5 Smart Ways to Find Great Co-Founders
Starting a business is hard. Really hard. And if you’re going solo, think again. Startups with solo founders take 3.6 times longer to reach scale stage, compared to a founding team of two, and they’re...
View ArticleTips from a Community Manager on Building Online Communities
[author_more] When you think of an online community, what comes to mind? Do you think of a forum, Slack channel, or social network filled with thousands or millions of users constantly chatting? Maybe...
View ArticleHow Startups Can Beat Big Companies for the Best Talent
You think you’ve found your perfect hire. She’s uber-talented, has an awesome personality, and seems genuinely passionate about your startup’s mission. [author_more] At the end of a great interview,...
View Article5 Ways Remote Teams Can Create a Culture of Accountability
Every contractor or employee needs to be accountable for their responsibilities. It’s common courtesy to let everybody in your team (or boss, if you don’t work with the actual team) know what you’re...
View Article8 Things You Shouldn’t Do at Your Investor Meeting
Getting funding today isn’t too hard. As one of my good friends once sarcastically said when I lived in Silicon Valley, “Everyone and their mothers is an investor out [in Silicon Valley],” going on to...
View ArticleHow to Scale from Freelancer to Founder with the Salami Technique
“An entrepreneur is willing to work 80 hours a week to avoid working 40 hours a week.” I blushed when I read that, but it’s so true. A good 9-to–5 job, with a great wage and stable work environment, is...
View Article7 Excellent Collaboration Tools for Remote Teams
[author_more] When you work remotely it’s the tools that can make or break a team. Choosing tools that aren’t right for all of you will cause friction, and eventually isolation for those that aren’t...
View ArticleWant to Help Build the Internet of Things? Start Here
The Internet of Things is upon us. Devices are becoming much more interconnected — businesses and consumers have access to usable information, anywhere and everywhere. The change is here, and we’re...
View ArticleHow to Hire Your First Remote Team
So you’ve decided to cut costs by hiring a remote team, or you’re a boss that quite literally likes to live like a boss in a beautiful remote getaway in the Maldives — either are applaudable choices...
View Article8 Ways to Stay Productive When Starting Your First Business
For years you slaved away for someone else. It may have been a small business, a medium-sized business or even a large multinational. You worked ridiculously long and stressful days, without any extra...
View Article7 Ways to Nail Your Branding Like a Boss
With large companies throwing millions upon millions of dollars at their brand image in an effort to stay relevant and compete in billion dollar industries, your branding as a smaller business is more...
View ArticleHere’s How to Uncover Your Next Great Business Idea
I’m going to let you in on a secret… … Entrepreneurs are not geniuses. You might look at famous entrepreneurs and think "I could never have an idea like that.” You’re wrong. And that’s a good thing....
View ArticleHow Asking Visitors One Simple Question Boosted My Conversion Rate by 27%
One year ago, I was in-between jobs and living in my parents’ house. I was 28. Back then, my days consisted of two tasks: Finding a new job Doing whatever I could to earn money to help pay my bills...
View ArticleWeb Summit 2016: IoT, Learning, Chatbots, Biohacking & More
53,056 people from 166 countries descended on Lisbon for this year's Web Summit. I'm not sure if this makes it the world's largest startup event, but it's damn big. I have attended startup events...
View Article4 Virtual Reality Startup Ideas Entrepreneurs Can Jump On Now
Unbelievable! Mind-blowing! You have to see it to believe it! My life will never be the same! These are but a few of the colorful expressions people have used the world over to describe their first...
View ArticleWe Quit Facebook and Google to Build a Children’s Book Startup
The story of my startup, Read Your Story, begins on a warm summer evening in July 2015, when my family was having dinner over at my sister’s house in Palo Alto, California. While we were enjoying some...
View ArticleThe 2 Secrets to Successfully Selling Online Courses
Online courses have never been more popular. Whether you want to get a college degree or learn how to draw, there’s an online course that can help you get where you need to go. But at the end of the...
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