The moat is a concept originally made popular by Warren Buffett. While so much of a company’s initial focus is on solving a problem, and achieving product-market fit, Buffett contends …
Demystifying Product-led Growth with Mickey Alon of Gainsight
At the beginning of any startup, the focus is always going to be on closing the deal. It is a new startup’s job to prove the viability of its business …
Hire and keep top talent for your startup: An HR panel
Early in the pandemic the employment crisis promised to head in the direction of forced unemployment for many. During the pandemic, those with jobs stayed put, opting for the secure …
Building a Team Early On: Bandwagon Founder Harold Hughes Shares Key Tips
There is so much unpredictability that goes along with the startup journey, especially in the beginning stages, but Harold Hughes cautions about how important it is to create consistency in …
Report on Which Financial Software and Firms Startups Are Using
A founder trying to grow a company can get bogged down in operational decisions, such as which software and service providers the company should use and when to invest in …
Keeping More of the Money You’ve Made Along the Way: A Wealth Management Panel
Wade Pitts’ philosophy on taxes is pretty straightforward: “paying what’s appropriate is patriotic, paying more than your fair share is not.” However, what’s not as straightforward is determining what precisely …
Reflections Following a $450M Acquisition: Two Things Giles Palmer Would Do Differently Next Time
After 13 years as CEO and Founder of Brandwatch, Giles Palmer reflects on what he would have done differently to grow his company. These reflections come on the heels of …
The Secrets to SaaS Startup Success with Dave Lambert
Dave Lambert grew up in Colorado and moved to the Bay Area to attend Stanford. Right after college he started a computer hardware company which he ran for a decade. …
Wattpad’s Allen Lau on Founding a Company with Global Ambitions
Wattpad was started by two immigrants, Ivan Yuen and Allen Lau, in Toronto, which is known to be the most diverse city in the world. As CEO & co-founder Allen …
How to Turn a Sales Presentation into a Conversation
“My belief is a presentation should be a conversation, and the dominant force in that conversation is not what to say — it’s what to ask.” This is Greg Winston’s strategy …
Should You Outsource Your Product Development?
According to Alvaro Chacon, founder and CEO of the creative and technical digital agency Stateside, developing a long-term product development plan is important from the start. He recommends founders ask …
Leading Product Strategy into a $230M Acquisition
As co-founder of Telesign, Stacy Stubblefield recalls that the startup journey was “painful” at first. But along the 15-year path from a small Los Angeles-based incubator to an eventual acquisition …
Why Ryan Bennett Hates SMART Goals (And What He Recommends Instead)
“I hate SMART goals,” Ryan Bennett, founder of The Intentional Day, a company that equips people to be more intentional with their lives, businesses, and teams. “SMART goals don’t work …
Awesense’s Mischa Steiner on Being in the Business of Saving the Planet
Mischa Steiner remembers hearing a question posed by Peter Thiel which became a mantra for him: What is something you believe to be true, that no one else believes? For …
Process to Product: Using Tech to Full Advantage with Dave Renz
Dave Renz began his career working for a large company, but found his true passion to be startups. However, that time at an enterprise level company proved to be invaluable …