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Social Products 27 Jun 2013 | 08:44 pm
The rise of Facebook and Twitter led many people in 2006-2008 to start or fund multiple social product companies. Many of the entrepreneurs and investors who went all in on social have since shied awa...
The Danger of Pitching VCs Too Early 20 Jun 2013 | 09:39 pm
VCs are short on time and attention span as they meet large numbers of companies every week. Like raccoons, they often are distracted by the latest shiny object in the form of a new company or produc...
Entrepreneurial Seductions and Distractions 30 May 2013 | 09:38 pm
Speaking at events, networking, press, and fundraising can all be important parts of building your business. However some people get overly caught up in these activities at the expense of their compa...
Who Cares If It's Been Tried Before? 22 Apr 2013 | 10:52 pm
When Dropbox launched, there were at least half a dozen other "online storage" businesses in existence. The Apple iPod entered a market litered with crappy MP3 players. Google was famously the Nth I...
Reference Check Candidates 16 Mar 2013 | 04:44 pm
One of the most important aspects of hiring someone is to properly reference check them. Although the interview gives you some solid information on the candidate, the people who worked with them dire...
Should You Hire A COO? 6 Feb 2013 | 01:58 am
10 years ago, if you were the founder of a high-growth company it was reasonably likely that your investors would want to bring in "adult supervision" as CEO to run your company. This has shifted mor...
How To Hire Great Business Development People 1 Feb 2013 | 11:42 pm
Great business development (BD) people are hard to find. You may meet a smart, charismatic, articulate BD person who can't get anything done. Or a highly networked deal person who leaks value when t...
How To Fire A Co-Founder 8 Jan 2013 | 09:41 pm
The two biggest reasons startups fail is running out of money and founding team implosions. One Y Combinator founder I spoke with felt that about ~20% of startups in his batch blew up in the first 9-...
Takeaways From The 100 Largest Public Companies 12 Nov 2012 | 10:58 pm
As an entrepreneur about to start another company, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the largest companies by market cap. What can be learned from them? Raw data is here. 1. Some ...
How To Choose The Right VC Partner For You 9 Nov 2012 | 10:18 pm
Many people confuse the value of a VC firm (e.g. Sequoia) with the actual partner who joins their board. If your co-founder is your spouse, your board member is like your mother or father-in-law. Un...
