5 startup tips for taking informed risks Entrepreneurs by definition are risk-takers. They break new ground and are unfailingly willing to step off the well-trodden path of… Read More
7 questions to ask your startup lawyer Not all lawyers are created equal — and for an early-stage startup, the counsel you choose can seriously impact the… Read More
Advice from startup vet Oren Etzioni: Take intellectual risks Oren Etzioni hates taking risks. His first car was a Volvo, for example, and he’d just rather play it safe more… Read More
How youth sports made me a better startup founder A few recent conversations have turned towards youth sports participation and the valuable life lessons they provide. One in particular… Read More
HealthCheck: Software monitoring inside out When we release software to customers, we immediately begin to consider how to monitor it. The goal is to find… Read More
Rand Fishkin’s 6 ingredients for great marketing Rand Fishkin wrapped up Mozcon 2013 in style by outlining his principles for great marketing and leading a discussion on the… Read More
Don’t buy a $10 domain and other tips from HubSpot’s Dharmesh Shah Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO at Hubspot and chief blogger at OnStartups.com, laid out some gems of advice at this… Read More
5 bootstrap dos and dont’s to cement and grow your business You may be familiar with bootstrapping, an economic circumstance in which intrepid entrepreneurs launch and operate a business with little… Read More
A dozen things I’ve learned about venture capital (in 999 words) Editor’s note: This post is part of a series by Tren Griffin, a senior director at Microsoft who previously worked… Read More
Book excerpt: Start on Purpose: Everything you need to know and do to startup with strength Editor’s note: Despite high IQs, 80 hour work weeks, and technical achievements, the majority of startup entrepreneurs will fail to… Read More
Startup advice from Haiku Deck CEO: It’s not about the product — it’s how you make people feel Adam Tratt’s first slide at yesterday’s Seattle Tech Meetup was simple: A picture of himself with the words “Don’t Be Like… Read More
Q&A: Rich Barton and Nick Hanauer on why Seattle is a great ‘startup cake’ (and NYC has a ‘sell out’ culture) We had a blast catching up with Seattle technology entrepreneurs and investors Rich Barton and Nick Hanauer on last weekend’s… Read More
Commentary: Tough love and less purity for impact entrepreneurs One reason I love getting to know social impact entrepreneurs is that they are among the most sincerely passionate folks… Read More
Tips: How to ask strangers for large sums of money Seattle is a hotbed of business happy hours — those awkward events designed for introducing people whose only known shared interest… Read More
Advice from Glenn Kelman: Entrepreneurs need to be tough, but must also show lots of love Glenn Kelman is a smart guy. He graduated summa cum laude from Berkeley, helped found Plumtree Software back in the 90s and… Read More
Commentary: Keep it simple, startup I was recently asked to judge a Shark Tank style competition hosted by the entrepreneur club at the College of… Read More
Stop being a founder, and start being a CEO A lot of founders don’t make it as a CEO. Not that they can’t, but they don’t. None more glorious… Read More
3 questions every job seeker should ask about culture We come across a cornucopia of articles, white papers and blog posts on workplace culture, with inspiring examples from companies… Read More
12 ways to get and keep top talent, even on a bootstrapper’s budget Most startup founders don’t mind putting off their payday indefinitely — they’re in it for the long haul by nature,… Read More
Community Building 101 It’s commonly understood that people spend their time with people they know — both offline and online. People spend their… Read More
Commentary: 5 startup lessons I learned in 5 months After months of research, a lean development cycle, and a beta program, TINYpulse launched publicly last November. In April, I… Read More
Appature’s Kabir Shahani: Startups are 95% luck, 4% timing and 1% hard work Appature CEO Kabir Shahani is one of the most energetic and charismatic young entrepreneurs in Seattle. He’s also wise beyond… Read More
Glympse CEO Bryan Trussel: You really don’t want to take the startup leap, do you? I’ve seen a lot of entrepreneurs over the years talk about what it’s like to create a startup, explaining in… Read More
Startup lesson #3: Don’t make up a brand, be yourself [Editor’s note: Seattle entrepreneurs Barry Chu and Dave Cotter share some of their startup lessons in starting the new mobile app… Read More
Commentary: 3 important tips for young entrepreneurs [Editor’s note: Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price was the winner of the “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the… Read More
Startup lesson #2: Don’t ignore the enablers [Editor’s note: Seattle entrepreneurs Barry Chu and Dave Cotter share some of their startup lessons in starting the new mobile app… Read More
Startup lesson #1: Reid Hoffman is wrong [Editor’s note: Seattle entrepreneurs Barry Chu and Dave Cotter share some of their startup lessons in starting the new mobile… Read More
Commencement speech showdown: Advice to recent grads from Redfin’s Kelman and Zillow’s Rascoff It’s that time of year when commencement speeches ring out across the nation, with everyone from President Barack Obama to… Read More
You did what? Why we chose debt over venture capital If you’re an entrepreneur, there’s a good chance that many of your conversations — and a good chunk of your… Read More
Dogfooding: Find a way to be your own customer In early ‘90s, while working on Windows NT, Microsoft popularized an idea to make everyone on the team use early… Read More
