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How do you present the team in your pitch deck? February 13, 2020
How to manage your venture’s most valuable asset February 4, 2020
What’s the best thing you can do for someone? February 3, 2020
Make sure to document all your startup’s key operations! January 27, 2020
The right way to set up seating for a meeting of two parties January 11, 2020
Scott Adams has something to teach us about mentoring November 17, 2019
Strategic blunders that can sink a startup November 16, 2019
Is it time for you to hire a COO? November 15, 2019
Where do you go after the success of your MVP? November 1, 2019
Well-known investor advises against raising money October 31, 2019
When the government creates a startup opportunity October 29, 2019
What is venture debt and why you might want to employ it October 25, 2019
A game-changing piece of advice from a mentor named Steve Jobs October 24, 2019
What’s the number one issue for early stage founders? October 23, 2019
Inspiring story of a successful social entrepreneur October 22, 2019
Mentoring makes the big time: Dilbert! October 21, 2019
How do you decide: data or gut instinct? October 19, 2019
Questions to ask a prospective co-founder October 15, 2019
The byproducts of team practice October 12, 2019
Why customer satisfaction is not enough September 30, 2019
How to review a pitch September 28, 2019
Are you recruiting for the right attributes? September 22, 2019
How do you deal with dilution? September 16, 2019
What’s a mission statement? And why do you need one? September 13, 2019
Building a business by solving your own problem September 10, 2019
What’s the third option for a company exit? September 6, 2019
The most important perq you can provide – and it’s free! September 5, 2019
What’s the average age of the successful entrepreneur? September 3, 2019
What people don’t get about Apple September 2, 2019
Study shows value of mentoring for startups August 29, 2019
The management tool behind Google’s success August 28, 2019
Why colleges and universities are great markets August 27, 2019
What do you look for in job candidates? August 24, 2019
From eyeballs to clicks to ? Monetizing the Web August 22, 2019
What you can learn from success stories August 20, 2019
Charisma – innate or learned? August 19, 2019
Is trust busted? August 17, 2019
Keep your eye on your unit economics! August 14, 2019
Options for enterprise business models & pricing August 13, 2019
Email best practices August 10, 2019
Focus on the customer’s job to be done August 9, 2019
How to save time at meetings – management by exception August 8, 2019
The startup investment timeline August 7, 2019
Government issues get added to post about startups August 6, 2019
Why cash isn’t king in startups August 1, 2019
How do you keep an important team member happy? July 31, 2019
What do VCs look for in startups? July 30, 2019
Financing a startup July 29, 2019
A successful founder on how to pitch – including a founder’s biggest challenge July 25, 2019
Little known way to finance a startup July 24, 2019
Gaining leverage: outsourcing & delegating July 23, 2019
Focus & simplicity: twin drivers of success July 22, 2019
Why is seed funding down when VC funding is way up? July 19, 2019
When to be strategic versus opportunistic July 17, 2019
What’s missing from “Rise and Quick Decline of the First ‘Killer App’ July 16, 2019
Why talent is the ultimate competitive advantage July 15, 2019
What’s the difference between customer satisfaction and trust? July 12, 2019
Dilution: a 4-letter word for founders July 11, 2019
Pros and cons of building on platforms July 10, 2019
It’s not what you don’t know that will hurt you, it’s what you don’t know that you don’t know July 9, 2019
How do you recruit technical talent? July 8, 2019
What’s the difference between SAFE and a convertible note? July 7, 2019
Why do most entrepreneurs fail? July 6, 2019
Strategic elements that rarely appear in a startup’s presentations July 5, 2019
Elon Musk’s words of wisdom on alignment July 4, 2019
Why cofounding a startup is like marriage! July 3, 2019
What makes for a successful business freemium model product? June 28, 2019
Pitch tips from a leading VC June 27, 2019
How do you build retention into your product? June 26, 2019
How do you build virality into your product? June 25, 2019
Why shouldn’t you raise money now? June 20, 2019
Why raise money now? June 19, 2019
Pros and cons of keeping your day job June 18, 2019
What the heck do we mean by strategy? June 17, 2019
What founders can learn from a game company founder June 15, 2019
The biggest mistakes founders make June 14, 2019
Mapping the ecology of your market June 13, 2019
Common product development mistakes June 12, 2019
Making is about iteration, not failing fast! June 11, 2019
The best entrepreneurs are missionaries instead of mercenaries June 10, 2019
Managing your board of directors June 7, 2019
Pitch tips from the founder of Canva June 6, 2019
Switching from an efficiency mindset to a productivity mindset June 5, 2019
So you want to build a platform … June 4, 2019
Looking for a startup idea? June 3, 2019
Some less than usual VC questions you may need to answer June 1, 2019
When building teams diversity is the key May 29, 2019
It’s all about the experience! May 28, 2019
Shutting down your startup May 27, 2019
Is the Net Promoter Score for you? May 24, 2019
Some refreshingly different tips on presentations May 22, 2019
Does every startup need VC capital? May 21, 2019
Incomplete article on why Massachusetts can’t birth tech IPOs May 20, 2019
Lessons learned by Adobe in selling software by subscription May 19, 2019
How to raise your first round of capital May 18, 2019
How to ask better questions May 15, 2019
A deep dive into a game-changing startup May 13, 2019
4 tips from a billionaire founder that are worth heeding May 10, 2019
Original study favoring solo founders over teams May 9, 2019
Tips on recruiting May 8, 2019

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