Behind every successful company, there’s a team of people working tirelessly to bring an idea to life. For Room Hints cofounder Tiffany Willson, this (often romanticized) hustle has stuck with her since the age of three: “I’ve always had that fire in my gut to start something.” And so she did. We sat down with Willson […]

Setbacks happen so often in the life of an entrepreneur that I believe our ability to cope with them goes a long way towards predicting our success. That’s why I spend a lot of time looking into how others bounce back from business failures. I didn’t think I’d find part of the answer to dealing […]

If you are looking to entice an entrepreneur, just use simple, sweet words like easy, quick, and minimal effort. If you don’t believe that these words ring true, I urge you to check out the number of pizza boxes, soda cans, and Starbucks cups in the trash at any startup. For entrepreneurs, there is never […]

Community management is one of the hardest roles to hire for in tech right now. Yes, you read that right — community managers, not developers. You see, it’s not about scarcity of talent; it’s about the quality of talent. Most folks assume that they can hire just any college grad who was “born social” and, […]

There are numerous ways to get your company off the ground, from bootstrapping and raising a traditional seed round to crowdfunding your debut product on services like Kickstarter. Each option comes with its own unique upsides and downsides, and so to bring clarity to the subject, we sat down with the founders of Turf Geography Club, Coupons at Checkout, […]

Our friends at the YEC asked twelve entrepreneurs to share how they created engaging content for their brands. Here’s what they found: Take readers behind-the-scenes “Even in a “dry, boring old industry,” your blog readers will be fascinated to see the hidden, behind-the-scenes vantage point of the company. Incorporate photos or video to enhance plain text blog posts, […]

One of the most painful experiences as an entrepreneur is to invest your heart and soul into a product that, when you finally bring to market, no one cares about. That’s exactly what happened to my friend Elizabeth Yin. Before she got into 500 Startups and raised close to $1 million with her new startup […]

Financial Modeling Tips For many entrepreneurs, thinkers, dreamers, and borderline maniac developers, the requirement of a financial model – most often built-in this ancient program called “Excel” – may seem like one of the biggest stumbling blocks on the yellow brick road to fame and fortune. Thankfully, it doesn’t have to be that way! A […]