A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
AUGUST 8, 2011
It’s “ Loveline for startups ,&# where entrepreneurs get to ask any question about their startup and have me and a rotating co-host tackle the problem and devise constructive next-actions. I finally started Smart Bear Live. Like most ventures, it didn’t work the way I’d imagined.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Startup strategy is like Kung Fu. All startups are screwed up. HT Mike Maples Jr ) Corollary: A startup has to be so excellent at one or two key things, that they can screw up everything else up and not die. Fermi estimation is a good way to figure out whether a startup or product could even theoretically be viable.
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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
FEBRUARY 8, 2010
Four ways to get automatically rejected by an Angel investor. Advice on pitching Angel investors who often have different criteria than the typical VC. Why your startup shouldn't copy 37signals or FogCreek. How to get hired at a startup and. VentureBeat). Also see my follow-up article: Four more ways.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
AUGUST 16, 2010
It answers questions like "How do I get the courage to just start when I know so little about what it's really like at a startup?" They point out that very few angel funded startups end up very big or interesting. “An He believes that angel investors are pushing entrepreneurs to think small, and avoid the home run swings.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
FEBRUARY 21, 2011
It’s among the most-asked questions on startup forums, and an issue we’re dealing with right now at WPEngine as we bring on new employees: How do you decide how much equity (shares) to give a new employee or partner? Hard to know, but an important question for a bootstrap startup to answer! What about $Y/mo?&#
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
JULY 19, 2010
This is Part 2 of the series: 5 lessons from 150 startup pitches.??? About twenty people on Answers OnStartups have asked this question in one form or another: When I meet an angel investor, he may ask: "What if a big company copies your idea and develops the same website as yours after your website goes public?".
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