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2020
Sep 29, 2020
Health
Same Day Coronavirus Testing for Employers
2015
Jul 14, 2015
Leadership
Firing Clients
Jul 3, 2015
Leadership
Startup Integrator Fail
Jul 2, 2015
Ownership
Killing Off Brinktop
Jul 1, 2015
Leadership
My Mistakes of the Last Year
2014
Dec 7, 2014
Engineering
Brinktop Seeks Technical Co-Founder
Oct 29, 2014
Ownership
Hunter vs Farmer
Oct 26, 2014
Leadership
Being a Good Boss
Oct 25, 2014
Fundraising
Disability Insurance
Oct 16, 2014
Leadership
Compensating Early Employees
Oct 9, 2014
Fundraising
Atlanta Startups are Pragmatic
Oct 8, 2014
Culture
Building a Bootstrap-Minded Team
Oct 2, 2014
Operations
20 Startup Desks Available
Sep 30, 2014
Fundraising
Burn Rates
Sep 20, 2014
Engineering
Tech Entrepreneurs Should Learn Programming Languages
Sep 18, 2014
Leadership
Cheat Sheet Phrases for Crucial Conversations
Sep 14, 2014
Education
Shaking the Career Pull of Big Brand Institutions
Sep 7, 2014
Ideas
Conditions for First Time Entrepreneurs to Consider
Sep 3, 2014
Acquisition
Customer-Funding Your Startup
Aug 30, 2014
Ownership
Embrace Both the Pattern and the Deviations
Aug 29, 2014
Fundraising
Sensibilities in Spending Startup Money
Aug 24, 2014
Ownership
Lifestyle or Growth Mode?
Aug 23, 2014
Ownership
Assembling an Early Startup Team
Aug 21, 2014
Leadership
One of the Hardest Things to Get Right for Entrepreneurs
Aug 18, 2014
Ownership
10 Reasons To Become An Entrepreneur from the NYT
Aug 16, 2014
Ideas
Dealing with the Big Question Marks
Aug 14, 2014
Culture
Worst Case Scenario Analysis
Aug 11, 2014
Acquisition
BATNA for Startups
Aug 9, 2014
Operations
Thoughts on Recessions
Aug 7, 2014
Fundraising
Making Moves To Grow Is Risky
Aug 4, 2014
Legal
Beware of Early Paperwork Laziness
Jul 29, 2014
Acquisition
Joy in the Journey
Jul 16, 2014
Fundraising
My First Five Years of Salary
Jul 15, 2014
Ownership
A Walk in the Park?
Jul 14, 2014
Culture
You Can’t Be Too Nice; You Own A Company
Jul 7, 2014
Ownership
Retirement
Jul 2, 2014
Fundraising
When Things Are Bad, Voting Rights Matter
Jun 17, 2014
Ideas
De-Risking Startups for Founders & Parallel Entrepreneurship
Jun 16, 2014
Leadership
Fragility of Startups Over $1 Million in Revenue
Jun 7, 2014
Leadership
What Regular Written Updates Do You Do?
Jun 6, 2014
Fundraising
Invest In Things You Can Control
May 30, 2014
Ownership
Cofounder Relationship Struggles Are The Most Volatile
May 26, 2014
Acquisition
Measuring Entrepreneurial Success
May 21, 2014
Education
Respecting our Student Commitments
May 21, 2014
Legal
Founder Vesting
May 18, 2014
Ownership
Things You Give Up For Success
Apr 14, 2014
Ideas
A Personal Entrepreneurial Thesis
Mar 21, 2014
Culture
Common Elements of Tech Startup Offices
Mar 9, 2014
Leadership
Founders Need Good Peer Groups
Mar 8, 2014
Leadership
Dreams, Goals, and Expectations
Feb 22, 2014
Ownership
Dual Compensation for Startup Founders
Feb 20, 2014
Ownership
How To Allocate Ownership Fairly
Feb 3, 2014
Leadership
Handling Uncertainty
Jan 23, 2014
Leadership
Simple Ground Rules for Startups
Jan 21, 2014
Ownership
Success Begets Success
2013
Nov 9, 2013
Education
My 2009 Opportunity Costs
Nov 8, 2013
Ownership
Perspective on Opportunity Cost
Nov 7, 2013
Ideas
Dependence on Luck Varies with the Type of Startup
Nov 6, 2013
Acquisition
IPOs are about Growth
Nov 4, 2013
Acquisition
The Unicorn Club
Nov 3, 2013
Culture
On Outbound Poaching
Nov 2, 2013
Culture
On Inbound Poaching
Oct 30, 2013
Leadership
Saying No for Early Entrepreneurs
Oct 24, 2013
Ideas
Get a Powerful Entrepreneurial Mindset
Oct 11, 2013
Education
Starting Right and Following Through
Oct 10, 2013
Ownership
Relatable Startup Role Models
Sep 21, 2013
Culture
Spirit of a Pirate, Execution of a Navy SEAL
Sep 17, 2013
Acquisition
Lessons from Lifelong Entrepreneurs
Sep 12, 2013
Ideas
Parallel Entrepreneurship
Sep 7, 2013
Ownership
Entrepreneurship as a Viable Option
Sep 6, 2013
Acquisition
List of Atlanta Startup Exits
Sep 4, 2013
Acquisition
The Value of Deal Information for Motivating Entrepreneurs
Aug 28, 2013
Leadership
Finding Time to Think
Aug 27, 2013
Ideas
Working On (Not In) Your Startup
Aug 26, 2013
Marketing
The Startup Cheat Sheet
Aug 16, 2013
Fundraising
Attention to Costs in a Startup
Aug 13, 2013
Education
Startup Blindspots from Quora
Aug 10, 2013
Ideas
From Investment Banking to Startup
Jul 19, 2013
Fundraising
Top Startup Cities by Cost & Taxes Infographic
Jul 8, 2013
Education
Jackpot of Startup Infographics
Jul 5, 2013
Fundraising
“No Valley” and “Startups for Grownups”
Jul 3, 2013
Acquisition
Thoughts on the Xobni Acquisition
Jun 30, 2013
Fundraising
Notes from Today’s Paul Graham Essay
Jun 28, 2013
Ownership
Financial Math for Starting Up
Jun 16, 2013
Ownership
Thoughts on Entrepreneur Dads
May 18, 2013
Acquisition
Co-founder Alignment on Finances
Apr 27, 2013
Ownership
Initial Equity Sharing Agreements
Apr 2, 2013
Leadership
Peer Review for Bootstrapped Startups
Mar 31, 2013
Acquisition
A Naïve Mistake and Its Fix
Mar 28, 2013
Marketing
Product Launches and Bootstrapped Companies
Mar 25, 2013
Legal
Georgia Taxes
Feb 25, 2013
Acquisition
Equity Businesses
Feb 17, 2013
Ownership
Startup Details from the Invention of Morse Code
Feb 6, 2013
Leadership
The Benefits of Trouble
Jan 11, 2013
Education
Considerations for Student-founded Companies
Jan 9, 2013
Fundraising
Bootstrapping Startups through Contract Work