Matryoshka Doll Build Your Startup Like a Matryoshka Doll "Experience is what you get right after you need it." - James C. Wofford Armory is the startup I've always wanted to create. I'm applying everything I've learned over the past fifteen years from previous startups. Below are some of those startup lessons explained as a series of Matryoshka Russian
Stanford MBA Dissecting what went wrong: a Stanford MBA's startup fails There's a great article by Robert Strauss in Stanford magazine describing how his startup failed. Kudos to him for writing the article. It's a golden opportunity for us to highlight some of the things he did wrong. I'd love to hear your comments -- if you decided to go into
Benchmark Make better decisions: Benchmark your startup against 3,200 others Today I learned about the Startup Genome Report from the Startup Genome, as well as the Startup Genome Compass. This amazing project by Max Marmer, Bjoern Lasse Herrmann, Ron Berman and Ertan Dogrultan compares over 3,200 startups to find parallels between them that are predictors for success or failure.
startup StartupHouse: HOT new Hacker Coworking space in downtown SF + Hacker Hostel I just got a preview of a hot new coworking space that's brand new (literally weeks old) in downtown San Francisco. The address is 880 Harrison street. Here's a video I just did of the space. If you're interested in leasing space here for your startup (or would like to
fundraising Fundraising Panel at TechCocktail's Startup Mixology Event Props to Frank Gruber and his entire TechCocktail crew for a great event in DC last week called the Startup Mixology conference. Steve Case gave the keynote, followed by a variety of panels and presentations. I was on a fundraising panel that explored various aspects of raising money for a
