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Ok, sure, there obviously is no such thing as a perfect pitch, I’m just trying to get better at using titles that actually attract readers (I’m gonna do a summer internship at...
When you look up the phrase “the elephant in the room” in Wikipedia you get: “Elephant in the room” is an English metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is being...
Customers hate being sold to. They don’t mind getting expert help when they want to buy something. But much of the time they are not ready to buy, and one of the most...
You're a first-time entrepreneur. You have an idea that will change the world and you have been fortunate to find an investor to fund it. Now you're faced with your...
Over the last year I’ve had the opportunity to gain hands on experience building software to support multiple clouds. While most cloud consumers can live within the gated...
I've watched some people struggling with some email blow ups and frustrations over the years and I was just thinking about some of the...
The most important financial decision you will ever make as an entrepreneur is when to sell your company. What amount of money to raise at what price from whom pales in comparison...
This is the fifth post in a Friday series on “raising VC money”. For the list of topics we are covering, click here. In this post, we’ll focus on “how to handle...
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...
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...
There are several common mistakes people make that slow down their website. Are you making any of them? See the mistakes below (and how you can fix them if you are making...
Without dating myself or even just admitting I like classic rock and folk music, one of the best stories told through a song is “Cat’s in the Cradle” by Harry Chapin. For those of you...
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...
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...
What can we learn about innovation and growth from the most successful growth companies? Global competition and a weak economy have made growth more challenging...
I was doing some data mining in our database of New England venture transactions (see Foley Hoag Venture Perspectives) for reasons completely unrelated to the topic I am about...
I recently had coffee with a friend and former colleague whom I met working at Google. We’ll call him Jake. Jake now works in education, at a premier music and arts school outside...
Checking references is a normal part of the hiring process. Although they are meaningful, it is unlikely that a candidate is going to give you a set of references that don’t speak...
Last week I had a conversation with an entrepreneur who was confused about option pricing, and no matter how many times I tried to explain it, he never seemed to get his head around...
One of the most clichéd interview questions is “what are your strengths and weaknesses.” Most of us have heard it so many times that we’ve prepared for it extensively. Often we...
At the onset of 2012, many start-up executives around the world are sticking their copy of Lean Start-Up on the shelf, leaning back, and bemoaning the fact that they have a new...
As we wind down 2011, I thought it would be helpful to highlight some of top blog posts from the year. So, in no particular order...
Always lots of ideas from entrepreneurs, angels, vcs about how best to raise Seed & Early Stage capital. ‘Tis the season for end-of-year lists. So, if good enough for “Top 10 NFL...
If you you think you want to be a CEO, what should you do? I was talking to a former CEO who had a very successful exit almost two years ago. This a good friend who I have known...
I don’t blog a lot about the inner workings of Backupify but our recent launch of Snapshot for Google Apps has been very successful, and it seemed like a good time to use this example...
Best practices for inside sales managers. An interview with Mark Roberge, VP of Sales at HubSpot, discussing how he blends science and process with the art of selling. HubSpot is a SaaS...
If you work in the search marketing industry, you may have found yourself having a conversation somewhat like this one (the same conversation I have every time I tell a...
Given Volition’s focus on bootstrapped high growth technology companies, we meet company founders every week that have built amazing companies with very little resources. It never...
A new phrase entered the startup vocabulary a little while ago: “Ramen Profitable”. The phrase is used to reference startups that are making enough money for the founders to live...
Scott Kirsner of The Boston Globe called them the startup equivalent of the Justice League of America. Seven superhero CEOs gathered on Friday afternoon at the...