Save Your Startup With This Founder Advice From Thelonious Monkby Andy RosicThere is genius waiting inside each of us. So don’t let your startup slip away, and instead, get in there and lead the band. Take us all on a journey. Let your imagination be as big as the world.Continue
A Little Slice of Humble Pieby John SaddingtonDo your live-fire tests with real folks and prepared to get served some humble pie. It doesn’t always taste sweet but it’s good for the soul (and the product).Continue
You Don’t Have to be Trendy to be Successful—Interview with Kate Hill, Founder of Aeclectic Tarotby Emma McGowanThe startup world loves the next big thing and trends come and go faster than you can read the newest Tim Ferris blog post. But what happens when you ignore all the trends? Kate Hill of Aeclectic Tarot explains why her site looks like it's from the '90s -- and why it works.Continue
Financial Modeling For Startups: The Spreadsheet That Made Us Profitableby CayaGet on top of your Financial Model and business budget to enable managers founders to make game-changing decisions. Continue
What Reasons Do You Need To Launch Alone?by Alexander SimoneI had an idea for a product I thought people would like—but I never imagined I could do it alone. My entrepreneurial journey began with a search for a co-founder—which I discovered could have been my biggest mistake.Continue
Two Experts Weigh in on How to Create a Great Logo for Your Startupby Emma McGowanThinking about designing your own logo, even though you're not a designer? These two branding and logo experts say: Think again.Continue
Hardware is hard. So why does eero do it? — Interview with Nick Weaver, Co-Founder and CEOby Rafe NeedlemanIt might seem that the economics of making hardware are at odds with the cycle of easy money and fast startups, but there are still people who think that hardware is a good business because it is so difficult.Continue
Why Super Mario Run Won’t Make $500M In 60 Days Like Pokémon Goby Nate DesmondInitially, Super Mario Run looked successful with an estimated 2.85 million downloads on launch day (vs 900k launch day downloads for Pokemon Go) But when you start digging into engagement numbers, Super Mario doesn’t look quite as successful.Continue
Airbnb Pitch Deck: Teardown and Redesignby CayaAirbnb's deck was incredibly successful at summarizing the company vision and the huge market opportunity they had before them. We’ve added all the original slides in this article along with a redesigned version using our Slidebean pitch deck templates, and we’ll be tearing down each one of the slides.Continue