Training the Startup Brain to Spot Ideas

October 27, 2014

I get frustrated when I see a startup opportunity blow up that I should have detected. Sometimes the frustration comes from missing out. Sometimes the frustration comes from my failure to detect it. I want to continually improve my startup brain to spot great ideas. Here are two examples where I am kicking myself: Bitcoin (missing out) […]

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Being a Good Boss

October 26, 2014

My own leadership style has morphed over time. At the beginning, I was “CEO” but that was just a title to have a title. I was really just a co-founder with my friends. Then we hired people. I started becoming more of the “CEO” that I thought I should be. Sometimes I would get advice […]

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Disability Insurance

October 25, 2014

I just posted about the terrible tragedy affecting one of our people. One big regret I have right now is that our company has not had disability insurance. When a startup first begins, it has nothing. It has no insurance. Then it starts adding benefits. Here is an example progression: General business insurance, which is […]

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When Tragedy Strikes

October 24, 2014

I have missed several days of blogging. One of our people has suffered a terrible accident, and I am spending much of my time in the hospital with him and his family. This is a brief post from the hospital while I am waiting. I have had some surreal thoughts about tragedy the past few […]

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Proficiency at English is Vital Even for Developers

October 23, 2014

At ArrayFire, we seek to hire some of the world’s best parallel computing developers. Due to the highly specialized nature of this expertise, our search includes the entire world. We have hired people from many different nations, either as remote contractors (not our favorite) or as full-time employees through the H1-B immigration process. One big […]

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Articles on Pricing

October 22, 2014

Over the years I have collected a nice set of articles on the topic of pricing. I have printed those from my instapaper, here:  pricing. What are your favorite articles on pricing? .

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Articles on Marketing

October 21, 2014

Over the years I have collected a nice set of articles on the topic of idea marketing. I have printed those from my instapaper, here:  marketing. What are your favorite articles on marketing? .

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Articles on Leadership

October 20, 2014

Over the years I have collected a nice set of articles on the topic of idea leadership. I have printed those from my instapaper, here:  leadership. What are your favorite articles on leadership? .

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Articles on Idea Generation

October 18, 2014

Over the years I have collected a nice set of articles on the topic of idea generating. I have printed those from my instapaper, here:  ideas. What are your favorite articles on idea generating?  

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Dangers of Raising Too Much Early Money

October 17, 2014

One school of thought in startup fundraising is to raise as much as you can whenever you can. The logic for this is that it is hard to raise money (especially on reasonable terms), so you should just take whatever you can get. In a recent EO meeting, I was discussing this with other entrepreneurs […]

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