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MBA Mondays: Sales Leads On A Small Budget
Fred Wilson – Jun 3, 2013
So today on MBA Mondays we are going to talk about something useful - Generating sales leads on a small budget. Every startup that wants to sell something runs into this challenge. I asked Russell Sachs, who runs sales for [...] Read more
Turkey
Albert Wenger – Jun 3, 2013
The scale of the protests against government in Turkey is significant with over 200 demonstrations in 67 cities. Social media has played an important role in making the rest of the world aware of the scale of the protests and [...] Read more
Product > Strategy > Business Model
Fred Wilson – Jun 2, 2013
One of the mistakes I see entrepreneurs make is they move to business model before locking down strategy. The way I like to think about this is get the product right first, then lock down the strategy of the business, [...] Read more
APIs and Copyright
Albert Wenger – May 31, 2013
Yesterday, the EFF filed an amicus brief signed by some of the big names in computer science and software engineering to support the court decision in Oracle vs. Google that APIs are not copyrightable. The brief is well worth reading [...] Read more
Nest: Two Lessons On Home Automation
Albert Wenger – May 30, 2013
We recently installed a Nest to control the heating and air conditioning. On a subsequent muggy day I was about to pick up the phone to call home and see if someone was there to turn on the AC (we [...] Read more
Creative Commons License for Continuations
Albert Wenger – May 29, 2013
Occasionally I get an inquiry as to whether someone can republish posts from Continuations. I finally remembered that I had meant to address this question and have added a Creative Commons License to the footer of the blog. I am [...] Read more
Interestingness
Andy Weissman – May 29, 2013
"You didn’t always need to be the dazzler, the firecracker, the one who cracked everyone up, or made everyone want to sleep with you, or be the one who wrote and starred in the play that got a standing ovation. [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: There is No Silver Bullet
Albert Wenger – May 28, 2013
I still have quite a few great topics suggested by readers to work off for my Tech Tuesday series on technology in startups. But today I want to take on a different issue because it has been on my mind. [...] Read more
Imagining a Memory of My Grandfathers
Albert Wenger – May 27, 2013
Today was Memorial Day, which as I wrote previously seems to mean beginning of summer to most (including our family). We are fortunate that way as we have lived our lives far removed from any wars including the ones that [...] Read more