How to Sell Customers and Investors on Your Startup
The founder of successful edtech startup Clever shares sales tips plus a few Y Combinator partners give advice for how to successfully pitch investors.
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A look at how companies are avoiding the kitsch and getting right to the heart of things with Valentine’s Day marketing this year.
How to Start a Startup: Pinterest and Stripe Founders Share Advice on Hiring and Culture
In this How to Start a Startup talk, the founders of Pinterest and Stripe reveal the secrets to hiring and creating company culture, plus scaling the team as your startup grows.
Meet Highway1: The Premier Hardware Startup Accelerator
Marcus Gosling of Highway1, a hardware startup accelerator in Silicon Valley, explains what it takes to turn a good prototype into a great product.
The Art of Scaling: Advice from Homejoy’s VP of Growth
Interview with Homejoy’s VP of Growth, Bastian Purrer, about the company’s approach to scaling and the challenges of balancing global and local markets.
Startup Stories: Minbox and Their 50K-View Product Teaser
How do you create a file sharing service that’s truly fresh and new? Founder Alexander Mimran says it’s all about UI and real-time collaboration. Also, get a sneak peek of Minbox 3.
How to Start a Startup: How to Raise Money
Star investors Marc Andreessen and Ron Conway, along with entrepreneur Parker Conrad, take on the ins and outs of startup funding from Seed stage to raising venture capital in your Series A round.
How to Start a Startup: Doing Things That Don’t Scale
When starting a startup, you’ve got to stay nimble and adaptable until you find product-market fit. Learn how from Y Combinator alumni.
How to Start a Startup: Lessons from Facebook’s VP of Growth
Alex Schultz shares everything you need to know about growing and retaining users for your startup.
App Monetization Statistics: Freemium vs Premium vs Paymium
Here’s a breakdown of the latest app monetization statistics. We compare freemium vs premium vs other models. We also explain what the heck paymium is.
How to Start a Startup: Competition Is for Losers
Entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel explains why you always want to aim for monopoly and avoid competition when starting a company.
How to Start a Startup: How to Hire the Best Team
YC President Sam Altman reveals why your ideal cofounder is James Bond, plus how to hire a solid team and grow your startup.
So Your Startup Got Funding, Now What?
Entrepreneurs often act like getting funding is the ultimate achievement. But in reality, it’s only the beginning. Here’s what comes next.
How to Start a Startup: 3 Essentials for Scaling
Learn growth lessons from HomeJoy’s Adora Cheung, cofounder of the fastest-growing YC startup
Are Tech Companies’ “Hallowemails” an Effective Marketing Strategy?
Are those cute holiday emails really an effective marketing lever?
App Monetization: Freemium vs Premium, In-App Purchase vs Paid
Here are the pros and cons of all the top app monetization strategies, including free vs paid apps, freemium vs premium, in-app purchases and subscriptions.
5 Ways to Increase Users for Your Android App
Every app entrepreneur faces the challenge of how to gain users once their app is built. Lucky for you we have some little known secrets that can help you increase…
Monitoring the Health of Your App with mAPM
Mobile Application Performance Management, or mAPM for short, is a solution that can be used pre and post launch to monitor the health of one’s mobile app. It provides key…
Why YOU Need Some mAPM
Mobile Application Performance Management (mAPM) is a critical component to any successful app. It doesn’t matter if you are the CTO of a Fortune 500 company or building an app…
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