Speed as a Habit

All things being equal, speed will determine whether your company succeeds or not. Here's how to make it core to your culture.

More Start-Ups Have an Unfamiliar Message for Venture Capitalists: Get Lost (Published 2019)

Frustrated with the perverse incentives of fast growth, founders are criticizing the investment model that built the tech industry as we know it.

CEO interview series: Michael Seibel on leadership attributes in successful startup leaders

Explore a glimpse into how M. Seibel thinks about leadership attributes and some contrarian views that may be at the heart of how he picks great companies.

Project Repat: $10MM Business Making Quilts From Old T-Shirts

Hello! Who are you and what are you working on?My name is Ross Lohr, and I’m a co-founder of Project Repat. We make it easy and affordable for customers to turn their memorable t-shirts into a one of a kind, custom t-shirt quilt backed with cozy fleece. People buy quilts from…

Don’t Fuck Up the Culture

On Monday, October 21, 2013, I sent this letter to our entire team at Airbnb. I have decided to publish this in the event it is helpful to entrepreneurs building their cultures. Our next team meeting…

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How Much Energy Can You Store in a Stack of Cement Blocks?

It's not a trick question: You can make a battery out of concrete by storing gravitational potential energy.

The founder of Pinboard on why understanding fandom is good for business -

Maciej Cegłowski found fans where they were, and won their hearts

Memory app Timehop built an ad server to go from near-death to profitable

Timehop's 15-person team ended up creating its own ad server. A year and a half later, CPMs have grown from $2 to $28.

Starting An Amazon FBA Business - Starter Story

Hello! Who are you and what are you working on?My name is Raymond Furgason, and I am the Creator and Founder of Carbage Can. The Carbage Can is a car trash can. It’s so easy to gather common trash in your vehicle - tissues, food wrappers, receipts, coffee cups… the list is…

This technology could fundamentally change our relationship to electricity

An “operating system” for power could double the efficiency of the grid.

The many twists and turns of hardware

I don’t think anyone would disagree that building a successful hardware business has quite literally many more moving parts than software.

An Ohio Startup Rebuilds Lives One Piece of Fried Chicken at a Time - POLIT

A millennial entrepreneur hires from inmates and homeless people who struggle to find work even in a strong economy.

Why Entrepreneurship Programs for Engineers Fail

Entrepreneurship is an increasingly core component of commercial work, and one for which students in highly technical fields are ill-prepared. Blended entrepreneurial programs (BEPs) are attempting to answer this need by merging university-level entrepreneurial education with…

Why Is the Live-Event Ticket Market So Screwed Up? - Freakonomics Freakonom

Here's What Happened When I Opened a Restaurant in Portland

We closed Renard down more than nine months ago, but every night (and often early in the morning), first thing after waking up, I lie there and write the story of my failure over, and over and over again.

Non-Obvious Signs of Early Startup Traction — And How to Spot Them

We gathered the most surprising anecdotes from seasoned founders about when things clicked into place.

36-year-old’s Etsy side hustle brings in $220000 a year—and costs under $40 to start: ‘You really c

Etsy seller Emily Odio-Sutton shares how she started, and grew, her lucrative print-on-demand side hustle — and offers tips for how to replicate her success.

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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aces 2nd test flight (photos)

The flight tested the vehicle's landing gear and roll damper for improved handling.

Synthetic diamond company Element Six to lead DAPRA Ultra-Wide Bandgap Semiconductors program

Will help to develop substrates, device layers, and junctions