Is running a successful venture skill, luck or timing? 
This is the story of how a young Irish fine artist accidentally became a materials scientist, founding a high-growth company that created a whole new product category. As a first time entrepreneur, I can clearly recognize some errors I'm doing my best to avoid. Great presentation. 
An old post but a good example of how a startup can focus and work on a very simple prototype to test its market and its potential users. 
a startup team needs to be capable of making sudden and rapid shifts – because it will be wrong a lot. Startups are inherently chaos. Conditions on the ground will change so rapidly that the original well-thought-out business plan becomes irrelevant. 
Business incubators have been around since the 1950s. Typically attached to universities, these entities offered a proving ground with back-office resources for fledgling entrepreneurs. 
Startups are often afraid by legal fees. Here are some advices, but one has to bear in mind that making legal savings may not be the good choice ! Since a couple of years, we see emerging more and more mentors around startups... But what are they? Who are they? How to recognize them? How can they help you? 
After shutting down energy efficiency startup Hug Energy at the beginning of 2011, serial entrepreneur Marcus Tallhamn writes about the most important lesson he learned from the experience 
Growing up I was surrounded by entrepreneurs. All of my uncles on my mom’s side of the family ran successful businesses, and I learned that working for yourself was a great way to improve your lifestyle. In this keynote address from the Endeavor Entrepreneur Summit, serial entrepreneur and LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman shares his views on the role of entrepreneurs... 
A perplexing set of circumstances demands some answers. 
Successful startup hires all share a certain set of qualities. You'll likely not find them on a resume, and traditional interview questions won’t uncover them. Yet their importance cannot be overstated. |
"Companies change. Products evolve. Approaches get thrown out the window. The centrifugal force alone of that kind of rapid development is enough to throw anyone off center. Throughout my experience, one guiding rule on team building in fast-moving companies has emerged: hire people, not skills." 
The founders of Instagram, now multimillionaires after Facebook bought their app this week, were helped along the way by the tight web in the Bay Area tech scene. ... 
21 tips to Successfully Moderate a tech Conference Panel. This classic 25-word definition pares entrepreneurship to its essence and explains why it's so hard. And so addictive. 
The billionaire tech entrepreneur offers his best advice from hiring passionate employees to never hiring a PR firm. 
Last week I gave a talk at South by Southwest, and in it I shared my top ten rules for entrepreneurship. They are borne from my experiences starting companies and partnering with great entrepreneur... 
So, below, are some of my favorite (and I think most useful) articles from 6 years of OnStartups.com. If I were to design a curriculum for the Masters In Startup Awesomeness, some of this material would likely be included. I recognize that this a lot of stuff, so feel free to just bookmark this article and read later. 
Great legal checklist for wannabe US companies.
Startup checklist: 1. Form a corporation, not an LLC (see post here) or a partnership (see post here). 2. Incorporate in Delaware and qualify the company to do business in the state in which its principal office is located (see #2 here). 3-10 => see the full post 
n a post from the Red Rocket Ventures blog, George Deeb, Managing Partner of Red Rocket Ventures and Founder of iExplore, shares his advice on determining whether or not you have a good business idea, with a good revenue model in a sizeable market. 
In this interview, David Cohen Founder & CEO of TechStars explains how to get a mentor for your startup. 
Great entrepreneurs and business leaders have led their businesses with different types of personalities. Entrepreneurs and founders mentioned in this infographic have led their companies with different personality types and have produced great results. If you better understand your personality, you can give your company the best part of you.
After shutting down energy efficiency startup Hug Energy at the beginning of 2011, serial entrepreneur Marcus Tallhamn writes about the most important lesson he learned from the experience: value systems are crucial, and you've got to know what... |
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