Tag Archives: startups
Startups: they’re emotional
I love the term Pandora founder Tim Westergren has for the emotional rollercoaster you strap into when you launch a startup – the wall of worry. “If you’re an entrepreneur you have to steel yourself… Unless you’re very very lucky and wind up on a fast trajectory, you’re going to [be] climbing the wall of [...]
Journalism grads get entrepreneurial
I like this post on Wired Journalists about three journalism graduates in Philadelphia who didn’t find work straightaway so set up a local tech news service called Technically Philly. We spent the next few months building connections, covering events and interviewing community leaders to serve a population that, until now, was lucky to receive a [...]
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VCs give free advice for startups on Twitter
I love this: a group of venture capitalists have set up a Twitter channel, VCTips, to give advice to startups who are trying to raise seed money. Among the words of wisdom articulated in 140 characters or less (the limit of a Twitter post is 140 characters): Having your PC bog down in the middle of a presentation is a bummer. Come into the meeting on a clean boot. (@robhayes) It's perfectly ok to make mistakes in running your start up, just don't make the same ones twice (@aweissman)
A few notes on innovation