I want to begin at the end: “Imagine you are lying on your deathbed. Life is almost over.” This is the request that was made at the closing talk of the Quantified Self conference in Amsterdam earlier this month…
At a startup, once funding, revenue, or both are in the bank, typically the company will hire new employees. But, instead of filling up the team with designers, developers, marketers, and salespeople, should a startup consider bringing on a lawyer? A standard business rule of thumb for hiring an in-house attorney is (give or take)…
“How am I going to scale that?” I hear the above question constantly from fellow early-stage entrepreneurs, and I find it baffling and arrogant…
It happens to everyone. You’re plugging away on a project and it hits you: What am I doing? Why am I here? Should I be doing something else with my life?…
Here are five important steps to choosing the best design and development team for your small business…
How can a company invest all the time and money necessary to manufacture, ship, maintain, and stock big kiosks full of DVDs all over the country—and only charge customers a dollar a day per movie?…
Founder of Vayable, Jamie Wong: When you start a company, it’s totally irrational. No one’s ever prepared, and doing it is a complete exercise in putting a cart before the horse.”
There’s something oddly remarkable about entrepreneurs these days. So many of them are prepared to suffer for their business strategies, yet so few actually take the time to learn how to strategize…
I just came back from Big Omaha this past week, which is pretty much the best conference in the country for entrepreneurs…
Can startups benefit from hiring students? The answer is a resounding “yes,” whether you choose to offer internships for a few weeks, or months at a time…