Using AdWords to assess demand for your new online service, step-by-step
If you want to build an online service, and you don't test it with a fake AdWords campaign ahead of time, you're crazy. That's the conclusio...
7 Reasons Why My Social Music Site Never Took Off
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Every Piece of Startup Advice is a Lie
Well, not all of it. That title was blatant click-bait. You’re here and I’ve won. Nyah!
StackOverflow.com : the new venture from Joel Spolsky
What is stackoverflow.com? Nothing, yet. But here’s the concept: Programmers seem to have stopped reading books. The market for books on programming topics is miniscule compared to the number…
What does a startup CTO actually do?
What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? Often times, it seems like people are thinking it's synonymous with "that guy who gets p...
YC: 7 Weeks In
When Chris Sacca talks, people listen.
Pricing as Signal
Forbes: “EMI Group boss Alain Levy said at press conference today that he believed Jobs would introduce multiple price points for iTunes music within the next year.” The story they̵…
Startup founder evolution (or, the biz guy *is* valuable, just not at first)
In the past two months I’ve been on two different panels with other entrepreneurs. The first was at WTIA in Bellevue, WA (“ Cashing in on Web Services “)– the other panelists were very clearly what I’d call “business entrepreneurs”. All of them had relatively successful funded startups, but not a one of them had…
Are You An Entrepreneur or a Wantrepreneur?
Compare the best sports betting sites Singapore bettors use on odds, bonuses, banking and payout speed, with the wagering terms and limitations explained.
Rules for startups
My buddy Jason had a GREAT post about rules for startups. Read it, love it learn it.
YC's summer update
We’re less than 2 weeks away from Demo Day and I feel like this funding cycle has whizzed by faster than any other. We have 22 startups this summer, bringing the total number we’ve funded to...
Bootstrappers Beware
A lot of people are damn religious about bootrapping businesses. Especially nowadays when it’s so easy to start a software business– you just need a few hackers, Ruby on Rails, a cheap virtual server and you’re ready to roll, right?