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21 Best Questions And Answers On Quora For Entrepreneurs
Do angel investors and venture capitalists prefer investing in LLCs or C-Corps? Why are there so many consumer focused startups compared to B2B startups if the majority of profits are…
Chris Dixon On Starting Up In 21 Sentences
Chris Dixon is a Co-founder of Hunch. He is a personal investor in early-stage technology companies, including Skype, Foursquare, Kickstarter, Canvas, Stack Overflow, TrialPay, DocVerse. Entrepreneurs should always ask themselves…
12 Questions Your Product Plan SHOULD Answer
What is the problem you solve? Do you help save cost, save cycle time, save material, improve quality, reduce non-value-add people time? Who is the buyer who makes the final…
21 Things Your Startup SHOULD Copy From Airbnb
Airbnb a short term rentals company is a classic Silicon Valley story of bootstrapping, rejection and eventually success. Brian Chesky and his co-founder, Joe Gebbia, decided to start a company,…
Now Is The Time To Reinvent Yourself
Change means reinvention. Each time a major shift happens in our lives—leaving a job or a relationship, moving, losing a loved one—we have to take control of who we will…
Naeem Zafar: Startup Advice For New Entrepreneurs
Naeem Zafar runs companies, advises startups, heads committees, and teaches Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Haas School of Business, University of California in Berkeley. The most relevant advice I can…
A Recipe for Building A Billion Dollar Business
By Noah Kagan, @noahkagan . Noah Kagan is chief sumo for AppSumo. Previous companies include Mint.com, Facebook, KickFlip and Gambit Payments. He blogs at OKDork.com Ever since I was a little…
Reid Hoffman: How Entrepreneurs Can Invent The Future
Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn and a member of Endeavor’s Global Board of Directors, shared his top 10 rules for entrepreneurship @ this year’s SXSW. When I co-founded LinkedIn the…
Are You Building A Startup? I Have Got 3 Words For You
In Paul Graham’s words: “You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money…
Useful Tips On Product Launch for Startup Founders
Read Product Launch Promotion by Marshalk Find and put together a compelling story Re-check the design in all the major browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, IE6-8, Opera) Send out a survey…
12 Reasons Why Every Entrepreneur Should Own A Blog
The best part of blogging is the people you will meet You Will Meet Other Smart People Each article that you publish is a synthesized thought process that may click…
How You Can Master Your Business Presence On Facebook
Commit to the idea: Know that connecting with customers can sometimes be hard work and take time, but it will pay off. Manage your expectations: Set realistic goals for your…
28 Great Startup Advice For Entrepreneurs By Entrepreneurs
The Pmarca Guide To Startups (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) – By Marc Andreessen How To Start A Startup – By Paul Graham * The…
29 New Leadership Rules For The Every Day Leader
Create internal mechanisms that force you to make changes long before you have to. A strong leader is always thinking ahead – anticipating – ready with solutions when problems arise.…
Bill Schreiber: Law 101 For Startups
Bill Schreiber is a partner in Fenwick & West’s corporate group. His emphasis is on Start-up Counseling, Venture Capital Financing, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures. Fenwick incorporated Apple, when it was…