April 2 is a significant date for many early-stage entrepreneurs as this is the deadline for applying to Paul Graham's Y Combinator this summer. If you don't know about Y Combinator, then I encourage you to read up on it as they are one of the few groups doing anything remotely interesting as it relates to very early-stage investment in startups (with an emphasis on software startups).
Before we get too deep into this, let me clarify two things. When I say without a “plan”, I mean without a formally written business plan – not that you should be clueless about what you want to do. And, when I say startup funding, I’m talking more about early stage seed funding via angels (though most of these tips should apply to VCs as well).
I’ve been in the startup business for a pretty long time now. One of the things that I’ve found hardest to do is find and recruit exceptionally talented individuals. This is not particularly surprising, I think all businesses (big and small, young and old) have this challenge. However, I think this challenge is particularly acute for startups.
5 Quick Pointers On Startup Hiring
A little while I ago, I wrote an article on this blog titled “Go West, Young Entrepreneur! Is The Valley Better For Software Startups?”.
For those of you that have not heard yet, yesterday (February 24th) was the big kick-off for Entrepreneurship Week USA.
I had not really heard about this event before, but it has been brought up on a number of blogs that I read, so I thought I’d go check it out. As a passionate, but introverted advocate of entrepreneurship, I thought I’d look into the event and what it means.
I've been working in and around startups for most of my professional career. A topic that often comes up in startups I'm advising or considering an investment in is: "How will the big guys respond?".
For some reason, I find myself reading a fair number of VC blogs. This is mostly out of curiosity. Though I've never raised venture capital for a startup before, I find the industry interesting.
This article is a continuation of my series of articles on software startups in India (a topic I know very little about, but am hopeful that I can spark interesting conversation in the comments).
Before we go too much further, let me explain a bit further what I mean when I say "competing with customers".
My co-founder at HubSpot, Brian Halligan, posted an interesting article today on our partner blog titled "Advanced Internet Marketing: Turn The Pareto Principle On Its Head".
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