Yahoo is holding a New York event this Monday for a mystery announcement.
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How to hire a superstar engineer for your startup – Some startups outsource computer engineering in the early days, but later find themselves in a position where the position needs to come in …
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While the traditional definition of lean startup is one that moves fast, venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur Mark Suster says a better definition is one that’s tied to size and funding levels. There’s nothing wrong with being lean as you …
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(Editor’s note: Firas Raouf is a partner with OpenView Partners. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
Most early stage tech companies don’t think they have room for a chief operating officer.
There are several reasons behind that, of course. Sometimes, …
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(Editor’s note: Jeff Bussgang is a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners. This column originally appeared on his blog Seeing Both Sides.)
There has been a surge in interest with the world of the Navy SEALs since the Osama bin …
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(Editor’s note: Unity Stoakes is Co-Founder and President of OrganizedWisdom.com. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
One of the most important things you will do as the founder of a start-up is assemble your board. And if you take …
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(Editor’s note: Scott Edward Walker is the founder and CEO of Walker Corporate Law Group, PLLC, a law firm specializing in the representation of entrepreneurs. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.)
A reader asks: We launched a consumer Internet site …
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Legal danger zone: ‘Friending’ your boss – or your employee – In start-ups, employers and employees often have a friendship beyond the workplace, but that doesn’t mean it’s a smart idea to add …
Most entrepreneurs think they know what problem they’re trying to solve when they decide to launch a company – but that certainty fades quickly as they begin digging into the situation. Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom, in this Entrepreneur Thought Leader …
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(Editor’s note: Jonathan McCormick is COO of Intermedia. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
Technology experts touted 2010 as the year that most businesses would start re-investing into their IT infrastructure, but 2011 seems to be the year where real …
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(Editor’s note: Jason Cohen is an angel investor and the founder of Smart Bear Software. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
Most sporting contests culminate in a single-elimination tournament, meaning that after each match the winner continues and the …
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(Editor’s note: In this excerpt from the book “I.D.E.A. To Exit: An Entrepreneurial Journey”, author Jeffrey Weber (who founded Technology Resource Center, Inc., eventually selling it in 2006 to a Fortune 100 listed firm) discusses the role honesty and ethics …
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What does it mean to be a contrarian? The word is thrown around a lot, but very …
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(Editor’s note: Curtis Smolar is a partner at Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.)
A reader asks: I’ve friended a few employees on Facebook, but I’m seeing them admit to a few things in …
The technology industry needs to think long and hard about ethics, according to Googler Damon Horowitz.
Horowitz has co-founded several startups, and he’s currently a director of engineering at Google (which acquired his latest startup Aardvark). But he also has …
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Demystifying the VC term sheet: Pay-to-play provisions – Attorney Scott Edward Walker continues his ongoing series looking at some of the arcane language of venture capital term sheets – and how entrepreneurs can …
In most companies, the better you perform, the more you earn. But Geoffrey Moore, author and venture partner at MDV, says focusing exclusively on that metric can hurt a company in the long run. Instead, he tells students in this …
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(Editor’s note: Robert R. Ackerman, Jr. is the founder and managing director of Allegis Capital. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
Two years ago, I wrote a column for VentureBeat that warned that America’s innovation engine was running out of …
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As contrarians like Steve Jobs will tell you, it pays to think different. And while Jobs and the rest of his crew have received plenty of praise (and bags of money) for …
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(Editor’s note: Jeff Bussgang is a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners. This column originally appeared on his blog Seeing Both Sides.)
The unemployment rate in America is hovering around 9 percent. But if you are a competent engineer, sales …
