Today I did my first interview for TechLeash with Chris Campbell, who co-founded Wufoo with, Kevin Hale and Ryan Campbell. The full interview is below. Feel free to ask any ...
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Interview with Chris Campbell, Co-Founder, Wufoo.com
Posted by admin 92 days ago (http://techleash.com)The Five Whys for Start-Ups
Posted by admin 89 days ago (http://blogs.hbr.org)
Root cause analysis and preventive maintenance are concepts we expect to see in a factory setting. Start-ups supposedly don't have time for detailed processes and procedures. And yet the key to startup speed is to maintain a disciplined approach to testing and evaluating new products, features, and ideas. As start-ups scale, this agility will be lost unless the founders maintain a consistent inve
Shotput Ventures 2.0
Posted by admin 89 days ago (http://www.shotputventures.com)
The Shotput Ventures partners have been in the throes of deciding what startups to fund for this upcoming summer 2010 class. But in doing so we've discovered that the time has come for us to adapt, change, and morph the way our organization is going to deal with potential portfolio companies. But first, a little history.
Let’s Admit Why There Are So Many “Job Hoppers” In Startupland
Posted by admin 89 days ago (http://mixergy.com)
I don't like flakes either, so when Mark Suster wrote, "Never Hire Job Hoppers. Never. They Make Terrible Employees," I cheered him on. Then I thought about the private conversations I had with a few startup employees who changed jobs recently, and I realized there's something else going on here.
Advice From Founders Who Bootstrapped Their Way to Success
Posted by admin 87 days ago (http://techcrunch.com)
In my last post, I discussed why the odds of a rookie entrepreneur getting seed financing from a VC are very slim. The reality is that less than 5% of venture money goes to seed-stage startups; VCs typically invest when a company has a working product, a tested business model, and a strong management team. It’s the entrepreneurs who take the risk; not the VCs.
The Life of a Startup Founder’s Significant Other
Posted by admin 86 days ago (http://www.opazazzyzen.com)
For the past year I have watched as Ryan, the co-founder of DailyBooth.com, runs the site as the sole engineer. I have been there through the whole process- the launch of DailyBooth, the interviews for Y Combinator, the funding process, and most recently, the launch of new coding for the entire site.
Why Venture Capitalists Don’t Like To Be Rushed Into Deals
Posted by admin 86 days ago (http://blogs.wsj.com)
In his new book, “Mastering the VC Game,” venture capitalist Jeff Bussgang estimates that VCs invest in only one out of every 300 companies to which they are exposed. The odds are even worse when it comes to receiving funding from a cold email pitch: 50,000 to 1. “You are better off playing the lottery,” he writes.
Founding Amateurs?
Posted by admin 86 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
THE American public is not pleased with Congress — one recent poll shows that less than a third of all voters are eager to support their representative in November. “I am not really happy right now with anybody,” a woman from Decatur, Ill., recently told a Washington Post reporter. As she considered the prospect of a government composed of fledgling lawmakers, she noted: “When the country was fou