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02 February 2012 ~ 0 Comments

How to Build a Successful Startup – an Interview with David Tisch of TechStars

It’s 11.38pm as I’m starting to write this, so I’ll keep it brief. The latest startup interview from Grovo came out today. It’s with David Tisch who runs the TechStars incubator in New York. David sees lots of startups from an early stage, so has an interesting vantage point on things. Here’s a quick rundown [...]

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26 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

How to Publish and Sell by Email – an Interview with Ben Lerer of Thrillist

I told you about an interesting interview with the Bonobos founder last week on a site called Grovo. Well, Grovo’s next interview with a founder of a successful Internet company is now available and it’s another good one. This week’s interview is with Ben Lerer, the co-founder and CEO of Thrillist, a daily email city [...]

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19 January 2012 ~ 2 Comments

How to Build a Fashion Brand Online (According to Bonobos)

I came across an online education website called Grovo this evening. Perhaps you’ve heard of it already? Grovo has lined up a series of what promise to be interesting interviews with successful figures in the world of online business. Their first interview (and only one for now) is with Andy Dunn, one of the co-founders [...]

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29 December 2011 ~ 0 Comments

How Google Suspended My AdWords Account Forever (With No Warning)

I want to like Google. They have all those free services: search, Gmail, Analytics… what’s not to like with those? And I’ve been a customer of Google’s for a long time, too – spending money on their AdWords ads since February 2007. Google does a lot of good things and I’m sure most people who work [...]

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28 November 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Startups: 23 Ways to Save Money Without Cutting Corners

Startups: 23 Ways to Save Money Without Cutting Corners

You’ve started your business, but money’s tight. You haven’t got much cash to play with. Here are 23 tactics you can use to be frugal and save money: 1. Use Lean Startup Methodology photo credit: quinet Make sure you’re building something people want and will pay for. Don’t spend time and money building it before trying [...]

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16 August 2011 ~ 0 Comments

7 Reasons to Start a Business Instead of Doing an MBA

People sometimes ask me if I’ve found having an MBA helpful in starting businesses. So is it? If you’re thinking of starting a business, here are seven reasons why you might not want to do an MBA first: MBA Costs are Potential Startup Capital: Doing an MBA is expensive. If you’ll be putting your own money [...]

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02 August 2011 ~ 8 Comments

85 Great Resources for London Startups

85 Great Resources for London Startups

If you’re setting up a web-based business in London, there are lots of resources that can come in handy once you know about them. I thought I’d share some of my favourites here in case there a few you don’t yet know about. This is a selection of everything from interesting events to attend and [...]

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08 December 2010 ~ 3 Comments

Getting to Critical Mass: How to Start a Marketplace Business

Getting to Critical Mass: How to Start a Marketplace Business

Are you thinking of setting up a two-sided marketplace business? It’s a tricky thing to do, so you’re going to need all the help you can get. Why not learn from how other people have managed it successfully in the past? One challenge of creating this kind of marketplace is that you’re going to have [...]

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05 November 2010 ~ 1 Comment

So You Want to Start a Web Startup (NSFW)

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16 October 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Tips from Business of Software 2010

Tips from Business of Software 2010

Patrick over at Micro ISV on a Shoestring has a fantastic post summarising lessons learnt at the recent Business of Software 2010 Conference. He goes through highlights of a number of talks and it’s good reading for anyone in the business of selling software. Here’s one nugget I found particularly interesting that’s potentially handy for [...]

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