Discover the latest trends and strategies in the tech startup ecosystem with insights on growth hacking, startup funding, product development, customer acquisition, startup culture, and more.
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 … Read More
“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 … Read More
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 … Read More
As a founder, it’s your job to know all the ways your startup could potentially fail. And if you believe you have all your bases covered, founder-turned-investor Victor Echevarria encourages … Read More
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 … Read More
“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 … Read More
In 2019, the networking app, Plain Sight, raised $1M in pre-seed funding. Plain Sight is a social networking platform that takes an unbiased approach to connecting like-minded people together virtually … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
Andy Bowers is an audio journalist and podcast pioneer. He founded Slate Podcasts in 2005 and, in 2015, co-founded the podcast services company Megaphone, which sold to Spotify in 2020. … Read More
Founder, product designer and CRO consultant John Corcoran has spent 15 years working on, then leading product teams, conducting market and user research. Among his accomplishments, as head of product … Read More
A self-taught programmer turned venture capitalist, Nnamdi Iregbulem, who specializes in enterprise software, loves to dive into the guts of what makes a product work. Parsing out the technical details … Read More
According to B2B investor Arjun Chopra, not every startup is venture-scale. He explains what makes a venture-scale startup and why a solid founder-market fit is so important. “We’re in the … Read More
Failure is the part we hate talking about — but it’s a critical component of success. When Alan Wilson, co-founder of gaming company, Tripwire Interactive, was unable to get venture … Read More
If you’re a startup founder preparing for a growth spurt, you may not be as ready for scale as you think you are. There’s a simple model you can use … Read More
