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Inbound Networking: 42 People I Want To Connect With at SXSW

The 10 Most Tempting Software Startup Categories

Why I Wish My Competitors Well And You Should Too

Why Venture Capitalists Avoid Innovation: They Like Making Money

9 Quick Tips Learned While Raising $33 Million In Venture Capital

Prehistoric Steve Jobs Introduces The New Apple iRock Tablet [cartoon]

A Geek's Guide To Hiring Marketing People

Startup Advice In Exactly Three Words - #StartupTriplets

Releasing Early Is Not Always Good? Heresy!

How To Price Software Without Just Rolling The Dice

A Debate With Microsoft On The Departure Of Don Dodge

Answers OnStartups Roundup 1 - March of the parentheticals

Adam Smith Video On The Story Of Xobni

Dharmesh On Startup Marketing: Video From MIT Startup Bootcamp

Startups: How To Build A Barrier To Entry With Inbound Marketing

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Answers.OnStartups: Community Q&A For Startup Entrepreneurs

12 Facts About Entrepreneurs That Will Likely Surprise You

Why Raising Venture Capital Requires Helmets and Shovels [cartoon]

SaaS Startups: Knobs and Dials And Other Insights

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Burning Cash Is For Toasting Marshmallows [cartoon]

Building Startup Sales Teams: Tips For Founders

Speaking At Startup Idol Conference

37 Pithy Insights From Street-Smart Entrepreneurs

Dharmesh Speaking At Business of Software: Why You Should Go Anyways

New Google Chrome OS Runs On Your Car Bumper [cartoon]

Startups: 10 Things MBA Schools Won't Teach You

6 Quick Tips For Landing That Startup Dream Job

Angel Investor Non-Admissons: 10 Things They Won't Say

Flat Is The New Up: Introducing Hockey Stick 2.0 [cartoon]

Is Your Startup Practicing Inward Facing Dog?

The Attention Economy vs. The Wallet Economy

Why Startups Should ALWAYS Compromise When Hiring

Startup Marketing: Tactical Tips From The Trenches

Startup Conversations With Myself: What Should I Work On?

Startup Lessons From The Underpants Gnomes: PROFIT!

Why Your Startup Shouldn't Copy 37signals or Fog Creek

Thoughts On The Economics Of Giving It Away

More Reasons Why Now Is The Time For Hatching Something New

Start Now: 6 Reasons Why This Economy Is Good For Startups

Dealing With A Downturn: Selling More Services

Wimps Wait. Revolutionaries Release Early.

Startup Salary Data from Private Company Compensation Survey

Boston: Lock The Students Up!

Video from Business of Software : Everything I Know About Startups

Advice On Partnering With The Big and Powerful: Don't

Entrepreneurs and...Hey, There's A Shiny New Thing!

Startups and The Power Of Polarization

8 Startup Insights Inspired By The Mega Mind of Seth Godin

Startup PR: Tips For Getting Publicity Without A PR Firm

Startup Teams: Why Capability Doesn't Matter Without Trust

Y Combinator Summer 2008 Demo Day: Best Batch Ever

6 Y Combinator Startups I Would Have Invested In Back Then

Spending Like Its 1999: Startup Burns $50k of VC Money on Crazy Contest

BusinessWeek On SaaS: Article Smells Like That Thing In My Refrigerator

Facebook Acquires Twitter and 4 More Deals That Should Happen

Why You Should Attend Business of Software 2008 In Boston

Embarassingly Gushing Praise for TechCrunch And The New CrunchBase API

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WebInno18 Boston: Data Analysis of Startup Meetup Registrants

We Love To Hate Microsoft But What About Apple?

Startup Advice from George Costanza: Do The Opposite

20 Wrenches In The Software Startup Machinery

Startup Business Strategy For The Simple-Minded

Taking The Leap: Don't Just Be A Wannabepreneur

7 Uncannily Obvious Lessons From A Product Launch

Has The Bubble Burst? The Four Stages of Bubbleness

Why Raising VC Funding Does Not Equal Success

Insanity? Why A Bootstrap Entrepreneur Raised $17 Million in Venture Funding

Scalable Funding: Can Venture Capital Be More Like Amazon EC2?

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Students and Startups: Notes From Talk at MIT Underground 2008

How To Make It Hard For People To Find Your Startup Online

Student Entrepreneurs: Unite!

Fred Wilson Is Cleaning Up His Blog And You Should Too

Web 4.0 Is For Wankers: Stop The Madness!

Startup School: David Heinemeier Hansson vs. Everybody Else

Startup School 2008: Key Takeaways

Stop Waiting For The Magical Startup Fairy

Pithy Insights On The Business of Software

Bidding On A Twitter Account: Insanity or Efficient Market?

Why I Hate PowerPoint and You Probably Do Too

Quick Tips and Quips On Startups On Twitter

7 Uncommon Questions I'd Ask A Startup If I Were A Venture Capitalist

Amusing Tidbits From Warren Buffet and The Berkshire Hathaway Annual Report

Startup Tips for the Early, Early Days

Business Lessons From Blue Man: The Why To Guide

Why Startups Fail: Run Out Of Cash, Run Out Of Commitment

What Is The Opposite Of A Vacuum and Should You Develop Software In It?

Notes From The Web Innovators Meetup in Cambridge

Mediocre Marketing: How NOT To Describe Your Startup

Boston Web Innovator Registration Stats (and $200 reward for trivial PHP Script)

Why Your Startup Shouldn't Hire Seth Godin

SaaS Architecture and The SaaS Maturity Model

Startup Developers: Telling Schmucks from Superstars (5 min quiz)

11 Favorite Articles On Startups - 2007

Hoosgot Time For Another Technorati Experiment?

Startup Lawyers: When Can You Do It Yourself?

LinkedIn API "Sometime Next Year": 6 Words Of Advice

10 Reasons I Didn't Start The Bubble [with troubling but funny video]

Startups and The Problem Of Premature Scalaculation

Looking For Tech Legends: Is Boston Not Thinking Big Enough?

Why Some Software Is Not Simpler, Just Suckier

Entrepreneurs: Co-Founder Issues Driving You Crazy? 7 Simple Insights.

Insider Peek At Data From Two Years Of B-List Blogging

Why Startups Have Fewer Dilbertian, Pointy-Haired Bosses

Why You Should (Almost) Never Rewrite Your Software

Diminishing Dead-Tree Media and 3 More Ways Bloggers Can Help Save The Planet

Why Facebook Will Flourish: No Food Fights or Vampires On LinkedIn

force.com: The Perils of Platform As A Service

Startups: Why A Real Market Of A Few Is Better Than A Mythical Market of Millions

Speaking to MIT Students in 15.390 - New Enterprises

88% are Millionaires and 6 More Surprises From Entrepreneurial Survey

37signals Losing Lustre? Why I Miss The Adoring Fans

The Dark Side of Startups: 5 Corrosive Co-Founder Conflicts

Ga-ga for Groups? LinkedIn is Lame, Facebook is Fantastic

Lamenting The Loss of Reddit

Startup Marketing: Be The Lesser Of Two Necessary Evils

Startup Marketing: Big Bang vs. Darwinian Evolution

Startups: Are You A Trusted Adviser Or A Responsive Assistant?

The Art Of Startup Prioritization: Maximizing The Wow-To-Work Ratio

Who Has The Best Startup Blog? Hint: There's A New Sheriff In Town

3 Things LinkedIn Can Learn From Digg To Compete With Facebook

How To Do It Right: 5 Things I Love About the Digg API

How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take To Change A Startup?

Startup Hiring: 6 Subtle Signs You Might Have A Winner

Startups and The Challenges Of The Freemium Pricing Model

VentureHacks: Peeking Inside The Blackbox Of Venture Capital

Software Startups: 7 Signs The Industry Is Doing Well

5 Startup Sales Tips From Turkish Rug Dealers

LinkedIn For Startup Entrepreneurs: 5 Hypothetical Reasons To Join

The One Thing Wrong With Social Content Sites Like Digg

Startup Financing: Questions and Answers From A Recent MIT Panel

Why Not All Great Hackepreneurs Get Picked By Y Combinator

7 Pithy Insights On How Not To Give Your Software Away For Free

Why Combinator? Should You Join Paul Graham's Gang For The Gifted?

Startup 101 : Should You Form An Inc. or LLC?

4 Quick Tips on Raising Startup Funding Without A Plan Or A PowerPoint

BarCampBoston2: All The Cool Kids + Me

5 Quick Pointers On Startup Hiring

Massachusetts Ranked #1: Perhaps Entrepreneurs Can Stay East After All

What's The Optimal Number Of Co-Founders For A Startup? 2.09!

EntrepreneurshipWeek USA: Thoughts From An Introverted Entrepreneur

VC Valuations Are On The Rise: Is Your Startup Worth More?

Startup Founders: The Involved vs. The Committed

Startups: Why What You Build Is Less Important Than Who You Build It With

Dubious Startup Ideas #1: Simple Email Workflow

Why "Me Too" Startups Are Not Always A Mistake

Can Baseball Strategy Help Your Startup Hire Better?

Startup Founders: Are You Too Assertive, Or Not Enough?

Startups vs. The Big Guys: The Power Of Caring For Customers

Inside Venture Capital: Do VCs Make Less Than You Think?

Startups: How To Compete With Your Customers

How VCs Can Help Indian Software Startups

Interview On StartupStories.com

Pithy Insights On Startup Marketing

Startup Marketing: How Useless Is Your Web Traffic?

Why Startups Can Innovate Better Than Microsoft, Apple and IBM

Why There Aren't More Software Startups In India

Why Immigrants Are More Likely To Start Companies

Back to Basics: User Generated Revenue As A Business Model

Startups: Should You Offer A Hosted and Non-Hosted Version?

Full Videos From The Sold-Out 2006 MIT Venture Capital Conference

Startup Founders: Start Selling Customers!

Go West, Young Entrepreneur! Is The Valley Better For Software Startups?

Marketing In A Web 2.0 World: Why The Best Products Sometimes Win

Pithy Insights On Selecting A Startup Co-Founder

Startups: Do Cheapskates Make The Best Early Customers?

Why It Will Be So Easy To Switch Away From Google Search

Web 2.0: On Bubbles and Business Models

Startup Founder Compensation: Useful Results From A Recent Survey

Commercializing Web 2.0: Hype vs. Reality

Startup Success: The Phenomenal Force Of Focus

Startup Failures: Five Ways To Crash Your Startup, Which Will You Pick?

Data Points and Delusions Of Of A B-List Blogger

9 Pithy Insights On Venture Capital

Thoughts On The Google / JotSpot Deal

Startup Success: The Market Rewards Specialists

Startups: Why You Shouldn't Compete With 37Signals

Successful Selling For The Technically Gifted: Understanding The Pilot Project

Leaving A Startup: It's Not Me, It's You

Web 2.0 Valuations and the Google PageRank

Disagreeing With Paul Graham: How Not To Pick A Platform

Six Interesting Stats About Startup Success

Startup Competition: Are Today's Venture Funded Rivals Savvier?

Startups: Competing With Venture Funded Rivals

RSS As Competitive Analysis Tool

Top 7 Reasons You Won't Vote This Article Up

Beware The Web 2.0 Walking Dead

The Most Important Feature Missing In The Google Search API

Selling Technology To Small Business: 7 Insights From Top Innovators

Startup Opportunities: Second Order Effects Of The Internet

17 Pithy Insights for Startup Employees

Random Voices: The Power Of Influence In The Blogosphere

Web 2.0, Web 3.0 and Beyond: Villainous Version Numbers

Roadmapping: How Your Product Finds Its Way

Startups and Advisory Board Members

Selling Software: Why Free Trials Aren't

Startups and the Challenges With CRM

Another Startup On eBay: Why This One Is Probably Worth The $90k Starting Bid

Failure To Launch: Why Every Startup Should Have A Blog

Speaking At The Mass. Tech Leadership Council on Web 2.0

Another Startup on eBay: Is This The Best We Can Do?

Important Questions Startup Co-Founders Should Ask Each Other

Startup Strategy: Are You Thrashing In A Red Ocean?

Business Geeks: Automated Software Testing as Competitive Advantage

Web 2.0: Soft Landings vs. Hard Crashes

Web 2.0 Crashes: Another Startup Being Sold On eBay

Why Web 2.0 Is Like Pornography

Web 2.0 Revenues: Charge Early, Charge Often

Startup Founders: Are You Experiencing Enough Pain?

Google: Apps On A Domain

Web 2.0 Startup Kiko Sells On eBay: $258,100

Notes from Startup Success 2006 with Guy Kawasaki

Why It Takes So Long To Raise VC Funding: The Emperor Has No Close

Startups: On Being Your Own Customer

Launching A New Blog: Small Business Hub

Four Ways Competitors Can Hurt Your Startup -- Without Competing

Valuations 2.0: Thoughts On The Kiko Auction

Hindsight 2.0: Lessons From A Failed Web 2.0 Startup

Who Moved My Customers? How The Internet Has Changed How Businesses Shop

Startups: Tips for Talking About Competitors

Presentation Tips For The Technically Gifted

Startups: Forget The Fortune 500, Target The Fortune 5,000,000

How To Watch A Startup Presentation

Winning The Web 2.0 Lottery: Picking The Right Numbers

Joining A Startup? Top 6 Questions You Should Ask

Emulating The Masters: How I Built A (Somewhat) Successful Blog

Why I Am Bidding To Buy A Digg Account

Python vs. C#: Frameworks, Libraries and Ecosystems

17 Pithy Insights For Startup Founders

Web 2.0 Sta.rtu.ps: Clevr Remaking Of The Old DotCom?

Python vs. C#: Business and Technology Tradeoffs

Python vs. C#: Understanding Personal Bias

Software Products vs. Services: Are You Making Money While You Sleep?

Startups: Are You Making Enough Mistakes?

Startup Websites That Work: Avoiding Common Mistakes

Required Reading: Eric Sink On The Business Of Software

How Many Startup Employees Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb?

The Entrepreneur's Leap: Big Idea or Big Escape?

Startups: Showww Me The Traffic!

Code Is Not A Commodity: Why Software Is Not Like Soybeans

Don't Always Be Closing

Dangers Of Being A Parallel Entrepreneur

Why Nobody Is Willing To Join Your Startup

Software Startups: How To Increase Your Chances Of Success by 3X

Web 2.0 Crashes: When Eyeballs Don't Pay The Hosting Bills

Why Students Make Great Entrepreneurs

Startups And The 900 Pound Gorilla: Why Strategic Partnerships Aren't

Startups: Why Investors Aren't Writing You Checks

Startup Founders: Should You Divide Equity Equally?

37signals: Feature Bloat vs. Business Bloat

When Do Founders Make Good CEOs?

Buying Internet Domains: Why Not To Fall In Love With Someone Who's Taken

Tech Geek + Biz Geek = Match Made In Startup Heaven

Bootstrap Startups: Spending Money In The Right Places

Startup Diaries: Getting Your First Customer

How I Broke In To The Technorati 10,000

Startups: Why Your Software Is Not Selling

Online Advertising Revenue Buys Me A Chai Latte

The Business Geek: Not An Oxymoron

Crash Of The Web 2.0 Titans

Startup Founders: You Don't Need A World-Class Management Team

Marketing Tips For The Technically Gifted: The Power Of Customer Self-Selection

Reasons Why Your Startup Should Use Ruby On Rails (RoR)

The Thin Client, Thick Client Cycle

Experimenting with Ads

Startup Reality Distortion #5: Web Hosting Is Not Free

Startup Founder Compensation: The Good, The Bad and The Irrelevant

Development Short-Cuts Are Not Free: Understanding Technology Debt

Startup Ideas: Are Bad Ones Better Than Good Ones?

Making Money With Software: Usability vs. Buyability

Startup Co-Founders: If You Can't Recruit 'Em, Should You Join 'Em?

Startups: Why TechCrunch Traffic Can Be Too Much of a Mediocre Thing

Startup Pricing Models: Free Forever, Freemium and Freedom To Pay

Stealth Mode, Schmealth Mode: The Real Reasons Why Startups Don't Talk

Startups: Did Someone Just Trip Over Your Barrier To Entry?

Lessons From Clayton Christensen: The Software Innovator's Dilemma

Startup Tips for Enterprise Software Pricing

Startup Founders: The "Get Real Or Get Lost" Contest

Disagreeing With 37Signals #2: Opinionated vs. Stubborn Software

No Angels In The Outfield: Why Angel Investors Invest Locally

Successful Selling Tips for the Technically Gifted

Announcing the OnStartups Forums: An Alternative to Business Of Software (BoS)

Microsoft vs. Google: Who Is The Better Choice For Developers?

Launching The HubSpot Blog

MSN Search vs. Google: Does Microsoft Like You More Than Google Too?

Startup Reality Distortion #4: Flickr, MySpace and Others Did It, So You Can Too

Startup Hiring #2: Dealing With The Dating Period

Startup Hiring: Why You Should Date Before Getting Married

The Free Software Debate: Businesses vs. Projects

Disagreeing with 37signals #1: Less Is Sometimes Less

Mashups vs. Gnashups and The Dangers Of Google As Platform

Startup Reality Distortion #3: The Fallacy Of the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

Agile Software Startups: The Myth Of The Perfect Business Plan

PowerPoint Presenters Anonymous: Breaking The Habit

Startup Lessons From The MIT and Harvard Strategy War Game

Startup Websites That Work

The True Value Of A Customer: Introducing CustomerRank(TM)

When Raising Venture Capital Might Make Sense

Fatal Distraction: The True Cost Of Venture Capital

Startup Reality Distortion #2: The Lake Wobegon Effect

Game Theory and Software Startups: Part II

Startup Reality Distortion Effect #1: Giving Your Software Away For Free

Lessons from MIT: Game Theory and The Startup Valuation Game

The Risks Of The Mega-Market: Thinking Small To Succeed

Seeking Stellar Software Entrepreneurs

Further Thoughts on Finding A Co-Founder/Partner

Understanding Real Network Effects

Guy Kawasaki: The Art Of The Start

Finding a Founder, Partner and Co-Conspirator

Early Customers: The Coerced, The Convinced and the Committed

MIT Thesis Research On Small Software Companies

The Myth of Building A Software Business on Google AdSense Revenue

The Risks Of Outsourcing for Software Startups

To Launch or Not To Launch - The Benefits Of the Infinite Beta

The Danger Of Solving The Venture Capitalist's Problem

Thoughts on Paul Graham and YCombinator

Revenue Early, Reveue Often

Raising Capital: Friends, Family and Fools

On Demand Software and Customer Relationships

Building It Well: Increasing Acquisition Value

Building To Sell vs. Building It Well

The Best Way To Generate Good Startup Ideas

The Startup Name Game: Part II

The Startup Name Game

Filtering Startup Ideas

Selecting A Platform: Part 4

Selecting A Platform: Part 3

Selecting A Platform: Part 2

Selecting A Platform: Part 1