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Lessons from the field on API strategy, design, governance and AI integration.
Start Strong, Finish Strong, Launch Strong
“Finish strong” is a common phrase and something that people try to use to encourage us. People often say that most of the effort of any startup goes into finishing ...
Interview with Heroku’s Adam Wiggins
InfoQ has a 16 min video interview with Adam Wiggins from Heroku. In the interview, Adam discusses Ruby 1.9, the Heroku dyno solution, new add-on support, and how they support b...
How to Deepen Your Network and Grow Your Startup
Chris Brogan has a great list of tips for expanding your business network over the coming year. In fact, many of his ideas are about what not to do, such as stop networking at c...
Better Web Designs To Increase Donations
The Carsonified blog has a great post that details the process they took when asking for a donations. The end result is not only pretty form, it makes an direct and positive imp...
Grow Big, Stay Small
I have worked with quite a few startups, each of varying sizes. The thing that I’ve noticed consistently with each startup: they moved and adapted to change faster when th...
Competition Always Exists – Why You?
Maybe you heard it from someone you know. Maybe you have thought it yourself. “My idea is so new and different. There is no competition at all for it!” It isn’...
Cloud Storage Used For Backup More Than General Purpose Storage
A new survey by Forrester says that just 3% of companies use cloud storage. Here are the stats from the more than 1,200 IT decision makers interviewed: 43% said they’re not inte...
How To Select A Development Team For Your Startup
One of the big decisions for any new startup is the selection of a development team. Whether you need just one developer or you need a complete team, there are five important th...
What To Do When You Have a Bad Development Team
I recently heard two stories about bad development teams. They are both full of heartache and woe, but they both provide some valuable insight for the business owner about to em...
How To Increase Your Idea’s Chance of Success
Jason Cohen has a great interview with Bob Walsh about his products that help startups increase their chances of success. I particularly like the first question in the interview...
Top Ways Social Media Can Launch Your Idea
Lewis Howes has a short video (5:48) on how to use social media to communicate with your audience and grow your idea. Here are his tips: Be yourself rather than acting like R...
Feel Like a Fraud? You’re Not Alone!
Jason Cohen posted an article about his battle with feeling like a fraud. Jason has a product that allows software developers to perform code reviews of one another’s work...