Union Square Ventures has a long history - in internet time at least - of hiring off this blog (posts here , here , and here.) A fundamental assumption of the way we've hired is that we're able to get to know great people through their "web presence" - the trail of online communities, projects, and services with which they've engaged. We get it. MORE >>

Education. About. Investors Companies. Analyzing 32 Startup Failure Post-Mortems to Find the 20 Top Reasons that Startups Fail. January 11th, 2011 the Chubby Team 34 Comments. Tweet. Many of you read those post-mortems and asked, what are the most common reasons for failure cited across those posts? 20 – Start the company at the wrong time. MORE >>

Search engines are essential for getting your site noticed; however, it is a huge challenge to optimize your site when you don’t have the resources or tools necessary. With these tools you can optimize your page both on and off site. On-Site Optimization On-site optimization takes into account the factors on your website that you MORE >>

I was reminded yesterday that sometimes the best financing for an emerging startup is innovative loan financing, from savvy investors, rather than straight investment or commercial borrowing. I’d met Terry in person three years ago, after we’d struck up a friendship in Twitter. Sales will roughly double in 2011. I’m very impressed. MORE >>

I read the tech press not for information, but for comic relief.  In fact, they should use Comic Sans font on their blogs just to emphasize the point.  The sheer inanity of it all led me to post last month the top ten most annoying memes in the startup scene , but I clearly could have gone on.  You see, it is all very funny, in a nerd sort of way. MORE >>