Will Your Startup Fail? Find Out Fast with Lean Development
Building software for the web is different from many other fields because it's possible to create a revolutionary product with nothing more than an idea, a computer and a bit of time. You don't need...
View ArticleHow to Evaluate Your Startup Idea Before You Start Coding
When you have an idea for a new startup, it's tempting to do some quick research on Google and then jump right into coding. That's a bad idea if you want to be sure you are on the right track....
View ArticleWhat Makes a Successful Startup?
When people look at major success stories in the startup world, one of the biggest things that comes to mind is luck. Yes, part of entrepreneurial success is timing, and luck often plays a slight role...
View ArticleWill an Accelerator Help or Hurt Your Startup?
If you follow the entrepreneurial space, chances are you’re familiar with accelerators such as Y Combinator, 500 Startups, Tech Stars, and many other notable programs. Many modern aspiring...
View ArticleProblem Hunt: Solving The Problem of Finding A Problem
Here’s a sentiment every entrepreneur has surely heard before: A good product solves a problem. Before Google, searching the Internet was an inefficient slog through irrelevant junk. Before the iPod,...
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How to Craft a Compelling Startup Story
Focusing your efforts on building a great product is important—after all, without a product, your startup doesn’t have a reason to exist. However, spending time crafting your startup’s communications...
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The Struggle is Real: The Story Behind The Pitch
The moment when it’s 3 a.m., and you’re so energized by your idea that you can’t sleep. The 15 minutes you spend just pacing and imagining a future when your vision is a reality, when life is better,...
View Article5 Tips for Entrepreneurs Meeting with Investors
Shark Tank, Dragons’ Den, Lion’s Mouth: these are the kinds of brutal, carnivorous images the media has come to associate with the “investor meeting” (rejected spin-offs include Polar Bear’s Igloo,...
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5 New & Upcoming Startups Doing Social Good
Famine, disease, poverty, and war are global challenges that cannot be overcome without large-scale cooperation. And though many of us wish to help fight these challenges, the demands of daily life —...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About Setting Your Prices
In everyday life, you probably don’t spend a ton of time questioning why items cost what they do—you simply choose whether or not to buy them depending on your needs, desires, and budget. But it turns...
View ArticleHow to Build a Startup Advisory Board
You know how they say startups take a village? Well, creating an advisory board can be an excellent way of forming your village—and improving the quality and quantity of the guidance you’re getting....
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5 Reasons Why Meteor Is Ideal for Startups
This article was peer reviewed by Nilson Jacques, Chris Perry and Mark Towler. Thanks to all of SitePoint’s peer reviewers for making SitePoint content the best it can be! Picking the right tech stack...
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Make Prototyping Less Painful With These Tips
Ask any software project manager about their project management techniques, and you’ll probably get lean or agile development as the answer. The philosophy that “an imperfect something is better than...
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Bootstrapping 101: How (and Why) to Self-Fund Your Startup
There's a great Silicon Valley scene in which the Pied Piper team visits another startup's offices. The startup has just gotten an infusion of VC money–which is pretty obvious, thanks to their sleek...
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The Startup’s Guide to Podcast Advertising
Despite being about as hip as the average mother (that is, not very), my mom is definitely in the know when it comes to cool new startup products. Harry's Razors? She bought them for my dad. A Casper...
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What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Blizzard Entertainment
This editorial was originally published in the SitePoint Entrepreneur newsletter. Sign up here to receive updates on our Entrepreneur coverage every two weeks. In November of last year, Blizzard...
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A Masochist’s Guide to Bootstrapping Your SaaS Startup to Profitability
Alright, let’s start by addressing the elephant in the room. Why is this a guide for “masochists”? Does that exclude you (the reader - probably not a masochist)? I can assure you that your startup...
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How First-Time Founders Can Develop Sales Skills
“As a founder, what must you have to be successful?” I’ve asked a lot of entrepreneurs this question—22, to be exact. And out of those 22 people, all but four answered: “Salesmanship.” At first, this...
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10 Tips for Effective Collaboration in Remote Teams
I’ve worked remotely for most of my career; as a designer, a developer, and now as a writer. I’ve also worked in an office, and I have to say that neither is more dynamic than the other — it’s about...
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How Changing Our Pricing Turned a Side Project into a Real Business
As entrepreneurs, we’re constantly seeking ways we can improve our product or service. Isn’t that what most of us are driven by? To make something that wows our customers? We’re constantly iterating,...
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