Mark Suster is a two-time entrepreneur (the founder of Koral and BuildOnline) turned venture capitalist (focused primarily on early stage tech companies). He joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 as a General Partner after selling his company to Salesforce.com. His background…
Late last year, we wrote about the difficulty that small businesses have trying to reach their customers on Facebook. Changes that Facebook has made to their algorithm over the past two years have made it increasingly difficult for small businesses…
Uber is the smartphone app that allows users to summon an Uber-registered vehicle to the curb nearest you. Travis Kalanick is the brilliant UCLA-grad who has kept his startup, Uber, rolling in dozens of cities despite lawsuits and cease-and-desist letters…
Starting your own business isn’t exactly cheap. So it’s nice to find a few resources that will help you start and grow your new venture that won’t cost you a penny. Check out these awesome resources that will help you…
His self-described Twitter bio (@joshjames) says it all: “Josh James: Domo Founder Ominture CEO & Co-founder—inception to IPO. Sold for $1.8B. 6 daughters. ONE lovely wife. BYU.” As noted, James’ first great success was Omniture, the Adobe web analytics and…
Ask a small business owner why they started their own business and you’re likely to hear back something like, “I wanted to call the shots, to be more independent, and to have more control over my time, or to work…
As co-founder of the photo-sharing service, Instagram, it’s not surprising that Kevin Systrom’s background is littered with software engineering experience. Before being listed as one of Fortune’s “40-under-40”, he had already brushed arms with some of the most prominent internet…
We’ve written on this topic before, right around tax time. But a few recent news articles have gotten us thinking about taxes and how they negatively impact small business. Startups already face a huge hurdles just trying to get up…
Does your small business do Facebook marketing? If you use Facebook to share updates about your business, you’ve probably noticed a huge drop in the number of people who see your Facebook posts. Brand page views are down an average…
Chris Dixon is a terrific example of an entrepreneur who discovers a need, then creates a solution to fix it. He was working as a computer programmer when he decided that his knowledge of technology could be put to better…