What kind of people do you hang around with in life? Hopefully you've answered: "the cool, fun-loving, laid back kind", or something along those lines. If not,
Conventional wisdom for doing a startup as a young entrepreneur these days is something like the following: 1. Drop out of school 2. Raise money
"Building a startup is like riding a bike. You jump on, start peddling like mad, and hope you don't fall down." - Scott Annan, serial entrepreneur and founder
Growth Hacking is all over the startup scene right now. Some people feel like it's a legitimate role and critical to early stage startup....
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After working from his bedroom for two and a half years, Jason Ross launched JackThreads -- a men's online shopping club that had yet to establish a payment system via credit cards -- in 2008.
In late February I began working on a product that quickly became my obsession called Footwork. At it's core a straight forward idea
Startup accelerators programs are popping up at an increasing rate around the world and we've even reported on one on a boat sailing around the world. While we fully expected the next twist to be an accelerator on the moon, instead we have this - a 1
Each month, thousands of great startups signup to StartupPlays.com looking for feedback, industry insight and connections to potential experts.
A few years ago I went through an incredibly difficult period in my life. During this difficult time, I had a newborn son, which made everything both easier and harder. As a parent, I spend a great deal of time reading my son various books, but duri
In the scope of a Startup MVP, how you do effective user testing and capture feedback you gain is the most critical component for moving forward fast.
Photo: 401K. The following article is a guest post by Chris Guillibeau, who's traveled to 150+ countries and studied more micro-businesses
The Growth Hacker: How To Guide on acquiring users is here to give you some ideas on how to leverage growth hacking for your startup. Startup marketing is more
With Google's newest update (Penguin) meant to distinguish between properly done search engine optimization (SEO) and spammy (SEO), it's critical to establish y
there are only three things that matter: distribution (getting the product into users’ hands), engagement (validating that you’ve built the right product and that users are using it), and monetization (making money from those engaged users).
Launching a website (especially during a very busy and long hackday) can be a complex task. So we've made a list of the top 10 key steps you need
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