Why Some Startups Win.by Steve BlankIf you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you get there?Continue
The No Excuses Cultureby Steve BlankBecome a high-performance organization and deliver on time and on budget.Continue
The Dos and Don’ts of Great Customer Serviceby Emma McGowanCustomer service is important for any business, but for a startup it means the difference between succeeding and being one of the 90 percent that fail. HappyFox founder Shalin Jain goes deep on exactly what you should -- and shouldn't -- be doing for your customers. Continue
How to Be Resilient After Failingby Kim PerellI know from experience that entrepreneurship isn't about being brilliant; it's about being adaptive and resilient.Continue
6 Common Mistakes That Startups Makeby Eugeniya KorotyaIf you're launching a startup—be sure to avoid these 6 common startup mistakes to put yourself in the best position possible.Continue
Customer Development 101: Finding & Attracting Your First Customersby Joe GarzaA company will only survive as long as it continues to have a strong customer base. So, how do you go about getting those critical first customers?Continue
Why Super Mario Run Won’t Make $500M In 60 Days Like Pokémon Goby Nate DesmondInitially, Super Mario Run looked successful with an estimated 2.85 million downloads on launch day (vs 900k launch day downloads for Pokemon Go) But when you start digging into engagement numbers, Super Mario doesn’t look quite as successful.Continue
Finding Product Market Fit: Lessons from the Military for Pre Seed Startupsby Nic WoodhamsI have pivoted three times from my original idea. That’s a lot in a short space of time but it has helped me find product market fit. Here is why I did it. Continue
Venture Capitalists, Cognitive Bias, And The Dangers Of Learning From The Pastby Sonya MannA venture firm works from a thesis, but a thesis is just a set of proposed understandings. Beneath the graphs and pie charts, the empirical anchors, lie fuzzier things like intuition, hope, and bias.Continue