Turn your boring piles of stats, data and other information into an eye-catching infographic using these three steps. Last week my online marketing company, VerticalResponse, published a big social media infographic about how much time and money small businesses invest in social media activities. This was the first infographic we'd ever created. MORE >>

Matt Blumberg, the CEO of Return Path , has just put up a post about the new book he’s working on called Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Building and Running Your Company.  I’m super excited that this is going to be the fifth book in the Startup Revolution series and the first book not co-written by me. MORE >>

Don't get an MBA. Don't even learn to code. If you really want to start a great company, hone your design skills. Reams have been written about the importance of founders that can code--or, in Silicon Valley parlance, the "technical co-founder." The coder is important, sure. The real reason these start-ups have flourished? So what happened? MORE >>

When I started my career as a management consultant, I was surprised at how versatile PowerPoint was. We used it for everything from seating charts to market-entry strategies for Fortune 500 clients. At Astrid, I found a new MORE >>

Every start-up needs two kinds of founders: a visionary and an operator. If you think you're both, you're in trouble. For a start-up to succeed, it needs two key people: a visionary and an operator. These roles differ considerably, and crucially. Together, this duo is the perfect combination to take a start-up from concept to reality. Sadly, no. MORE >>