Articles about Advice – Page 4 of 11

How to choose the right startup: Act like a general, embrace serendipity

While corporate jobs have a guaranteed salary and sense of stability, they often lack the appetite for innovation and fast-paced… Read More

Watch 50 startup founders — from Airbnb to Zillow to Twitter — discuss the origins of their ideas

If you’re looking for entrepreneurial inspiration, or are just curious to know how some of the nation’s most successful startups came… Read More

Check out Zillow co-founder Rich Barton’s awesome response when a mom asked whether her son should become an entrepreneur

It’s a vexing dilemma for any parent. You just paid big money to send your kid through college, and now… Read More

RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser: What baseball and startups share in common

Rob Glaser loves technology startups, but the RealNetworks founder also loves baseball. A small percentage owner in the Seattle Mariners,… Read More

Can Millennials make it as tech entrepreneurs? Here are my 5 tips

You’ve heard the stereotypes: Millennials are entitled, narcissistic, and lazy. They are the Instagram junkie, selfie-taking, “Me! Me! Me!” generation,… Read More

Iterating in public: 4 steps for success in the brave new world of tech design

[Editor’s Note: Guest commentator David Lifson of General Assembly is one of the speakers at the upcoming HIVE technology design conference, June 20… Read More

How this bootstrapper made it work: Great advice from Dan Price’s amazing startup journey

Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price grew up in rural southwest Idaho, home-schooled until the age of 12 in a rural… Read More

Arianna Huffington on the dangers of technology, and why everyone needs a ‘digital detox’

Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington recently took a trip with her family to Hawaii for a weeklong vacation. But it… Read More

Nate Silver’s advice to young journalists: Learn to code now

Nate Silver has two tips for young up-and-coming journalists: Work your ass off and learn how to code. Silver, the… Read More

Want to bolster your leadership skills? Popforms launches new career-improving lessons

There are lots of ways for professionals to improve their leadership skills, from books to apps to coaches. Popforms is… Read More

Startup advice: CEO shares lessons in company culture, employee morale with free book

When you travel to 15 countries and interview entrepreneurs about their advice on management, culture and leadership, you’re bound to come away… Read More

Startup marketing advice from Nike, Starbucks vet: ‘Think of your brand as a person’

It’s probably a good idea for entrepreneurs to take brand-building advice from Stanley Hainsworth. After all, the marketing guru has… Read More

Here are 4 tips for startup founders from Y Combinator’s Paul Graham

SAN FRANCISCO–When Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham took the stage at the Launch Festival in San Francisco, he had a… Read More

Worst idea ever! The best feedback I’ve ever received

We live in an amazing city. But the one thing we lack is direct, in-your-face sharing of ideas and feedback.… Read More

Advice for entrepreneurs: Focus more on solving problems, not building products

When Chris DeVore first meets with entrepreneurs looking for funding, the Founder’s Co-op general partner doesn’t want to hear about products… Read More

12 startup lessons from the Seattle Seahawks’ amazing Super Bowl victory

On Saturday, I flew with my 8-year-old son to watch the Seahawks play in the Super Bowl. It was a… Read More

What’s happening in state government, and why tech leaders need to be involved

As a 24-year veteran of Olympia, Wash., roaming the halls and advocating for a wide range of business interests, and working… Read More

The corporate Web site is dead, long live the new corporate Web site

Earlier this week, Coca-Cola declared the corporate website dead. Take one quick look at their new corporate website and I… Read More

Commentary: A lean startup approach to making booze

I worked at tech startups for the past 15 years — Drugstore, Allrecipes, nPost, and Blue Box Group to name… Read More

Startup Day Recap: Tips, lessons and real-world advice

Last month, I attended GeekWire’s Startup Day at the Showbox SODO in Seattle. Surrounded by some of the brightest entrepreneurial… Read More

Startup tip for finding VCs: Portland CEOs say it’s all about the personality fit

A lot of work goes into finding the right investors for your startup. But for a few of Portland’s most… Read More

Startup Day Video: Venture capitalists say don’t worry about dilution, think about building something big

Dilution vs. Control. It’s an age-old debate in the startup ranks. After all, how much money you take certainly impacts… Read More

From tennis coach to startup CEO: The wild entrepreneurial journey of Lively’s Dean Graziano

Dean Graziano has been a tennis coach; a software CEO and even — in one of the more unusual startup… Read More

Relive GeekWire Startup Day with photos, tweets from a day of entrepreneurial inspiration

It was hard to not feel totally inspired by the time Startup Day wrapped up this past Friday. Whether it was… Read More

Startup lessons: Why Moz’s $12,000 bounty program for new engineers didn’t work

Moz — back then called SEOmoz — was growing rapidly two-and-a-half years ago and the company needed four-to-five new employees… Read More

Advice for success: Here’s Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s daily to-do list

Jack Dorsey has done pretty well for himself, helping create social media giant Twitter and then founding the uber-popular mobile… Read More

The 6 habits of highly successful, fast growth companies

Pull together a list of Seattle’s fastest-growing companies and you’ll see a wide variety of industries, leadership styles, go-to-market approaches… Read More

Let’s talk about culture: It’s more than ping pong tables and free soda pop

Within a few days of Facebook announcing plans to build a residential housing community that is walking distance to a sprawling Menlo… Read More

Concur CEO Steve Singh: Startup success is entirely driven by culture

There are lots of ingredients to startup success, but for Concur CEO Steve Singh, one rises above them all. Speaking at… Read More

Advice from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos: Be proud of your choices, not your gifts

A fourth grader asked the question, but it really could have applied to anyone. Amazon.com CEO and founder Jeff Bezos,… Read More