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Tools to Launch Your Startup on a Shoestring (Part 3)
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Ravi Mehta - VP of Product, Viximo
This is the final part in a three part series about how to launch your startup on a shoestring budget. In the first post, we looked at back office and operational tools that enable...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Boston Mobile Madness
Monday, April 9, 2012 Chris Sheehan - Managing Director, CommonAngels
At Xconomy’s very successful Mobile Madness event a couple of weeks ago, I was struck by the vibrant mobile startup scene in Boston.   Its not that mobile focused startups are new to...
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Best Practices, Innovation, Technology Trends, Voices
Tools to Launch Your Startup on a Shoestring (Part 2)
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 Ravi Mehta - VP of Product, Viximo
This is the second part in a three part series about how to launch your startup on a shoestring budget. In the first post, we looked at back office and operational tools that enable...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Why Sales or Product are the smartest career choices - but only for now
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 Arjun Moorthy - VP Business Development, HubSpot
Recently our CEO Brian Halligan said during an employee gathering that there are only two jobs worth having at a company – either building the product or selling it.  The blunt..
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Voices
Tools to Launch Your Startup on a Shoestring (Part 1)
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Ravi Mehta - VP of Product, Viximo
During a Sunday afternoon last year, I came across an article about how to quickly and cheaply launch a business. I had been wanting to start a side project to get more familiar with...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Technology Trends, Voices
The 7 Business Slides for Startups
Thursday, March 22, 2012 Chris Sheehan - Managing Director, CommonAngels
You’re an early stage entrepreneur building a Web-based subscription business. You have your board meeting coming up soon, or you’re sitting down with your close...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Funding, Lessons Learned, Voices
First Look: peddl
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Nathan Burke - Director of Marketing, CloudLock
When it comes to buying and selling secondhand things, there have been few technological innovations after the garage sale and Craig’s List. But a new startup called peddl is using its MIT...
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Entrepreneurship, First Look, Innovation, Voices
Scaling for Growth? How to Hire Superstars
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Chris McMahon - Sr. Director of Human Resources, Endeca
The idea is working… you have great investors, you have hired exceptional people, your core product is built, your customers are happy and they want to know what is coming...
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On Not Being Scrum Enough
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Joe Kinsella - VP of Engineering, Sonian
A few months back I had dinner with a group of product managers returning from Scrum training. The team had been struggling to find the right process for their organization, and hoped...
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Expert Advice, Voices
Things Entrepreneurs Never Confess To Their VCs
Thursday, February 23, 2012 Dharmesh Shah - CTO and Founder, HubSpot
Note: This is intended be a light-hearted piece that hits just close enough on some counts to (hopefully) be funny. Please don't take it too seriously.  (Oh, and for the record, I've actually...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Voices