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The Why and How Of Updating Your Angel Investors -
There’s a massive amount available on the interwebs on how to improve the odds for success in new ventures.
Startup PR Tip: To Get Press, Don't Pitch Your Product -
I get pitches every day from entrepreneurs, PR agencies and book authors who hope to get an article about them written on my blog, OnStartups (300,000 readers) — or on HubSpot's marketing blog(over 1.
The Pitch Deck We Used To Raise $500,000 For Our Startup -
One of the big no-no’s we’ve learnt about early on in Silicon Valley is to publicly share the pitchdeck you’ve used to raise money.5 Startup Hiring Mistakes That Can Crush Your Culture -
Remember your first business loan? Or, if you're like many entrepreneurs, you may have initially bootstrapped your startup by buying some stuff on your credit card.
12 Terrible (But Hilarious) Places To Work [slides] -
After the week we've had in Boston this week, I found it hard to focus on any overly heavy work this weekend.
3 Biggest Mistakes When Choosing a Cofounder -
After spending a significant portion of the last couple of years talking and collaborating with countless entrepreneurs (through FounderDating) a few clear themes have emerged around partnering with cofounders.
Does HubSpot Walk The Talk On Its Culture Code? -
A couple of weeks ago, HubSpot shared our culture code deck (http://CultureCode.
Clear Eyes, Full Heart: Beating The Series A Crunch -
The following is a guest post by Alan Wells, co-founder & product designer at Glyder.How To Survive a Ground-Up Rewrite Without Losing Your Sanity -
aka: Screw you Joel Spolsky, We're Rewriting It From Scratch!This is a guest post by Dan Milstein (@danmil), co-founder of Hut 8 Labs.
Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric -
Ben Yoskovitz is the co-author of Lean Analytics, a new book on how to use analytics successfully in your business.
Why I Spent 200 Hours Writing Culture Code Instead of Python Code -
If someone had told me a few months ago that I'd be spending more hours in PowerPoint than PyCharm (an IDE for programming in Python) I'd have laughed at them (not out loud though).
Getting Crunched, Mashed Or Beaten Is Not A Launch Strategy -
This is a guest post by Alex Turnbull. Alex is a serial SaaS entrepreneur and the CEO of Groove, a customer support software platform for startups and small businesses.
Culture Code: Creating A Company YOU Love -
This article is available at http://CultureCode.com -- the slides and content will be updated periodically.
Classes They (Thankfully) Don't Teach At Startup School -
The following are some hypothetical classes that I'm thankful they don't teach at places like Y Combinator, TechStars and 500 Startups.
Avoiding Undue Diligence: My Strange Approach To Angel Investing -
In a few weeks, I'm going to write a $25,000 check to invest in a company that currently does not exist.
The 4 Personality Types Every Startup Needs -
Anyone can have a killer startup idea, but in order to make that idea succeed you’ll need an unbeatable team.
Entrepreneurs: *DO* Be A Hero -
A few minutes ago, I came across this tweet from my friend and co-founder at HubSpot, Brian Halligan.
Early Evidence Is Often Too Early And Not Really Evidence -
The Lean Startup method strongly advocates experiments -- and for good reason.
Doubtliers: Erroneous Lessons From The Exceptional -
There are great lessons to be learned from many exceptional companies like Google, Apple and Amazon.
Our PR Stinks: Here's What Your Startup Can Learn From It -
We were convinced from the very beginning that strong PR would be the answer to our market entry prayers.
