When starting out a career in design, it’s helpful to know some of the great practitioners in…
[This story appeared in Quillette in March 2019]
At dinner not long ago my daughter and I had a standoff. She refused to eat something — a calzone in this case — because it looked “gwoss”. I failed to convince her what was actually in it until finally, I…
via Muzli design inspiration
Early hiring, yet another area where startups often reverse Muggle business logic. Conventional…
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Napkin lets you design quick mockups directly on your iPhone.
I’ve been freelancing for a year, here are seven tips that worked for me
Translated from Freddie Harrison’s article under CC-BY-SA License.
本文作者 Freddie Harrison 是現居蘇格蘭的文字接案工作者與內容策略師 (content strategist)。
Note: This piece is done in response to Marty Cagan’s Women Make the Best Product Managers
Well, at least not innately. Over the past 9 months or so I’ve been fairly active in the Women in Product slack community and have met some…
By Jennifer L. Schenker
Privacy may not be dead after all.
Today’s announcement by six banks that they are jointly investing $20.5 million ($27 milion CDN) in a…
I am sitting in Mayfair, London in a glass office with a pale timber floor. There is…
In the last six months alone I’ve sat down with about 10 or so young (and not so young) people who want to chat…
One of the key things that I’ve had to learn over the last couple of years is how to best manage a portfolio of products. When I started out as a product manager, I could focus on a single product and was fully accountable…
We recently celebrated our 10yr anniversary at OATV. Over a decade ago, seed investing was such a new idea that it took nearly 2yrs of pitching potential investors to get our first fund off the ground.
As I was thinking about my life’s goals, a statement popped into my brain: “I’ll never be a billionaire.”
At SuperMac we were excited to finally get out of the crummy tiltup we had occupied since the company emerged…
Tech startups are innovative because they are founded by engineers, who are generally science…
In this scene of ‘Alice in Wonderland’, Alice is seeking direction from the Cheshire cat. I think we’ve all felt this way, at some point.
In the last couple years, there’s been a lot of talk about zero-dollar marketing…
We have a difficult announcement to make. It’s with heavy hearts that we let you know Cucumbertown as a platform will be discontinuing its services and will be fully retired by March 31st, 2017.
We worked hard to make food blogging a livelihood through our platform but the…
It is hard to give a general answer to the question ‘How to become a Venture Capital Analyst’. Much has been written about it before anyways (read Eze Vidra, Stephan von Perger and many more), and it is true, it depends. All I can do is to…
On normal day at Peergrade we receive 5–10 job applications for various jobs — marketing interns…
Long dark nights in the office. A dwindling bank account. Failed relationships…
You may be wondering what Shakeology is? Well, this is a weight loss product that has been designed by the Team Beachbody. You can order this supplement online through their website. You can choose the one time order or the home direct option which allows the team to deliver…
Welcome to our new series, Meet the Team, where we dive deep with a member of the tech team.
(Repost from the blog at Strikingly.com)
It’s just sitting there. Take it.
Editors note: This article was previously titled — “Startups and the Buharist Economy”…but for the sake of an international audience, it has been better modified to reflect…
As a podcast/radio app, we have put a list of the most popular podcasts from around world in 2016. Hope this can give you some ideas of what to listen in various fields.
I’m sitting here typing this, smiling ear to ear. I couldn’t be more excited to announce that Tagboard has…
People think I’m strong.
They see the things I have in my life, they experience the subjective reality of how I act in their presence and encounter the image I project to the world via my online persona.
Chers utilisateurs,
我是一個24歲的小資女，大學畢業後沒跟其他同學一樣跑去唸碩士班、或是出國打工度假，而是直接投入職場，懷抱一點點改變世界的志願，加入菜鳥1.0的行列。
In helping a bunch of different companies integrate 2FA, I’ve learned that my job as a salesperson is less about selling and more about Engineer Coaching. On virtually every technical team…
I don’t have much time to write, as I spend most of my time learning and…
A few months ago we ran a controversial experiment. Skyscanner is predominantly known for flights search. However, it also has a very good hotels product. To increase awareness of this, returning users were shown the hotels homepage instead of the flights one on their next visit.
Interview by Allison Grinberg-Funes
The Founder’s Desk is a window into the GUILD. This is where we share our insights about networking, community, and the strength that comes from building meaningful bonds with each other. As the GUILD’s network evolves, I hope to share my experiences with you and feature some…
I despise 99% of mainstream media and news. At best, its goal seems to be to instill enough fear…
Our friends at CrunchBase and MindTheBridge just published an incredibly insightful report about the state of the US vs Europe startup ecosystems. They combed through 6,414 startup exits on CrunchBase, and classified them based on locations of both startup and…
Abandon the linear approach for a discovery model in order to ensure (eventual) success.
If you know how to code, you’ve already failed.
When I was an undergrad (it wasn’t that long ago, just 9 years ago…oh my god), I studied business. The…
Alex and I were bound to be friends. Both being from Cyprus, both living in London, and both working in tech, it was nearly…
Sinds dit jaar ben ik samen met Melanie founder van onze eigen startup Embrosa. Samen maken we veel mee. We leren dagelijks…
It Starts at Work: How Industrial Technologies Advance Our Everyday Lives
As you are busy building your own startup, there isn’t much time to manually keep a…
Today ISANZ announced their finalists for New Zealand Security Company of the Year. SafeStack is not on that list.
We’re ok with that.
Honest.
Not sure what to bring to our million-dollar hackathon? We’ve put together a handy packing list to make sure you have the right supplies for the competition (and what to leave at home).
I’ve decided to vote YES on Oregon’s Measure 97 this election year. I wanted to share a few thoughts on it because I wanted a place longer than 140 characters to explain why.
I co-founded Jive Software in 2001 (in Iowa, fun fact) and for its first 3 years we…
Last summer, XAnge made three significant exits: Conexance acquired by WPP, Fidor acquired by BPCE…
We’ve all seen the swag, flyers, info-sheets, and business cards that are normally stacked on startups’ booth tables at demo nights. Well last night I saw something I hadn’t seen before.
By Lingling Chen
Todd Eichler is a serial entrepreneur before bringing H2wOw (pronunciation: H-2-WOW) to the market with his wife Alison Tirone, and…
Over the years I have thought a lot about the big picture of life and what we’re supposed to do…
Petite genèse d’une évidence refoulée.
Il y a un peu plus d’un mois, j’étais directrice d’un centre de loisirs dans une petite ville de Loire Atlantique : ici . Il y a plus d’un an, j’étais la maîtresse d’une classe de CE2 en banlieue parisienne…
Junior partnered with Shyp to help the company expand its offering nationally, rolling out a price comparison service and self-service business model.
The entire Gem team flew out to Nashville for Distributed:Health Conference, the first ever blockchain conference for healthcare. Check out the adventure below:
One of my favourite stories from Silicon Valley is how Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their colleagues at PayPal managed to…
Insurance Tech as a sector has seen a surge in funding of 42% YoY in H1 2016 compared to the same period in 2015 with more than 80 deals topping $1B in funding. The market is however still young…
After construction is completed, the keys are handed over to the facilities management team…
For every office BFF, there’s a work worst-enemy; that person who makes your blood boil with endless pen tapping, overrunning presentations and pointless emails.
By Chris Moore
We are pleased to share the news that Redpoint has raised a new fund dedicated to the domestic market in China led by our partners David Yuan, Tony Wu and Reggie Zhang. Redpoint China I is a $180 million early stage fund that will allow us to…
University: McMaster University
新キャラクターのROU[ルー]がお披露目となった先週。Instagram、もう見ていただけましたか？
Switching job is never easy. When you dedicate yourself climbing some corporate ladder, holding an established professional position doing certain things, it takes certain…
Leigh Christie is the Executive Director of the Entrepreneurs Foundation, founded in 1999 by entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to promote philanthropy and community engagement in their communities. She has also…
It is not arrogant to say No.
It is not rude to say No.
Over 150 people attended the third ERPNext Conference from more than 10 countries. Over two days, we…
-Anand Lunia
As the world gasped and wondered about how great the experience with Uber (and Lyft and Ola) was and at their audacious use of massive amounts of…
Business plan? Forget that — I’m LEAN!
It’s been (again) a little longer than I anticipated but, hey, I have work to do. (if anyone knows of a used Wilson RF Autograph tennis racquet please let me know as I can’t find one anywhere — size…
Very few things have stopped Uber in its quest for world domination — except Didi, the Chinese…
This update marks the beginning of an exciting new phase for Oddshot. A phase in which we take some important steps towards our goal of creating a global video directory for online video based on highlights.
Have you ever thought about humanity before the discovery of salt? When we ate unseasoned food like the savages we were. What an incredibly intense experience it must’ve been when a human first ate a meal seasoned with salt.
こんにちは。今夏よりアメリカにて、Uberによる自動運転のテストが始まっています。詳細は下記の実際の試乗記事を参照してもらえればと思いますが、気になったポイントは以下。
・地域はピッツバーグ・・・ 車が走行する道を予め地図に落とし込む必要があるため、まずはピッツバーグ内で徐々にエリアを広げていく。
・車体は Ford Fusionで現在14台が稼働・・・屋根にカメラとセンサーを搭載しており、 1秒間に140万の地図ポイントを収集し、車の周り360度分のイメージを生成する。
The title of this post reflects the question that I have been asking myself for at least 6 months now. In this…
How to always leave a good impression.
How should Selbi do continuous delivery for our React Native app?
Jordan and I have been working on Selbi for a couple months and just pushed a beta release…
I originally set-out on this journey to create a niche site following Pat Flynn’s…
At 42 yr old, I joined a travel tech hackathon for the first time 2 days ago, Sabre Destination Hackathon here in Singapore. Installing Eclipse and reading API docs brought back lot of memories when I started my career 15 years ago as a Java…
University: Queen’s University
The office has been all abuzz since we learned of our acceptance into Eureka Park, the flagship…
Millennials are a funny bunch. That is, unless you are one and in that case, you’re likely rolling eyes…
Last Friday, October 14th, it was exactly year since I’ve launched iOS Cookies — A hand curated collection of iOS libraries written in Swift. How is it going then? Here are some numbers.
Originally posted on my blog.
Lately, Black Anchor — in my mind — has been in an identity crisis. I started by making simple leather and canvas goods. When it all began I didn’t know the first thing about making a product. I just had a picture in my mind of what…
“Congratulations! Your app was accepted on October 14, 2016 into the…
These words are only meant for the intrapreneur’s and the people that want to create their own commercial tribe of workers, that there are millions. You’re great company men and women. You do very well in existing structures big or small, with existing…
if you want to change your country, lead it.
I originally wrote this post on a sleepless night in June 2016. It captures a lot of my daily work and why — even though…
I’ll wear my AppyHour sweatshirt every day and talk with anyone and everyone that is willing to listen.
Ten short months ago AppyHour was released into the wild. It was during the weeks…
A gente faz mil coisas ao mesmo tempo, é um telefone que toca, o e-mail que chega pra ser respondido (e na caixa de entrada tem mais 100), um almoço que precisa ser engolido para dar tempo de chegar na reunião… Somos praticamente multi-tarefa. Agora…
A little over a month ago, my latest company, Gravitate.io, launched it’s first Shopify app, Smart Cart Recovery. The premise was simple, auto-pilot cart recovery for e-commerce stores that also gave you the power to seperate your follow-up sequences by referrals. Simply…
En lugar de hacer publicaciones muy poco frecuentes en Facebook, creo que ha llegado el momento de escribir en Medium, para referencias sobre esta página consultar la web (www.medium.com).
Sometimes, it’s indeed the little things that matter most.
This especially applies to small business owners and their relationship with ‘Reports‘. They are naturally very busy people, yet want to be kept informed…
Herkese merhabalar, Pinterrail App Store’da 15 Ekim 2016 akşamı nihayet yayınlandı.
Her yeni versiyon güncellemesinde neleri değiştirdiğimizi neler düşünüp vazgeçtiğimiz noktaları, karşılaşırsak Apple tarafından nasıl/neden reject aldığımızı…
Are you ready for the 48 hours of creation and innovation at the #bigenergyhack? Here are our top tips for surviving and thriving at Ireland’s first ever energy hackathon.
I’ve been a place where I had no idea what I was going to eat, if I was gonna be living in the same place as last week, etc. Now I’m older and am working my way out of old habits such as saving food in fear I’ll be out tomorrow. I truly enjoyed this post. It’s a reminder of starting from the bottom and working hard to never go back there but also…
One of the cardinal success factors in Entrepreneurship is promotion.
There’s a tech talent war in New York City right now. The established firms like Facebook and Google are only getting bigger, and there are more tech startups than ever making NYC their home. As a result, hiring great tech talent is more challenging than…
And you should know about it!
If you feel you do not make silly mistakes while practicing, you are not looking hard enough.
Today’s workplace is changing drastically. In order to stay on track, employers need to…
I was part of the Singapore delegation sent to participate in the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 held in the beautiful Stanford University campus right in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Defining values is like mining for diamonds, it’s tough, really tough, yet ultimately very rewarding…
Article écrit par Clément Delbar.
Everyday, I go to events and meet entrepreneurs who are fund raising. They are all different. Some are experienced, some are very fresh to the start up ecosystem and many are just in between.
Hello everyone,
Weekdone is a weekly planning and quarterly goal-setting app that’s 4 years old…
Today’s generation has delved into the technological growth so much that it is losing touch with it’s rich heritage and culture. What should be remembered is that the whole life of today’s youth is based on the basics of…
I don’t like to talk bullshit as much as you do. If those are your points I think there are thousand other ways to deliver it instead of using Elon-SpaceX-bla-bla comparison — accompanied with facts and videos too.
“Di saat beberapa organisasi dan ilmuwan di luar Indonesia sedang membangun platform dunia masa depan seperti…
Moneyball for Cities
Trailing indicators are a terrible way to measure the future potential of a city’s tech scene. Aggregating the numbers make these trailing indicators even worse (e.g., aggregate capital raised, aggregate revenue, aggregate number of employees).
Nope, I am not talking about life goals. I am talking about your work, relevant milestones and the metric we use to measure whether an attempt was successful or otherwise.
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GovTribe is thrilled to announce its strategic partnership with Arlington-based company, Eastern Foundry. Eastern Foundry is a first-of-its-kind marketplace where technologists, government contractors and agencies convene to…
A two-sided marketplace is arguably the most popular startup idea and at the same time the least successful one. Buyers don’t have anything to buy until sellers list their items and sellers wouldn’t be motivated to list unless they know there are buyers. Despite knowing all this, we…
A little bit of simplification here. Convoluted Neutral Nets are programmed to get a specific answer, like recognize a cat in YouTube videos, it’s the way they get to that answer that isn’t specifically programmed.
The trick in artificial intelligence that doesn’t really exist yet is giving an AI even a simple task without a…
This is because conventionally, emails are meant to be for communication and not for direct CTA. All innovation in email services have been to address the key pain points of emails — communication and tracking/collaboration. Although there are CRM tools built within Gmail to automate business processes, CTA inducing emails sounds interesting though…
We keep getting this question when we tell people about Pearachute’s next home. The typical start-up city expansion usually includes New…
Mailzak team had just started working on the platform and had no plans to start any marketing campaigns soon but then there…
An excerpt from my upcoming book HACKING THE CORE.
Entrepreneurship is all the rage these days. To some extent it’s the fact that the last 15–20 years our Western culture has idolised those of who risk in order to create wealth. Just take a look at Forbes magazine which is a major media outlet that…
By Te Ari Prendergast. This article was first published in The Press on the 30th of September.
Te Ari is an Architectural Graduate at Chow:Hill specialised in Indigenous Health and Education Design. Te Ari is of Ngāi Tahu descent and worked on…
I began calling myself a customer experience designer this year because no other job title was really capturing what I do.
The short version: a CXD (customer experience designer) is the champion of happy customer interactions.
You lost me at this part :
You believe in free speech and open platforms, but only for people you agree with ? You agree that people shouldn’t be fired for their political views, but only if they vote for your candidate ?
At C-Level #1 is the beginning of an eight-part blog series following a first time CEO’s educational journey…
For many artistes and bands to get bookings locally, regionally and internationally they use booking agents. The role of a booking agent is a person who is responsible for booking shows for bands and artistes, they approach promoters about shows, negotiate…
Starting something new. Not a writer, wasn’t the best at writing essays, I actually struggled through high school into college, like English was my second language. I was better at…
When Hard Work opposes Cultural Consumption.
The TV series that all geeks love, Silicon Valley, suggests that innovative startups are born there. Throughout the series, we see a team of nerds with a big idea struggle to succeed. All within a business incubator in the San Francisco bay. This cliché could be…
Hey guys,
My new goal is to make the startup path easier by making technology simple for a startup founder. To do this and to be able to reach out to more founders and tech…
“If you focus on your competition, you will never deliver anything truly innovative.”- Eric Schmidt
The businesswoman stocks her shop in anticipation of purchase. The student reads specific…
The Tanvas team will be covering the nation coast to coast this quarter, sharing our TanvasTouch technology at…
by Chris Cancialosi
#HTsummit
By Karena Sanchez, Seattle Reception, and Tori Dunlap, Social Media Marketing Manager
Featured on iamwire: http://www.iamwire.com/2016/10/woises-startup-product-review/142178
As a PayPal employee, it’s very frustrating to see Peter Thiel constantly billed as a co-founder of PayPal in the myriad stories of his political musings and contributions.
Original post written by Andrew Vigneault on January 10, 2015
Team perks are necessary in today’s companies, and for many, it’s daunting to prioritize which perks to adopt amongst the many options available.
Our co-founder, Kate Edwards, had the opportunity to pitch to Mark Cuban, as well as other prominent investors, at the Vator Splash LA competition last week. Below is the pitch she used to wow the audience and the judges:
We are delighted to share our best trade in October so far! Netflix was expected to report its third-quarter earnings after the close of trading on Monday, October 17. We had published the question a few days before earnings report was released:
