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If you’ve started a tech company to make a lot of money, chances are you’re bad at math — or simply delusional. Statistically speaking, your odds of a big-time payday are somewhere between zero and almost zero.
We run a Postgresql database as a service on top of Google, AWS, and DigitalOcean. We recently raised our prices, and enough people have asked why that I thought I’d just write it up for…
by Eric Paley & Joseph Flaherty
Venture capital is a hell of a drug. Used properly, it’s like adrenaline energizing many of the greatest companies of the past fifty years. Used incorrectly, it creates toxic dependencies.
… my typical day in tech on the dark continent.
We sat down with Valerio, Product Manager at L’Oréal, in Professional Product…
About this seriesThis series of articles are drafted from our experience…
In starting Akira, we committed an eternal sin: we decided to build a digital health company focused on making Canadian healthcare better.
We saw Canada as the ultimate proving ground — so backwards in its healthcare technology adoption…
Want to start a business? You should consider applying to Updraft. We’re looking to partner with highly motivated entrepreneurs to start small businesses across the US, and make them profitable within 6 months or less. After a year you may choose to stay on and manage the business, or move…
Float went live on February 28th, 2012; it was my birthday. As I stood alongside our co-founder Lars in front of 600 people at New York’s Tech Meetup, I thought about all the work we’d put in to…
“I’ll be online later,” you say, grabbing your laptop as you head out the door.
A step by step guide to getting involved in America’s Green Rush
The inception of Updraft Ventures came in the summer of 2015 as I was watching a friend navigate a tough transitional period in their career and life. These periods are a hallmark of the modern workforce, as many intelligent new workers seek to define their place in the economy, change…
By: Keith Krach
Every entrepreneur needs to focus on developing less tangible, but vital skills such as resiliency, the ability to stay the course when times are tough and to take setbacks in stride. In fact, one recent article in…
This is the first post in what will be a series focused on recruiting essentials for scaling startups.
So Aksha and me have stopped working on townsee, and I have joined Hike’s product team.
Today we’re thrilled to welcome Parul Singh back to Founder Collective as our new Principal. We had the good fortune to work with Parul while she was receiving her MBA from MIT’s Sloan school and have kept a close eye on her journey as a founder since.
Should you enforce Mutual Close Plans?
I’ve had an interesting history with mutual close plans. I began at a startup where this was not a topic of discussion, let alone a term used at all. I did not understand the popularity of this idea until my company got acquired by one of the largest tech companies in the world…
When designing within a global organization, we are aware that different…
We were recently asked by Tech World for our thoughts on ‘the first 100 days in a startup; what is the best advice you could give to founders?’ Whilst David Hickson, our head of corporate…
We know that some days you don’t just go from home, to work, and back again. Scoop commuters sometimes hit the gym after work, or maybe go to a dinner…
Tami Reiss is the founder of The Product Leader Coach where she works with product leaders and teams to realize their potential by focusing on their strengths.
Roshni is the CEO and Founder of Tickled Media, which runs ParentTown, theAsianparent.com and…
Mark Zuckerberg once wrote about the five core value principles of how he run facebook following the famous…
I recently created a database of all of my customers which has allowed me to derive…
Blackbird Ventures host weekly AMAs over on The Sunrise. Tune in Thursdays from 1pm AEST to take…
As quickly as we entered it, we’re out of the “Uber for X” era and have landed into the “AI solution…
I have some serious deal flow here, in Goldfish Tank. Roughly every other day, I get…
Just last week, we announced our Series B. The success we have seen has been three years in the making. Three years of nobody working harder, three years of sleepless nights, anxiety, joy, and frustration…
What happens when your startup is ready to grow? As a startup, your early days are…
So many tech entrepreneurs believe that after getting an idea, building a prototype and hopefully getting some early traction, raising Venture Capital is the next step. VC’s have pushed that message for years as a way to get deal flow, and they’ve done an…
Before heading to South East Asia, I had been living in Japan for more than 4 years. While working on my Coworking.Coffee project, I got to…
A few Fridays ago I spoke at Creative Mornings London. Akin to my…
By Nandita Joshi
Have you noticed how some businesses simply shine on Twitter? Ever wonder how that startup managed to grow its audience so quickly? Did you hear the one about that business who signed up its first 1,000 users using Twitter without…
Back in 2014, I was shutting my first company down with my friend and co-founder Marcus Ribeiro (if you want to learn more about GoBooks, you should definitely read this post).
Writer: Bertrand Cyril
Whatever your stance on religion, if you are an entrepreneur, this post is for you.
This post was originally published on our blog in January of this year. Since then, 5…
On a hot August day, I sat down at a shaded picnic table outside of the Innovation Lab…
Last blog, I promised you that I will comeback to share the secrets of fighting cancer and ensuring flourishing entrepreneurial journey! Here I am, very excited to share the lifehacks I practised and which are yielding great…
First day at new office is always apprehensive and full of nervousness. Usually there are mixed feelings like the excitement to see new people and take up new work and at the same time feel anxious about the adjustments or the new learning…
John’s post is a great example of bootstrapping a startup and the art of growth hacking.
First, he identified a pain point. Next, he showed how a simple domain name along with some web development and marketing knowledge can lead to a successful product.
I wish John the best of luck with his endeavor and I look forward to reading about the next milestone!
Passion, perseverance and grit.
Three years ago we wondered if startups could re-imagine cities. Now we’re convinced there’s never been a better time to build an urbantech startup. Here’s why.
Imagine ter um único lugar para visualizar todo o andamento do marketing digital da sua empresa, ou visualizar todo os cadastros e ações que os usuários estão fazendo em sua aplicação. Tudo isso em uma única aba, sem ficar entrando em várias redes…
By Bilal Zuberi, PhD
We are strong believers in the drone ecosystem. Our investments include CyPhy Works, AirMap, Drone Racing League, and companies utilizing drones in various…
As a growth hacking agency, growth marketing has become part of our daily vocabulary, and…
Why do startups begin?Why does your startup exist?
What if you had the resolve to overcome any challenge when starting your business?
Over two years ago I founded a software development company, Trioxis. One year later the…
One of the most dangerous things in product design is blindly trust that the user knows what they want. Henry Ford probably would’ve been busy training horses in order to make them faster if he’d listened to his customers.
If I had asked people what they…
Why do people drive drunk? The answer isn’t as simple as one may think, especially after a few drinks. Whether it’s a need for their car the next day or financial burdens, there are multiple obstacles that get in between potential drunk drivers and the…
Teo Tijerina is the Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer of Onko Solutions LLC, an Austin-based company committed to the development of medical products for cervical cancer prevention and women’s health. Prior to Onko Solutions, Teo served as the Founder and…
Thanks for reading and sharing your feedback Islam Said. A few thoughts:
A fictional conversation on running government like a startup
Obama: Hey Startup Guy, thanks for visiting today.
Startup Guy: I’m SOO busy these days but it’s an honor to be here.
“If it’s meant to be…”
Oyo Rooms — an Online Hotel reservation company, that pre buys rooms and then sells/offers at a heavily discounted rates, has been in the news for good and bad reasons; But that is neither there nor here.
In the past 10 months I have had occasion to visit a couple of places on…
The other day I saw a great TED talk about building a company that lasts 100 years, and it made me think…
How I got from college to a Fintech Acceleration Programme in London
This is why I also believe that work-life balance isn’t gonna happen at all.
It’s either you’re gonna live your life to the fullest or be a slave to your job.
If there’s one thing that I would say with regards to the matter at hand, I’d say never ever choose work over rest.
Big little reveal is one of the most exciting days of joining a sorority, you are finding out who you will get to call…
Written by Mari Järvinen for Coachademy
Did you know that being bored out can be just as bad as being burned out?
We’ve all heard of burnout — being overworked, hitting a wall after working way too hard for way too long. But not everyone knows…
Let me share with you the story which led us to build our product, Aree. And why it’s worth caring about.
Entrepreneurs today face a market that is more fast-paced than ever before, and with more…
October 23, 1016: There’s been a lot of talk about stamina in the Presidential campaign, and coincidentally…
Critical security early-stage startups need from Day 1
Like many businesses, Soteria got its start as a three-man team working out of a spare bedroom in an apartment. Our story isn’t unique; many businesses understand what it is like getting a company…
There are a handful of unique insights you have as an entrepreneur. When those insights align…
I’m sure you’ve heard that before. Ideas are cheap (or free).
I disagree. I will pay for your ideas.
“How do I get into Catapult’s high school…
A guest post originally written for Makers Boot Camp and The Bridge Japan.
On October, 4th, Makers Boot Camp joined a special Monozukuri Conference organised by Osaka City and…
Você deve ter ideias. Todo mundo tem ideias. Sejam sonhos, sejam problemas que…
Honesty is the best policy:
Tobias van Schneider I have been following your posts on medium for sometime now and have liked almost all of them. This post specifically is very honest account of your experiences, thanks for sharing that. Having said that, I totally disagree with you about your context of ‘Fake it till you make…
When entrepreneurs think about starting a business, they first think about addressing…
Arcadier’s interview with Matt Marino, Global Head of Sales for WePay.
PRESS RELEASE
Talent discovery engine startup will use funding to grow its business and support its people-first, machine learning…
Every interview I have ever heard with Ramit is completely packed with gems. Simple, strategic…
Team Work Makes the Dream Work
In my Social Entrepreneurship class, we were tasked to work in teams to come do consulting for a company called Jaunt. Jaunt is a virtual reality company that came to us with a few problems they needed solved. Our teachers split us into groups of four and five to work on different parts of the…
While female entrepreneurs are no different than their male counterparts, in the tech business sector there have been a few women entrepreneurs who have had…
At least, we didn’t think so back in August when we announced a vacancy for a growth hacker. Until…
Branch office help the parent company in:-
So many things in life are about sales. It’s business transactions, it’s making new friends and it’s deciding…
We people always eager to inspired by great people. We love great people and the way they have gone through. It is…
In his book, “Prosper”, my friend, Randy Garn and his business partner, Ethan Willis define a Polaris Point as,
Almost everyone is familiar with the basic process to take a product to market — design, make, and sell (then repeat):
Strengths:
1. Convenience: Providing consumers the opportunity to plan a whole trip from just one website.
2. Reputation (brand): Through marketing efforts and experience, they have developed a very well known brand.
On 1st of August, 2016 the top 5 companies trending on the stock exchange were all tech companies. Technology has the capability to make things more efficient, It doesn’t replace job function just make them smarter. Sometimes this causes the redundancy in…
The past months have been very hectic and exciting for the Sodima Solutions team, and our clients.Our developers have been coding like crazy for our main projects Terva & Structurely, which are both targeting the real estate industry. The private beta versions of these projects will be…
Today, we’re delighted to announce that Freshsales has been listed on the October 2016 Constellation ShortList™for Sales Force Automation in the SMB segment!
In the first part of this series my colleague Jef Bekes laid out some of the key ways in which designing for enterprise is still a different challenge than designing consumer products (go read that now if you haven’t already). One of…
Hi! We’re pretty excited to launch this new platform to keep you informed on what we’re up to here at…
Barely one month after its prelaunch held early September, over 2000 businesses have subscribed to trade on aniwura.com.
aniwura.com is a new e-marketplace and a marketing platform built to provide visibility…
Peter Thiel popularized a question that is both hauntingly simple and surprisingly difficult.
Startup ventures take bravery, guts, and a huge amount of comfort with risk. So when things start going wrong for entrepreneurs, I always hark back to the days when I first…
I started exploring Medium a few months ago. At first it didn't look like something that I would be…
Thione Niang — Mémoire d’un éternel optimiste
De dia eu sou desenvolvedor web em uma empresa, mas de noite eu trabalho na minha própria startup criando algoritmos inteligentes de investimento!
Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of our flagship service — it’s a smarter, mobile-first budgeting app that…
Last August, News Republic (a startup from Bordeaux, France), creator of a content aggregation mobile application, announced its acquisition by Cheetah Mobile. XAnge happened to be one…
I had a chance to work for companies with very different corporate cultures. In my experience culture does not just happen. Instead, it should be deliberately designed and reinforced. So I found this Harvard Business Review article relevant and insightful:
you forgot to add, when you listening for all this shit about Uber rounds, who and what posted any kind of shit on Twitter, you just want to crush their faces by their Macs :D
When approached intelligently, organization is key to productivity.
Too much time is wasted in offices on non-revenue-generating tasks such as cleaning up email or having unnecessary meetings. Although employees have…
Like apparently hundreds of founders and VCs, I spent much of yesterday at the Rosewood on Sand Hill listening to Bank of America tech executives share their perspective on their priorities and progress towards key objectives.
What are the action items that will increase the odds in that battle to improve your monetization?
Greetings, great post and very thoughtful. There are a few things that you may like to think about. I may get some flack from artists on this but here it goes.
One of those is how the finished piece is seen as value. The processes is important, but the buyer/ customer only first interacts with the finished product/piece…
Nada há nada tão inútil do que fazer com grande eficiência algo que não…
Well, before this I never know that there are so many qualities, abilities in me. Which are my strengths actually. I asked my 10…
Let’s get something out of the way before we open up this proverbial can of worms here.
What IS Exposure?
As we launch Deskpass across in Los Angeles, we want to introduce you to some of the great spaces available in LA. Village Workspaces is a well-designed space succeeding in their mission to redefine modern office culture and celebrating the power of crispy bacon.
Almost every single candidate I interview asks the following question: “What is your exit strategy?” or something similar.
I used to tell people the honest answer: that is a ridiculous question. Any startup that tells you their goal is to get acquired is…
I love my kids. I love my job. Oft times, love makes me choose. Yesterday was one of those days.
Doug Speight knows that one man’s pain is another man’s profit, especially when it comes to the $900 billion dollar commercial equipment leasing industry.
By Jack Hooper, Co-Founder and Commercial Director at doppel
A few seasons in the startup journey of VoyageUp
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The morning reverie broken,
By Slack aka ‘the new’ email.
A patent infringement claim chart plays a very crucial role. It is a highly detailed document that offers an argument explaining clearly how a specific product of a particular company infringes upon a claim of the patent. These…
Europe Brass H58–3 Thermostatic Radiator Valve Market 2016 Industry Research Report
Thanks for this nuanced perspective!
The starting point has to be defining the objective of any technical discussion or exercise. For instance, are you trying to understand the boundaries of someone’s grasp of a domain or do asking them to demonstrate their expertise on topic they claim on their resume or that’s essential…
Ok here we go….my first Medium post. Earlier this year I was asked to write an article about attaining career goals in the self storage industry, but the more I thought about it, this really applies to any career. I don’t subscribe to…
O pensamento empreendedor envolve pensar em uma solução e planejar estratégias para aplicar suas ideias.
O espirito empreendedor tem dominado os amantes de tecnologia quando pensam que suas ideias…
The day after MTPcon I wrote down a list of things I want to do or do differently after hearing all these inspirational presentations. However, it’s been three weeks and I have done exactly none of them.
According to Oxford Economics’ report released in 2016, the labor cost in manufacturing of China is only 4% lesser than that of US. China lost its benefit for low labor cost, in all industries, including High-tech. How does startup hire the right person will a…
This is my 4th lesson at Red Academy Toronto. We worked on creating user stories. User stories are bite-size snippets that highlight the true goals and describe features of an application throughout the design process.
Perhaps the hardest part about working for yourself is staying focused. In a traditional office setting, you’ve…
Originally published on Capterra’s hotel management blog
Recently I’ve found myself in a completely new season of life, what I mean by “new season” is massive change to…
No Stats, No Glory
When I was 16, I spent a summer in Munich, Germany. Upon arriving I realized my wardrobe covered…
Oggigiorno la parola “startup” è diventa comune quanto un “ciao” o un “buongiorno”, ed è perlopiù associata ad una categoria di persone sotto i 35 anni circa, che, mediante…
