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Why Uber is The Revenge of the Founders

Steve Blank

A CEO brought in from a large company came with all the big company accoutrements – org charts, HR departments with formal processes and procedure handbooks, formal waterfall engineering methodology, sales compensation plans, etc. Founders are taking control of the board by making the common stock the founders own more powerful.

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Must-Have Website Elements for Professional Services

Duct Tape Marketing

Your website has many jobs these days and should help you: Get found – Search engine optimization (SEO) should be a priority for your business to help you rise above the competition in search engine results pages. You need to instill confidence in your audience. Speak to your specific audience. Avoid using jargon.

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Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

They take common stock, not preferred, a fact that the entrepreneurs mentioned to me many times. And, as usual, I wanted to share some of the audience reaction with my commentary. You can learn more about that by reading The engineering managers lament.) These quotes are, as is my custom, straight from twitter.