tech agency like google have patience to cover the wishes? Slowly, Its my opinion… In future Without google no one will stand independently.
by Paul McNabb
tl;dr — TechShop is great but it needs help if it is to thrive. In particular, it needs more involved members and help reducing member churn. I have a 5-point plan that I am asking every member to consider.
Written by Jordes Greene for The Sports Medium
Nothing happens overnight, unless it’s what you don’t want.
(Wrote this a couple of weeks ago — Medium was misbehaving at the time)
Yesterday was the 15-year anniversary of my diary.
Ever since 9/11 (yeah, like the ACTUAL 9/11) back in 2001 I have been habitually writing…
October 5th, 2016
** Answer by Jay Miles on Quora**
Angel Investing is a rather new form of investing in Singapore and South East Asia. Experienced Angel Investor, Mr Lim Der Shing shares his thoughts to the general questions many people ask about Angel Investing.
This is the reason I dnt want to be a step anything!!! I lost my mom at 8yrs my dad neva remarried jus had alot ov girlfriends kids are weird I dnt know how to explain but steps are difficult u need grace and the hand of God. Anyway not trying to be negative bt I have something to add the Bible says an open rebuke is better than concealed love…
9th Jul 2015
Are entrepreneurs a special breed born into this world with a drive and need to succeed that most of humanity lacks, or are they created through education, experiences and mentorship?
The world is a wealth of information. Obtaining it can be overwhelming and difficult. Thankfully, one of the most underrated means of getting information is through meeting people. However, most of the experts you need or the jobs you want are outside of your…
We’re excited to announce KidTech, a new site we launched today to shine a spotlight on great, innovative products that…
2015 was a banner year for startup funding with over $2.3 bn invested across 1000 deals…
After building a startup in university, Michael Cohen was hooked. He knew he would be an entrepreneur for life. Then…
Most company leaders want to have a vibrant company culture and high level of…
I’m working long time right before the release date. Although this date is not a straight deadline, but I still want to work towards it.
First things first, let’s get this out of the way right now. Reboot is a for-profit enterprise…
Everyone has an inbox that’s bursting at the seams. Communicating has never been easier and, as a…
It is common to think, that startuppers are nice guys, who in their companies run lean methods of management. Not necessarily worrying too much about some kind of procedures, documents, summaries, or forecasts. They are simply like that and work like that, how…
I was visiting a client of mine in the last week and as soon as I entered his office, I casually asked his team “Kya chal…
