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Personality Matters More When You're Interviewing For A Startup Job
Working for a startup is exciting. It's also a lot different than working for a company that's been around for hundreds of years. And being successful at an established company doesn't mean you'll...
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Startup Offers Failed Entrepreneurs A Million-Dollar Signing Bonus
It's hard to hire in tech. How hard? A startup called Twice is offering a $1 million cash and equity signing bonus to anyone who launched a startup through accelerator programs Y Combinator, 500...
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12 Things Startups Want To See On Your Resume
Question: What types of things should job seekers include in their resumes if they're trying to get hired by a successful startup? 1. Constructive Feedback for the Startup "Startups love feedback,...
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Bravo's 'Start-Ups: Silicon Valley' Shows Geeks Just Want To Have Fun, And...
Bravo has released a trailer for its upcoming show Start-Ups: Silicon Valley that follows the lives of six young entrepreneurs trying to make a name for themselves. But the footage reveals that nerds...
View ArticleAll The Gold-Plated Names In VC Just Invested In A Payday Loan Startup
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We Are Very Excited About Three World-Changing Startups We Discovered This...
There are too many new startups coming out each day to keep track of, but today we stumbled upon three which are actually pretty cool – world changing even. Here they are, in order of...
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The Hidden Losers In Softbank's $20 Billion Sprint Deal: Startups, VCs, And...
Softbank bought a controlling stake in Sprint for ~$20 billion. It's bad news for Yahoo, Yahoo shareholders, Marissa Mayer, Silicon Valley VCs, and tech startups. Here's how: Yahoo Japan is a joint...
View ArticleCirca Wants To Save Journalism By Killing Articles — What’s Wrong And Right...
There’s a lot to like and a lot to hate about Circa, the new company by Cheezburger Network and reality TV star Ben Huh and SocialThing and SimpleGeo co-founder Matt Galligan. It launches today and is...
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How To Become An Expert Without Knowing Anything And Get Hired By A Startup...
In the age of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn what you appear to be on the Internet is, for most of the people who will ever encounter your name, who you are. Chris Yeh knows this. He was...
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13 Powerful Women Running Today's Biggest Startups
Some very powerful women sit behind many of today's most promising new companies. They've worked their way up the corporate ladder and are running companies that are worth hundreds of millions of...
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Airtime Has 400 Daily Users
Sean Parker's video chat startup Airtime only has 400 daily active users, Jenna Wortham at The New York Times reports. Wortham's numbers come from AppData, which tracks users via Facebook Connect. In...
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It Must Be Really Frustrating For Other Founders To Watch Airtime And Color Fail
It must be really frustrating for first-time entrepreneurs to look at Color or Airtime. While they're struggling to raise money for their startups as unestablished names in tech, serial entrepreneurs...
View Article7 Basic Money Mistakes That Kill Startups
Many startups fail before reaching that magic “cash-flow positive” position they have been striving for, despite seemingly reasonable financial projections. A closer analysis often indicates the cause...
View ArticleBefore Picking A Cofounder You Have To See How You Fight
I often get asked about finding cofounders and I usually give the standard list of characteristics of what I look for in a founder. And I emphasize the value of a founding team with complementary...
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Mark Zuckerberg: 'I Have This Fear'
On Saturday, Mark Zuckerberg spoke at Y Combinator's Startup School event where he gave engineers and founders business advice. One of the most interesting things he discussed was a personal fear....
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Larry Page's College Friend Has Launched A Cool New Startup
Imagine hanging out with Larry Page in college while working on your Ph.D., sharing an office with him and then choosing to join a virtual-worlds startup called There Inc. instead of the thing Page...
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4 Mistakes Young Entrepreneurs Make That Waste Time And Money
I mentor many college students, including those at Colgate University (my alma mater) for the school’s own entrepreneurship program, TIA – Thought Into Action Institute. There are a few classic...
View Article5 Things I Learned
When I started my business with two other partners at age 24, I was a great consultant—but a mediocre business owner. Like many others who start their own businesses to do what they love, I was...
View ArticleDo You Have What It Takes to Disrupt an Entire Industry?
What extraordinary abilities does Jack Dorsey possess that have enabled him to tackle and disrupt the payment processing industry? Certainly nothing in the Twitter co-founder’s career history hinted...
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A Silicon Valley Insider Actually Has A Plan To Get More Women In Tech
Let's face it: The tech scene is dominated by men. Adeo Ressi, CEO of the Founder Institute, hopes to change that over the next few years. He's well-positioned to do so as an insider's insider in the...
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