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Topic: startup advice

Everything from business strategy and legal tips to tech hiring and social media tactics.
Privacy is dead: Microsoft intercepts, decrypts, and reads Skype messages

Privacy is dead: Microsoft intercepts, decrypts, and reads Skype messages

May 20, 2013 7:02 pm by | 1 Comments

Skype used to be what you would use to send secure, encrypted, and untraceable messages to friends, family, and business associates all over the world. Not any more. According to ... Read more
Myth #1: My existing network will open enough doors to get us funded!

Myth #1: My existing network will open enough doors to get us funded!

May 14, 2013 7:15 am by | 0 Comments

Big network? Big deal! The reality is that only one network matters when it comes to raising capital. That network is the group of individuals who are absolutely passionate about ... Read more
Minneapolis, Raleigh make the top ten list of best cities for women entrepreneurs

Minneapolis, Raleigh make the top ten list of best cities for women entrepreneurs

May 13, 2013 6:22 pm by | 0 Comments

Women in entrepreneurship is a hot button issue right now. Women represent a significantly smaller number of executives and entrepreneurs then men and far fewer aspire to positions of leadership. ... Read more
The mobile testing challenge: How to improve your UX and prepare for the future

The mobile testing challenge: How to improve your UX and prepare for the future

May 11, 2013 2:41 pm by | 0 Comments

It’s one of the biggest headaches for mobile developers and organizations launching mobile initiatives, and one where the most capital can be wasted: mobile testing. Since testing can amount to ... Read more
A lesson from Nikola Tesla: Entrepreneurship isn’t about the money

A lesson from Nikola Tesla: Entrepreneurship isn’t about the money

May 11, 2013 1:08 pm by | 0 Comments

On January 1, 1999, I immigrated to Silicon Valley from Canada to work as a corporate attorney for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. I watched in amazement as 400 companies ... Read more
Here we go again: 5 reasons hiring a good PR firm is smart business

Here we go again: 5 reasons hiring a good PR firm is smart business

May 11, 2013 11:34 am by | 1 Comments

This is a guest post by Patrick Ward, CEO and founder of PR firm 104 West. I feel like I have this same argument at least twice a year when ... Read more
What’s challenging for health startups in the life science capital? 5 Boston entrepreneurs weigh in

What’s challenging for health startups in the life science capital? 5 Boston entrepreneurs weigh in

May 10, 2013 9:17 am by | 0 Comments

If you’re a startup working on a product for the healthcare industry, Boston is the place to be. During a trip to Bean Town, I was curious to hear what ... Read more
A little help here! Ideas from payers about clinical areas ripe for innovation

A little help here! Ideas from payers about clinical areas ripe for innovation

May 10, 2013 8:04 am by | 3 Comments

What payer problem really needs fixing? The men representing UnitedHealthcare, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota had quick answers to moderator Lisa Suennen‘s question. The group was discussing ... Read more
Advice for mobile health app startups looking for early patient testers: Just think social

Advice for mobile health app startups looking for early patient testers: Just think social

May 9, 2013 11:09 am by | 0 Comments

When it came time to test the first version of its new mobile app for people with migraines, the team at Ubiqi Health assumed that physician referrals would be the ... Read more
5 strategic reminders for healthcare startups

5 strategic reminders for healthcare startups

May 6, 2013 2:22 pm by | 0 Comments

Some advice is good enough to repeat and repeat and repeat. Marti Nyman is managing director of Altavail Partners, LLC, an innovation, strategy and business acceleration consultancy. He also writes ... Read more
Six questions to ask when making the build vs. buy decision

Six questions to ask when making the build vs. buy decision

May 6, 2013 1:00 pm by | 0 Comments

One of the many challenges a business must face is the decision to buy a pre-packaged solution or to build a customized version that meets the business’s exact specifications. The ... Read more
It’s a good time to be a startup, according to early-stage entrepreneurs

It’s a good time to be a startup, according to early-stage entrepreneurs

May 6, 2013 7:00 am by | 0 Comments

Entrepreneurs are feeling as good as they have in over a year about the prospects for their early-stage companies.According to the Startup Confidence Index for Q1 2013, 84 percent of ... Read more
Five steps for bootstraping your startup — permanently

Five steps for bootstraping your startup — permanently

May 5, 2013 1:56 pm by | 0 Comments

Are would-be entrepreneurs letting the funding-equals-success myth stand between them and true success? Too many startup founders crave the validation of big-name investors and end up buying into the idea ... Read more
Startups, here’s a guide to video strategy before and after you launch

Startups, here’s a guide to video strategy before and after you launch

May 5, 2013 11:30 am by | 0 Comments

Do startups need a video strategy? I’ve been in and around the "video for business" industry for the last six years and I get asked this question by startups quite ... Read more
5 reasons you’ll regret hiring a PR firm for your startup and what you should do instead

5 reasons you’ll regret hiring a PR firm for your startup and what you should do instead

May 4, 2013 1:30 pm by | 0 Comments

There are lots of dumb things you could do as a startup entrepreneur ’ like base your company out of Bakersfield, allow yourself to be acquired by Groupon in an ... Read more