Quote Symbol …Steve Franks http://startupfundraising.com/what-makes-a-startup-thrive-100-lessons-learned-the-hard-way/
Silicon Valley What’s eating Silicon ValleyQuartz - Andrew YangLike most people, I look up to and admire the heroes of Silicon Valley (the real ones, not the ones from the TV show). They’ve given rise to services (e.g., Google, Facebook, Uber, LinkedIn, Airbnb) that
What Do You Do After Taking Facebook Public?The Wall Street Journal. - Emily ChasanFormer Facebook CFO David Ebersman is now CEO of a startup. There’s a big difference David Ebersman spent five years as chief financial officer at Facebook Inc., where he took the company public. Now,
When Burn Rates Burn: The Myth Of Fundraising As Entrepreneurial VictoryForbes - Robin BruceZirtual, Homejoy and Circa News. Dressed up in terms like “burn rate” and “retention issues”, or hidden behind regulatory obstacles, the truth is that these companies were seemingly buffered from market
This is how much money you can REALLY make working at a startupBusiness Insider - Julie BortCoding school One Month has a tool called JobSignal that analyzes this job market to figure out which skills pay the best. Working at a startup comes with the promise of striking it rich one day from options.
Theranos The subprime ‘unicorns’ that do not look a billion dollarsFinancial TimesThe private and public worlds of technology collided this week with a set of stories about two very different companies: one a large business in its fourth decade, seeking to adjust to a new world; the
Quote Symbol …Steve Franks http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/business/dealbook/the-risk-of-a-billion-dollar-valuation-in-silicon-valley.html
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSilicon Valley The cost of an introductionmedium.com - Sam Gerstenzang In Silicon Valley, it is valuable to make an introduction. I want to be seen as someone in the middle of things. I am valued by those in my network …
EMC Surviving an acquisition without selling your soulVentureBeat - Jeff Erramouspe, SpanningAs tech company leaders, we work towards the day when the value of what we have created becomes tangible. One of the best outcomes is when a market leader makes a strategic acquisition of your company
Officelovin': Tech startup offices are the new hiring toolsTNW - Andrii Degeler“It is definitely more like a hiring tool for them,” Ptacek said. “It’s not a coincidence that they spend too much money on the offices, they see it as a huge opportunity to get the best talent. Today,
Personality So Introverts Make The Best Bosses? Oh, Really?Inc Magazine - Chris MatyszczykPsychologists now believe that introverts are great entrepreneurs. Are they full of it? Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. At these
Startup financing options - equity vs debt vs convertiblesTNW - George DeebEntrepreneurs are not always aware of the various financing structures that may be available to them when raising new capital to finance their growth. Even if they are, they are not always sure what fair
I Joined Google At 19. Here’s What I LearnedFast Company - Rich BellisI got thrown in at the deep end from my first day at Google, and it’s made me a better entrepreneur. As an eager, fresh-faced 19-year-old, I turned up at Google–at the time, a 3,000-person tech company–ready
Airbnb On Building A Global CompanyTechCrunch - Elisa SchreiberIn 2008, Airbnb co-founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia could barely make rent. But, after hosting strangers on air mattresses at their apartment, they came up with a crazy business concept — people paying
Silicon Valley The real secret to success in Silicon Valley, according to a Stanford professorQuartz - Yossi FeinbergSilicon Valley has become something of a mecca for talented entrepreneurs looking to make their mark. As a professor teaching them, I have had a ringside seat as some of the most driven businesspeople
Software What do software engineers who earn $500,000 a year do?Quartz - Amin Ariana• From the early days, were responsible for having created a major core value. • Created new value accidentally as a side project that turned out to be valuable. • Left the village to start another one
Job hunting is a matter of Big Data, not how you perform at an interviewThe Guardian - Tim AdamsHow do we end up in the jobs we end up in? And why did we miss those opportunities we had set our hearts on? If most of us look back, the reality is likely to be as fraught with chance as any other aspect
How to prioritize feature building on your startupTNW - Itai RavehThe scenario is all too familiar for product managers: there’s a million feature requests and ideas for development and just as many stakeholders with conflicting agendas about which should be prioritized.
Grow fast or die slowmckinsey.com Software and online services are in a period of dizzying growth. Year-old companies are turning down billion-dollar buyouts in the hopes of …
How To Better Predict UnicornsTechCrunch - Henry PickavetOf course Airbnb is worth a billion dollars. There’s an expensive asset there sitting unused. People often struggle to make rent. Hotels are expensive. Of course Uber is worth a billion dollars. Taxis
Investing Billion-dollar startups everywhere — but no billion-dollar entrepreneurs (yet)VentureBeat - Armando Biondi, AdEspressoOver the weekend Heidi Roizen wrote a post that was extensively shared across the tech industry: “How to Build a Unicorn From Scratch — and Walk Away with Nothing.” Go read it right now if you haven’t
