Eric Ries On Lean Startups
Eric Ries is the creator of the Lean Startup methodology and the author of the popular entrepreneurship blog Startup Lessons Learned. The interview below of Eric Ries by Robert Scoble…
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Startup & Entrepreneurial Readings For Today
# “Our Marketing Is Up Fog Creek” And What We Did About It – Fog Creek Software # 10 Good Reasons to Hire a Grown-Up – Susan Kim #Success in…
Founder Lessons: Eileen Gittins-Dos And Don’ts When Pitching To VCs
Eileen Gittins is the founder and CEO at Blurb, the creative publishing and marketing platform that enables anyone to design, publish, market and sell professional-quality books. Be prepared for the…
Startup Founder Spotlight: Brian Chesky,CEO And Co-Founder of Airbnb
Brian Chesky is co-founder and CEO of Airbnb. His primary responsibility is driving the company vision and assembling a passionate team to realize that vision. # Airbnb is a community…
Startup Founder Lessons: How To Do Pre-valuation of An Early-stage Startup
Robin Vessey started a software development / venture development company 14 years ago. His personal role started out as software designer / developer and now is he is a CEO.…
Serial Entrepreneur Spotlight: Steve Blank, Author of Four Steps To The Epiphany
Steve Blank is a Silicon Valley-based retired serial entrepreneur, founding and/or part of 8 startup companies in California’s Silicon Valley. He has had a 33-year career as a successful businessman,…
Drew Houston On Dropbox Startup Lessons Learned
Drew Houston is Cofounder & CEO of Dropbox. Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Drew Houston shares…
The Startup Genome Report: 14 Key Findings On Why Startups Succeed
Following are 14 key findings of the Startup Genome Report . If you would like to read the full report, you can download it here. 1. Founders that learn are…
Top 20 Experts Who Tweet On Startups
The following are top experts who constantly tweet on startups. You can find valuable resources and insights in their tweets. Follow them for best practices, investor tips, startup ideas and…
Startup Founder Lessons: Greg Gianforte On Bootstrapping
Greg Gianforte, is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of RightNow Technologies Inc. According to Greg Gianforte the single best way to launch a business is to “Bootstrap it.” RightNow…
Startup Founder Lessons: Ricky Yean On Crowdbooster Lessons
Ricky Yean is a Co-Founder and CEO of Crowdbooster.com. Crowdbooster is an angel-backed startup from the Y Combinator Summer 2010 batch. Crowdbooster provides Twitter analytics and insights Ricky shares lessons…
Founder Spotlight: Eileen Gittins-Founder, President & CEO At Blurb
Eileen Gittins is the founder and CEO of Blurb, the creative publishing and marketing platform that enables anyone to design, publish, market and sell professional-quality books. # Eileen Gittins went…
Startup Founder Lessons: Paul Biggar On Why YCombinator-backed NewsTilt Was Shutdown
Paul Biggar is a compiler geek, with a slant towards scripting languages. He work on the Javascript team at Mozilla. Before that he did a PhD in compiler optimizations, static…
Startup Founder Lessons: Ben Yoskovitz On Starting Standout Jobs, Running It and Selling It
Ben Yoskovitz is a founding Partner at Year One Labs, an early stage accelerator in Montreal. He previously founded Standout Jobs (and sold it).Ben has been an entrepreneur for 14+…
23 Of The Best Entrepreneurs To Follow On Twitter
These entrepreneurs and startup founders keep sharing great wealth of information on business advice, updates on competitors, suggestions on how to raise funds, startup marketing etc. Learn from the best…
How To Avoid Hiring The Wrong People for Your Startup
Start by reading the “No Asshole Rule” by Bob Sutton, who is a professor at Stanford. University.Find more @ bobsutton.typepad.com . Listen to what Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh says about…