Startup Riot’s Sanjay Parekh on “How to Put Together a Slide Deck”
April 2, 2011 2:58 pm 7 CommentsSanjay Parekh has a lot of experience with startup pitches. Sanjay runs Startup Riot where, once a year, 50 companies... View Article
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Why entrepreneurs and founders often have trouble sleeping: Closure.
April 1, 2011 4:21 pm 17 CommentsWhen I’m physically exhausted and craving sleep I close my eyes and I see code. Methods and variables gleefully dance... View Article
The audacity of charging from day one.
March 31, 2011 3:22 pm 22 Comments“We will start charging in version 2.” As the entrepreneur wishfully daydreamed he tacked on “Perhaps not till version 3.... View Article
Polishing your pitch: Don’t try to be everything to everyone.
March 30, 2011 3:08 pm 4 CommentsLast week I met an entrepreneur who asked if he could talk to me about his startup. I said “yes,”... View Article
How FeeFighters saved startups $50 million a year in credit card fees
March 29, 2011 4:21 pm 3 CommentsI had the chance to chat with Sheel Mohnot (from FeeFighters) to talk about how one startup helped other founders... View Article
“I pitched 200 VCs in 10 months before I closed the round”
March 28, 2011 4:39 pm 13 CommentsI had the pleasure of meeting Sanjay Parekh a month or so ago, and I knew I had to share... View Article
3 lessons startups can learn from the infamous Gizmodo redesign
March 26, 2011 5:13 pm 8 CommentsGizmodo shipped their boldly redesigned home page February 7 amidst a sea of controversy. The redesign was almost universally panned... View Article
Everyone has problems. Your solutions make you special. – Bootstrapping Postmark
March 25, 2011 3:54 pm 9 CommentsI recently had the chance to sit down with Alex Hillman and Natalie Nagele from Postmark to give TSF readers... View Article
Startup Death Clock
March 24, 2011 2:56 pm 8 CommentsSometimes you need a hard dose of reality. So we built the Startup Death Clock. Check it out and help... View Article
You’re not entitled to anything. Hustle for everything you’re worth
March 23, 2011 4:17 pm 17 CommentsI’ve received some very angry emails from founders that are trying to get their startup featured on TSF. For example:... View Article
