> Vanity Metrics vs. Actionable Metrics – Guest Post by Eric Ries > > Written by Tim Ferriss > Topics: Marketing > > > Vanity metrics: good for feeling awesome, bad for action. (photo source: UK Guard...
> I’ve heard the Lean Startup methodology likened to a framework. Its central precept is that a startup should develop its customers as it develops its product – that is, both concurrently and in a st...
> What’s the right price for your product? According to Steve Blank, it’s apparently $0. And it’s also $1 million. What? > > Listen to this wonderful story to learn how Steve uses these two prices to ...
> As a blogger, I spend most of my time writing. But it’s time spent reading that’s most satisfying. Here’s a short (and by no means a complete) list of 10 articles that encapsulate the art of the sta...
> Shutting down > > I’ve seen a number of situations recently where entrepreneurs decided to shut their startups down while they still had cash in the bank. (Contrary to popular mythology, I’ve never ...
> How much to charge for your Web App? > > > > The great thing about working in an Internet start-up is the learning we get to do every single day of our lives. We don’t always know the right answers ...
Startup Triplets: Startup Advice In Exactly Three Words > 1. Watch your cash. > 2. Pick founders carefully. > 3. Hire generalists early. > 4. Hire specialists later. via onstartups.com This is a good ...
> [](http://waxy.org/2008/11/thefacesofmechanicalturk/) > > Photo Credit: Waxy.org > > Earlier I wrote about my impressions using Mechanical Turk to run the Feedback Army Usability Testing Service. He...
via blip.tv This is a good video, 30 minutes on many topics about how they approach business, and then Q&A for 30 minutes. A worthwhile watch....
> One of the biggest challenges for any investor (regardless of the stage/type of investment they target) and founders alike is hiring great talent. In early stage investing the team may be the single...
> 10 skills I look for before writing a check > > 10 skills I look for before writing a check > > > > by Guest Author on December 7th, 2009 > 43 Comments > > One of the questions I’m most often asked ...
via ladyleet.com This is a good video about analytics and metrics. Perhaps a little slow, but covers a lot of good material....
> November 27, 2005 > ∞ > > Ten Rules for Web Startups > > 113312697558920419 > > Posted at 1:08 PM > > #1: Be Narrow > Focus on the smallest possible problem you could solve that would potentially be...
> 1. BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE, @msuster: Investor, entrepreneur and blogger Mark Suster is a partner at GRP VC and recently created Launchpad LA – an incubator for Southern California-based companies. ...
> First Pitch Practice > > Announcing the first ever pitch practice session for Pitch Masters Hong Kong. > > The meeting will be on next Wednesday, the 13th of January, 8-9:30pm at the Lan Kwai Fong B...
http://media.biztechday.com/MichaelGerber2.flv","autoPlay":false,"autoBuffering":true }}” /> via biztechday.com How to work ON your biz and not work in it!...
> Outside of building companies, reading has been one of my daily passions since I was a young child. Each year, I attempt to read more books than the previous year. This year I read 146. The followin...
Today at Startup Monday we discussed Get Satisfaction – a system for doing customer service for your web service: Here are some pros and cons on using it: Are there any other solutions out there?...
> As a blogger, I spend most of my time writing. But it is time spent on reading that is most satisfying. Here is a short (and by no means a complete) list of ten articles that encapsulate the art of ...
via scobleizer.com I’m watching hundreds of startups, have at least one list of them over on Twitter (500 startups are on that one) and will be starting other lists in 2010 but I’ve been watching the ...
