Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

Not yet profitable but invaluable to developers worldwide, the decade-old company bootstrapped, differentiated from formidable competitors GitLab and Atlassian’s BitBucket, weathered leadership upheavals, and eventually ingested lots of venture capital which helped them weather the challenges they faced. 5/ “Decentralized Everything?”

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OnlyOnce

APRIL 26, 2022

(This blog post was first published as an article in Entrepreneur Magazine on April 15.). Weak and ineffective boards hold a company back. Throughout my 20+ years of entrepreneurship , I’ve led four companies (including Bolster, where I’m a co-founder and CEO today) and served on eight boards.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 22, 2020

I sold one of my companies (Engauge) to a holding company, and the result was quite frankly disastrous. We had ~200 employees that went to the new company, and five years later roughly 90% of those employees were no longer with the company. Every company has values that they’ve written down.

Marketing 36

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Pascal's View

MARCH 14, 2011

In his view, board practices generally in the venture industry are substandard and there are few organized resources to guide board members, outside of the work done by the National Venture Capital Association under the leadership of Pascal Levensohn of Levensohn Venture Partners. Collins is financing the project out-of-pocket.

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Government LLC Boston Venture Capital 37

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business and Startups: Slice & Dice Your Customer Service Data | crowdSPRING Blog - [link]. The Nine Ingredients That Make Great Content | KISSmetrics Blog – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Hearpreneur

JUNE 12, 2020

I am a huge fan of Charlie Munger, who is the Vice Chairman of the famed holding company Berkshire Hathaway. Both men have podcasts and blogs that guide bloggers and marketers toward online success. Jon Morrow was able to achieve success as a blogger, blogging mentor, and podcaster despite being a paraplegic.

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