It was only a year ago that many in the Venture Capital industry were predicting that “winter was coming” and to be fair the author of this post was chief amongst them. Yet as we enter February 20
This is the narrative that isn't talked about - but I promise you it's the more common narrative amongst even those that went to top-tier schools, got the right jobs, worked hard in their 20s but didn
Startups in a world of massive markets can be confusing. The law of large numbers; platforms that can make your company blow up unexpectedly and the trendy nature of tech markets are deceiving.
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It's the new refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. I hear it right after people decide to come by for a few days to "check out what all the fuss is about." I hear it when I
There is an old saying in poker that if you don't know who the sucker at the table is - it's you.
The same can be said of critical decisions in a board meeting or frankly any other meeting where ma
The tech industry has a certain narrative on how startups are created. Given the immense wealth generated in a short period of time, entrepreneurial lessons are often lost in the measure of dollars an
It's hard to land large customers when you're a tiny enterprise software startup and when you do you have to be careful that you don't become their internal R&D department.
This post offers a s
Many investors and advisors will tell you that you shouldn't have professional services revenue at your enterprise startup. This is wrong. PS helps secure customer success and brings in quick revenue
The era of VCs investing in successful consumer Internet startups such as eBay led to a belief system that seemed to permeate many enterprise software startups that hiring sales or implementation peop
Creating awareness for your brand is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. This post provi
Global audiences of prosumer video producers will create content that is viewed by global audiences in numbers far in excess of traditional TV. TV will enter the era of "participation" and when the me
<em><strong>Editor’s Note: </strong>This is a guest post by Mark Suster (<a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/#!/msuster">@msuster</a>), a 2x entrepreneur, now VC at <a target="_blank" href=
<em><strong>Editor’s Note: </strong>This is a guest post by Mark Suster (<a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/#!/msuster">@msuster</a>), a 2x entrepreneur, now VC at <a target="_blank" href=
<em><strong>Editor’s Note: </strong>This is a guest post by Mark Suster (<a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/#!/msuster">@msuster</a>), a 2x entrepreneur, now VC at <a target="_blank" href
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Launchpad LA today announces it will accept applications for its third class of Los Angeles-based tech startups. There are significant VC commitments and every entering company will get $50,000 in fun
<em><strong>Editor’s Note: </strong>This is a guest post by (<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/msuster">@msuster</a>) Mark Suster, a 2x entrepreneur, now VC at <a href="http://www.grppartners.com">GRP
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Everybody knows that when you raise money at a startup your ownership percentage of the company goes down. The goal is to have the value of the startup go up by enough that you own a smaller percentag
A month ago <a href="http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2011/09/19/why-reed-hastings-should-be-applauded-for-netflix-split/" target="_blank">I applauded Reed Hasting's bold decision to split his busi
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