Meetings are the worst, right? The back-and-forth scheduling, prep time beforehand, and following up afterward are almost more trouble than they’re worth. At least they used to be. Luckily, some amazingly simple (and free!) tools will transform the way you think about meetings and give you hours of your life back every week. Your Scheduling […]

Tumblr’s Annie Werner talks about her passion for the internet and shares career advice for aspiring bloggers.  When you’re doing something you are truly meant for, others around you can tell. That’s how I felt when I heard Annie Werner talk about the unique work she does for Tumblr as their managing editor. Inspired by her […]

More and more, companies are turning to a convertible note structure when raising capital in the early stage. In a nutshell, a convertible note is a simple way for a company to give investors a “stake,” while giving the business time to grow and prove out value before its founders get diluted. The terms are […]

When Dane Atkinson was just 18 years old he started his first company SenseNet. Not one to rest on his laurels, Dane went on to found over a dozen startups in the intervening years before co-founding SumAll in 2011. With a lifetime of experience in the startup world, I talked to Dane about being an entrepreneur […]

Congratulations! You’re the CEO of your small business and it’s time to survive the holiday season. It’s the most important time of the year, especially for retailers everywhere, both online and in physical spaces. Being a small business owner, it can be difficult to get your products or services noticed in the crowded online space […]

In work and in life, disappointment is often inevitable. Turn life’s curveballs into your success stories. Life is full of surprises that aren’t always the kind we would wish for. What makes these unwanted surprises even harder to accept is our attachment to the way we expected things to go. This particular brand of discomfort […]

I’ve developed this uncanny ability to correctly identify a first-time founder with pinpoint accuracy based on one question. It’s quite simple. I ask the same question to almost everyone I meet, and there’s one response that immediately raises the first-time founder flag. To be clear, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with being a first-time founder. In […]

Most online visitors will click on your business website and size it up in a matter of seconds. By taking a few critical steps to build a website that appeals to prospective customers—and conveys legitimacy and trustworthiness—you dramatically increase the odds that they will linger on your site and purchase your products or services. Here […]