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It happens to everyone. You’re plugging away on a project and it hits you: What am I doing? Why am I here? Should I be doing something else with my life?… -
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When building their early teams, a lot of entrepreneurs start with the titles in defining the role. Here is a short guide about how to define the role you really want with titles that allow your team to grow. -
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This post is part of Tech Cocktailâs âHealthy Entrepreneurâ series, bringing you insights on food, exercise, and sleep throughout May. The series is presented by Coromega (more info and a giveaway below). In 2009, Pew reported that 36 percent of people were frequently stressed. The highest-stress group was 30- to 49-year-olds, of which 45 percent were frequently... -
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Picking a team to bet on is a tough one. I don't believe ideas really matter, if you have one that you think is going to be the next best thing to sliced bread, believe me you are not the only one.... -
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Craigslist Shut Me Down :(
Last week I receieved a cease and desist from the attorneys of Craigslist. I can’t say I’m suprised, I knew there was a good chance of that happening. Some might expect a bitter attitude on my part,... -
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How Startup Founders Can Identify Their Core Values - AlleyWatch
While walking a potential investor through my first company’s office, he suddenly stopped to take a few deep breaths. I thought something was wrong until he told me, “I’ve never felt such powerf -
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Company culture is incredibly fragile. And given the way most companies treat culture, employees have reason to be skeptic. -
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Exclusive Interview With Jason Fried: “Hunger Beats Complacency. Almost Every Time.” @Technori
Who is Jason Fried? He is best known for co-founding 37signals, a Chicago-based...-
Marc Barros Jason is definitely one of the most thoughtful entrepreneurs. Great piece.
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Weâre chatting at 4 pm – after 16-year-old Jason Chitla comes home from school – and heâs rambling about things that most high schoolers donât ramble about. He throws around phrases like âindieâ developer, âappreneur,â and app store optimization strategy. He recalls struggling with the decision of freemium vs. paid and learning cocos2d, something Iâve... -
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A few weeks ago, someone at the UrgentRx manufacturing facility had a heart attack. The Denver company makes fast-acting powder medications, including aspirin for heart attacks, so the worker literally grabbed a packet off the line, swallowed it – and survived. According to founder Jordan Eisenberg, the worker is one of at least thirteen people... -
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After winning a silver medal in the 2006 Olympics, figure skater Sasha Cohen is chasing after a new badge of honor: successful startup entrepreneur. She and cofounder Scott Annan are raising $25,000 on Kickstarter for Snoxx, socks that snap together. Theyâre inspired by Cohenâs days on tour, when she lost tons of socks. After less... -
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When tragedy strikes, looking out for your employees is not only the right thing to do, but the right thing for your business. -
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Startup founders share another important trait with skydivers and BASE jumpers: the desire (& drive) to hack the system. -
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As the CEO of a start-up, most of my time is spent helping my team figure out what we need to focus on and prioritizing everyone’s time. But as an engineer, my natural tendency is to deep dive and b -
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How do you get 10,000 hours of experience when you're building a startup and doing things that have never been done before? You hack the system. -
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When you're a start-up without the cash to pay big salaries, you might not think you have a lot to offer new employees. But the truth isâyou do. Here are four factors that matter most to start-up employees, and how you can show your candidates that they'll love to work with you. -
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I like Data as much as the next guy, but I am troubled by all the empty promises of big data. I think data is good but too much data is unwieldy and it becomes hard to separate the noise from signa... -
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Kyle Porter is the CEO of SalesLoft, Sales Intelligence This month Google announced the upcoming death of their RSS product Google Reader. This is bad news for sales professionals everywhere because Google Reader was one of the easiest and most effective tools for researching your customers and prospects. Google reader... -
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Victor Henning, chief executive of academic referencing site Mendeley, offers his advice on starting an edutech company
