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3 Clichés to Live By
Clichs exist for a reason: They usually contain a grain of truth. VC Fred Wilson explains when conventional wisdom is just that--wise.Choosing the road more traveled isn't always a bad idea, according to venture capitalist Fred Wilson.Wilson is the managing partner of two VC firms--Flatiron Partners and Union Square Ventures--and ...
RedOwl Analytics: The Silent Whistleblower
Blending big data with intuitive software, Baltimore start-up RedOwl Analytics is one to watch.On Wall Street, pending lawsuits and insider trading are a recipe for PR disaster. Clients pack up to take their business and money elsewhere, and the legal fees start piling up. RedOwl Analytics, a Baltimore, Maryland-based start-up, ...
How Tinder Is Winning the Mobile Dating Wars
It's already one of the year's fastest growing apps. CEO Sean Rad reveals his grand plan to change the way people meet.At 27 years old, Sean Rad has already been a successful entrepreneur once. In 2009, he scored his first big hit when he founded ad.ly, which helps brands land ...
3 Signs You're Too Busy to Be Brilliant
"Fail fast, fail often" is popular and appealing. But it's not how you produce great work.The last five years have produced an increasingly fevered body of business-speak that has achieved almost cult-like status. Expressed variously as 'always be shipping', or 'fail fast', the people who promote this approach would have ...
How the self-employed qualify for mortgages
These days, it can be difficult to get a mortgage loan even if you have a solid employment history and credit score. But the bar can be even higher for those who are their own boss.FREE: Check your 2013 Equifax Credit ScoreFREE: Check your 2013 TransUnion Credit ScoreIn the past, ...
5 Ways to Keep Your Eye On the Goal
The most successful entrepreneurs do more than set goals. They keep those goals front and center--all the time.I'm goal oriented. Professionally I am happiest when I have a number to hit, a timeline to make, or a task to complete. Personally, I am at my best when I have a ...
A 3-Step Customer Service Guide for Your Team
What you can do about that moment of truth, when a customer decides to stay or go.When was the last time you sat on the phone with a customer service rep or stood in the middle of a store, hoping someone would help you out, knowing full well if no ...
Ask Jane: What’s the best retirement plan for the self employed?
It all depends on how much money you think you can save each year. Fancy plans let you save 25 percent of your income or more. Modest plans have low contribution limits.If you won’t put away any more than $5,000 a year ($6,500 if you’re 50 and up), don’t bother ...
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We're only a few days away from our Memorial Day weekend! As we honor all our Veterans who have fought so hard to defend our freedom, we also celebrate and kick off the summer. With Memorial Day being one of the best times to buy certain items such as appliances, ...
App Developers: Do This Now, or Regret it Later
One of the best regret-management tools around is having a precise and easy-to-understand privacy policy. Here are four steps to crafting and implementing "privacy by design."Do you have a privacy policy? If so, you're in the minority.Right now, fewer than half of all app developers have a privacy policy. The ...
Why Do Military Veterans Make Such Great Entrepreneurs?
Meet the veterans who bring their unusual discipline, perspective, and problem-solving skill to the world of game-changing start-ups.I first met Joseph Kopser six years ago in Mosul, Iraq. He he was an Army major serving in a cavalry squadron at the time, and I was a reporter for The Washington ...
Why Two Founders Are Better Than One
Because if you are a solo founder, you are always the smartest person in the room. As an investor, I want someone in there with you.As a seed-stage investor, I get to see companies at the most formative stage of their development. One of the more interesting variables is the ...
Lyft's New $60M: How the Deal Went Down
Andreessen Horowitz chooses its horse in the increasingly competitive car-hailing and ride-sharing space. Here's why it put $60 million behind Lyft.Lyft, the San Francisco-based ride-sharing start-up known for its pink mustache hood ornaments, announced today it has raised $60 million from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, bringing its total capital ...
Does Your Start-Up's Name Sound Like a Piece of Ikea Furniture?
Before you settle on a name for your company, check out these very simple yet brilliant thoughts on naming. Also, take the Ikea challenge!As George Eastman, the founder of Kodak and godfather of the nonsensical naming trend said, "A trademark should be short, vigorous, incapable of being misspelled. It must ...
Small down payments come with pros and cons
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — A growing number of reports say lenders are granting mortgages with down payments of 10 percent or less — good news for borrowers unable to meet the 20 percent requirement that’s been all too common in recent years.So here’s the question: If you can afford a ...
What does that 'Check Engine' light mean?
BOSTON (MainStreet) — Some 10% of U.S. vehicles have their "Check Engine" lights on at any given time — but half of drivers ignore the warning because they fear their cars will need expensive repairs, market watcher CarMD.com has found."People say: 'My car is driving fine' or 'This is just ...
Don't underestimate a woman's love ... for her smartphone
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Better not lose your best gal’s smartphone.It could lead to a cold streak in the bedroom.Research from AVG Technologies, a mobile Internet services firm, shows women would give up sex rather than lose their mobile phone for a week.READ: What your smartphone says about youThe company ...
3 Ways to Beat a Sales Slump
Sales slumps are usually a sign that you're about to experience a huge breakthrough.Sales slumps are discouraging. You're working hard, making calls, following up, but still nothing pans out. As the slump continues, you start wondering if you're doing something wrong or, worse, whether your product isn't as good as ...
New marketplace for cheap weddings
Approximately a third of people who get engaged never make it to the altar. Now there’s a new way to help them recoup money they’ve already laid out to book photographers, florists, facilities, and more. The most tense time in a relationship can often be the period from the engagement ...
Randi Zuckerberg on Her Next Act
The ex-Facebook executive and TV producer explains her plan to shake up the content business--and make her own mark on the Web.The name Randi Zuckerberg might conjure visions of nepotism, but the Facebook founder's sister is doing her best to carve out her own space on the Web--and elsewhere.Speaking with ...
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