Articles about Advice – Page 11 of 11

Are you sacrificing happiness and long-term wealth for short term gains?

How’s that great salary working out for you? If you work at Microsoft, Google or Amazon it’s clear that you… Read More

17 things I wish I’d known when starting my first business

Growing up I was surrounded by entrepreneurs. All of my uncles on my mom’s side of the family ran successful… Read More

Take the Money and Run: An Insider’s Guide to Venture Capital

[Editor’s note: Gerry Langeler of OVP Venture Partners shares an excerpt from his new book “Take the Money and Run:… Read More

11 productivity tools that your startup ought to use

If you’ve ever been part of a startup, then you know how much hard work it involves. And you usually… Read More

What are your golden metrics?

Like most Internet-centric companies, we find ourselves engaged in an ongoing (never ending?) search for the core metrics that will… Read More

Social media agency Spring Creek acquired by Mediabrands

Spring Creek Group, a five-year-old social media agency, has been acquired by Interpublic Group’s Mediabrands unit for an undisclosed price.… Read More

Top 10 reasons why Darth Vader was an amazing project manager

The Sith Lord Darth Vader, of Star Wars fame, often gets a bad rap, particularly in what we all think of as his ‘dark… Read More

Social media agency Banyan Branch takes root with $1.7M

Banyan Branch, the Seattle-based social media marketing firm whose clients include Hartz, Porsche and Gilt Groupe, has raised $1.7 million… Read More

Vinod Khosla on failure, thinking big and why the best entrepreneurs are under 25

Don’t call Vinod Khosla a venture capitalist. After all, the venerable Silicon Valley investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist doesn’t really have… Read More

Startup Stars: A brief history of the best 20th century business launches

There are more ways now than ever for you to start a business. Startups are a hot topic and it… Read More

Ben Huh: The history of cat photos and advice for entrepreneurs

Ben Huh chats with Microsoft’s Channel 9 about the early days at Cheezburger and offers some wise advice based on… Read More

Market Leader closes a big deal, buys Realestate.com for $8.25M

Kirkland-based Market Leader today announced the purchase of Realestate.com for $8.25 million. The asset purchase from Lending Tree includes patents,… Read More

Looking to take on Quora, Avvo rebrands as a Q&A site

When former Expedia executive Mark Britton founded Avvo in 2007, the goal was to create an online directory and ranking… Read More

Nat Brown’s advice to wannabee entrepreneurs: Unlearn the nasty habits of big companies (Video)

Nat Brown is one certified geek. He joined Microsoft in 1990 and worked there for nearly 10 years before catching… Read More

11 lessons of a startup noob

It’s been a year since jumping into the startup world as an oblivious 22-year-old. I read every blog post I… Read More

How to stop the insanity: Advice and thoughts from a first-time startup CEO

Being a first time CEO can be confusing, intimidating and downright scary. You have a hundred things to do and… Read More

Jason Goldberg reflects on the ups and downs at Jobster and why it missed becoming LinkedIn

Jason Goldberg, who co-founded the online recruiting startup Jobster in 2003, was one of the more colorful characters in Seattle’s… Read More

The Startup’s Guide to Bootstrapping Marketing

Twelve years ago, marketing was a primary recipient of the mountains of cash thrown at start-ups in an effort to… Read More

A few tips for companies thinking about going global

International markets can offer technology companies significant opportunities to expand and diversify their product and service offerings, increase brand awareness… Read More

Super angel Ron Conway’s advice to entrepreneurs and why this isn’t a bubble

Ron Conway is one of the best known angel investors on the planet. So, when the early backer of Facebook,… Read More

Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little (Book Excerpt)

[Editor’s Note: Seattle author Christopher Johnson, aka The Name Inspector, shares an excerpt from his newly-released book, Microstyle: The Art of… Read More

A challenge to Seattle VCs: Back 100 seed-stage startups in 24 months

Guest Commentary: After reading GeekWire’s post about how Washington state is lagging California, New York and Massachusetts in venture capital deals,… Read More

Planning for the triple tax: Or what to do when your business model actually works

Congratulations! Your startup moved out of the dorm room, shared work space or whatever other creative locale you’ve found inspirational. … Read More

Think like a serial entrepreneur

I’m struck by the question of whether, and how, an entrepreneur might act differently if they were mindful that their… Read More

Don’t get stuck sitting on the entrepreneurial fence

Guest commentary: Because it sucks. I’ve finally taken the leap and am now a full time entrepreneur focused on a… Read More

Seven marketing mistakes most startups make

Guest commentary: Marketing for a startup is different than anything you may have done before. It’s different from the big-company… Read More

Open Letter to Geeks: An introduction to ‘Lovelletters’

After my last sports injury, my doctor, having grown weary of well over a decade of everything from concussions to… Read More