24 Quotes from Alex Schultz on Startup Growth
From Stanford’s CS183B Course How to Start a Startup — Lecture 6 As VP of Growth for Facebook, Alex Schultz provides great insight into what startups should focus on, and the importance of...
View ArticleGood Sales Executive / Bad Sales Executive
Inspired by Ben Horowitz’s Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager This post was inspired by Ben Horowitz’s Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager. I found it very useful when trying to learn about...
View Article24 Quotes from Kevin Hale on Building Products Users Love
From Stanford’s CS183B Course How to Start a Startup — Lecture 7 From Stanford’s CS183B Course How to Start a Startup — Lecture 7 The quotes below are all 140 characters or less, so please feel free to...
View Article29 Quotes from Walker Williams on Doing Things That Don’t Scale
From Stanford’s CS183B Course How to Start a Startup — Lecture 8 The quotes below are all 140 characters or less, so please feel free to share as you see fit. In case I’ve missed any quotes or you find...
View Article20 Quotes from Justin Kan on Getting Press for your Startup
From Stanford’s CS183B Course How to Start a Startup — Lecture 8 The quotes below are all 140 characters or less, so please feel free to share as you see fit. In case I’ve missed any quotes or you find...
View Article8 Reasons Why Humility Is A Necessary Skill For Founders
Awesome founders aren’t afraid to admit that sometimes, they just don’t have a fucking clue. I met the founder of a local startup last weekend (let’s call him George), and was inspired. I was inspired...
View Article39 Quotes from Brian Chesky on Company Culture and Building a Team
From Stanford’s CS183B Course How to Start a Startup — Lecture 10 The quotes below are all 140 characters or less, so please feel free to share as you see fit. In case I’ve missed any quotes or you...
View ArticlePersonal Growth Hacking.
3 unexpected things I learned during my first 50 days using Lift. I’m on a 50 day meditation streak and I’ve started dreaming about going to Singapore. Oh, I’ve also lost a few pounds and am eating...
View Article38 Quotes from Ben Silbermann, John Collison and Patrick Collison on Company...
From Stanford’s CS183B Course How to Start a Startup — Lecture 11 The quotes below are all 140 characters or less, so please feel free to share as you see fit. In case I’ve missed any quotes or you...
View Article32 Quotes from Aaron Levie on Building for the Enterprise
From Stanford’s CS183B Course How to Start a Startup — Lecture 12 The quotes below are all 140 characters or less, so please feel free to share as you see fit. In case I’ve missed any quotes or you...
View ArticleTech Meetups and Startup Events Don’t Suck, Maybe You Do.
8 Ways to Get the Most out of the Tech Events You Attend Free beer, sweaty engineers and live demos that sort of work. Free swag, recruiters and job seekers looking for a new gig. Free coffee, business...
View Article26 Quotes from Reid Hoffman on How to be a Great Founder
From Stanford’s CS183B Course How to Start a Startup — Lecture 13 “The reality is: a founder is someone who deals with a ton of different headaches and no one is universally super powered.” “Part of...
View Article56 Quotes from Keith Rabois on How to Operate
From Stanford’s CS183B Course How to Start a Startup — Lecture 14 The quotes below are all 140 characters or less, so please feel free to share as you see fit. In case I’ve missed any quotes or you...
View ArticleDon’t Get Lost in Being Right
5 Steps to Reducing Rage and Having Better Conversations I know I’m right. Why can’t you just accept that? As you’re talking, I’m thinking about the rebuttals I have to all of your ludicrous...
View ArticleWhat Made Startup Open House Effective
Reasons why it was successful and a few thoughts for next year. A few years ago, I was new to Toronto’s startup scene. In fact, I was pretty new to startups in general. I used to ask “dumb” questions...
View Article21 Quotes from Ben Horowitz on How to Manage
From Stanford’s CS183B Course How to Start a Startup — Lecture 15 The quotes below are all 140 characters or less, so please feel free to share as you see fit. In case I’ve missed any quotes or you...
View Article31 Quotes from Emmett Shear on How to Run a User Interview
From Stanford’s CS183B Course How to Start a Startup — Lecture 16 The quotes below are all 140 characters or less, so please feel free to share as you see fit. In case I’ve missed any quotes or you...
View Article22 Quotes from Hosain Rahman on How to Design Hardware Products
From Stanford’s CS183B Course How to Start a Startup — Lecture 17 The quotes below are all 140 characters or less, so please feel free to share as you see fit. In case I’ve missed any quotes or you...
View Article59 Quotes from Kirsty Nathoo & Carolynn Levy on Legal & Accounting Basics for...
From Stanford’s CS183B Course How to Start a Startup — Lecture 18 The quotes below are all 140 characters or less, so please feel free to share as you see fit. In case I’ve missed any quotes or you...
View ArticleWhy enterprise software startups are kicking ass
If you’re still selling enterprise software circa 2010, you’re in for a rude awakening. As a former sales exec at one of the big old school tech vendors, I can still remember the voice of one of my...
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