There are literally thousands of venture accelerators, pre-accelerators, startup weeks, startup weekends, incubators, platforms, books, podcasts, videos, workbooks, blogs, technology tools and more to help startup founders succeed. But, how well is the current startup facilitation ecosystem actually working? Worldwide, of the thousands of startups who apply...
As a Hiker, I love this article by Ken Favaro, The Strategy Lessons of a Long Hike. Ken and several friends attempted to tackle a difficult stretch of the Pacific Coast Trail only to realize that they had set their goals without a solid strategy. As Ken...
From an article by writer Dianna Labrien: "The better you understand your customers, the faster your business will grow. Yet, new companies often struggle to determine their initial target market, by either shrinking it to the size of zero profits or broadening it to an unreachable...
Many startups don't do enough when it comes to competitive analysis. But, if your startup is going to succeed, than people (or companies) are going to have to choose your product over other available alternatives, including doing nothing. So, in my humble opinion, the ultimate...
"When it comes to startup founders, venture capitalist Jeff Jordan is looking for one quality in particular. Airbnb founder and CEO Brian Chesky has it. Ben Silbermann, the founder and CEO of Pinterest, has it, too. And if a startup founder doesn't have it, it's harder to get...
Just, as marketing software technology seems to continue to splinter into an ever expanding group of categories, marketing itself has become a dizzying array of specialized skills: SEO, Content Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Influence Marketing, Email Marketing, Growth Hacking, Conversion Rate Optimization and on and...