A lesson I’ve learned from both working in a start-up, and more significantly, working with so many start-ups for the last 15 months, is how easy it is to look at a marketplace and see nothing more than a list of must-have features. If you’ve got user profiles, you need a messaging system. If you’ve got a site, you need an FAQ, support section, and a blog. If you’ve got activity, you...
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Posted by admin 287 days ago (http://www.contrast.ie)Strategic SEO for Startups
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One way I’ve found to cut down on support requests is to make sure I write publicly about any issue that keeps coming up for my customers. Other small companies contact me for advice fairly frequently, and that also tends to retread the same issues, so I’m going to blog it in depth once rather than giving fifteen people 30% of my thoughts on the same issue. One common issue is “How do I improve
Lean Startup, and The Stooges
Posted by admin 180 days ago (http://blog.metaoptimize.com)
I’ve decided to come out and share my favorite startup music.Dirt, by The Stooges, is a proto-punk cut that sprawls for seven-minutes, brooding and smoldering. It never climaxes or burns out, it just persists and drives forward. Anyway, I believe this song should be the mantra for boostrappers, in particular those that practice the lean startup methodology.
Entrepreneurs: Do NOT pay to present to VCs
Posted by admin 130 days ago (http://www.geekrebel.com)
I was recently "invited" to present at the New York Venture Summit (run by youngstartup.com) as I'd been "recognized as a Top 50 Innovator". I asked for more info, and then was I told that I'd need to pay $1500 to present. It didn't look like a complete scam (SAP seems to back it somehow) so I took the time to tell them that, on principle, I will not support any organization that tries to solicit
Founders should be CEOs
Posted by admin 84 days ago (http://yoda.posterous.com)
I believe founders ought to be CEOs whenever possible and that when Founders are the CEOs, the chances of success is much higher. I don't have any empirical data to support this claim but my instincts tell me that would be the case. Why? Let's breakdown the job of the CEO and compare how closely it reflects to what the founder does for a company...
36 Hours - Silicon Valley
Posted by admin 3 days ago (http://travel.nytimes.com)
LIKE the high-tech companies that give this lush region its name, Silicon Valley thrives on reinvention. Situated just south of San Francisco Bay, the valley was once an agricultural cradle, home to orchards and vineyards. These days, of course, it bears fruit of a different sort, as the home of tech giants like Apple, Google and Intel.
Google's Schmidt on What Sets Silicon Valley Apart
Posted by admin 306 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt has snapped up Bay Area talent for years, first as an executive at Sun Microsystems Inc., then as CEO of computer maker Novell Inc. and now as the 54-year-old boss at Google.The hiring has been particularly fast and furious at the Internet search giant, which has grown to more than 19,600 employees world-wide. Roughly a third of those workers live in...
5 New Year’s resolutions for closing deals in 2010
Posted by admin 244 days ago (http://venturehacks.com)
It’s a new year — which means it’s time to make resolutions. Rather than write about my resolutions, I decided to put on my lawyer hat and advise entrepreneurs on what I think their New Year’s resolutions should be. During my 15-year career as a corporate lawyer (including nearly eight years at two major law firms in New York City), I have seen entrepreneurs make certain fundamental mistakes over