Since 2000, I’ve been collecting information about startups, including how much founders, their lieutenants, and their employees get paid. That research forms the basis for my annual CompStudy survey, as well as the quantitative backbone for my new book, The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup. MORE >>

Small wonder that women made up just 21% of all programmers in 2010, off from 24% in 2000. Small wonder that women made up just 21% of all programmers in 2010, off from 24% in 2000. The high-tech industry is largely a guy’s world made up of "brogrammers" and job ads that ask, “Want to bro down and crush code?” It’s Still A Man’s World. MORE >>

The same spreadsheet also predicted we’d see a music downloading service in 1999 or 2000. For example, it’s clear that the rate of settling new land in the 1800s (a trend that was increasing over time) couldn’t continue indefinitely since land is finite. Read Gotham: The History of New York City to 1898.) How To Do It. MORE >>

know because I did this in early 2000. At one company I work with it’s clear that our target user today is youth-oriented and middle America as opposed to 20-something and Silicon Valley or New York. I made every textbook mistake at my first startup, which is why I believe I was much more effective at my second one. MORE >>

Since 2000, I’ve been collecting information about startups, including how much founders, their lieutenants, and their employees get paid. Founders often believe that their own compensation is a ceiling beyond which they will not have to pay new hires. I've been collecting data about startups and compensation since 2001. MORE >>