Whatever Your Impression is About Venture Capitalists, Understand These 4 Things First.
Let’s look at how these 4 factors can complicate and sometimes sour the VC/entrepreneur relationship…
9 Steps To Get Any Startup Founder’s Email Address
Situation: You want to get a hold of a startup founder, but don’t have his or her email address & have never built a relationship with that person directly.
Your Company Culture Sucks, and it’s All Your Boss’s Fault
How’s your company culture? What will you do today to make it better?…
Why To-Do Lists Don’t Work (and What to Do Instead)
It’s extremely easy to lose track of your goals without even realizing it. Earlier this week, I talked about: Time tracking & optimization The #1 Reason People Don’t Succeed at Accomplishing Their Goals The Most Effective Goal-Setting Plan You’ll Ever Find Even if you implement the to-dos in the above articles—even if your system is…
How To Craft The World’s Greatest Elevator Pitch
Of course, the big joke about sales, and the secret to crafting and delivering the world’s greatest elevator pitch, is that anyone can do it. There’s no secret to it…
Venture Capitalist to Entrepreneur: Startup Lessons from Eddie Lou, Shiftgig Co-founder and CEO
You’ve seen the stats: approximately 75% of startups fail. It’s rarely a failure in ideation, market need, or creativity—but rather, a failure of execution…
The Six Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs: Be Prepared to Play in The Grey (#1)
I’ve had the distinct pleasure of interviewing 77 very successful entrepreneurs, from both inside and outside the tech world…
Why Working at a Startup is Better Than Getting an MBA
Nine months of learning about business, foregoing a steady salary, and moving on to a corporate job. What does that sound like? You guessed it: an MBA…
How to Hire the Best People for Your Startup
While hiring, follow these simple guidelines and you’ll end up with a dream team…
Why Growth Hackers are Taking Over Startup Marketing
There are two primary reasons startups fail. The first is they create a product no one cares about…