Every day, it seems like there’s another bland press release about startup seed funding. So when Buffer closed on $400,000, it wanted to announce it differently — by explaining exactly how the process happened. It’s a fun read, and a good lesson for other startup founders. Read More »
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Networking has always been a high art in business. Just ask Susan Roane, my mentor and author of the seminal tome, “How to Work a Room.” (I know a handful of VCs and startup kings on Sand Hill Road who have her book… Read More »
I’ve being doing the ’startup thing’ for close to a year and a half. That might not sound like much, but I feel that I’ve learned a ton and gained much experience. Following a recent startup-oriented weekend adventure I took a part in and some… Read More »
In my first Found|READ post, How to Work the Room, I gave you tips on how to amp up your social graces for the business party circuit, because — a much as we might hate to admit it — a founder’s startup success… Read More »
Seth Godin wrote a terrific post Friday on what the Iowa caucus can teach you about marketing and (by our reading of it) the necessity of evangelizing your message to customers. It’s called The truth about word of mouth, and Seth’s point is… Read More »
Editor’s Note: Trevor is the editor of “Red Canary”:http://www.redcanary.ca/, a great online magazine/community just like Found|READ, but which is focused on “fast-growth Canadian companies,” rather than startups. Trevor’s July 2006 Red Canary post on “hiring tips for startups” is obviously very relevant to Found|READers, and… Read More »
A couple of days after suing Lucent, Alcatel and Cisco, Telcordia Technologies is now in the process of being sold, according to investment banking rag, The Daily Deal. The daily says JP Morgan is handling the auction process and expects to get about $1… Read More »
