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6-Step Go-To-Market Strategy (Frame...

What it takes to build out a Go-To-Market strategy, why you need one, and what a good one...

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Heads Down Mode

There has been two distinct stages to my life so far: 1) The stage where I started ToutApp...

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How to Interview an Engineer for yo...

Over the past week, I’ve been interviewing for the Lead Engineer position here at ToutApp. I’ve never been...

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10 Things an Entrepreneur Needs to ...

When I was young, I was really into Electronics. I loved taking my toys apart, stripping it down...

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A Year In Review (2011 Reflections)

Today marks exactly a year since the first time I ever pitched a VC in my life. How...

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3 Lessons I Learned From Hiring in ...

I did quite a bit of hiring (resulting in both successes and failures) through 2011. As I’m gearing...

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Experienced Hires at Startups: Don&...

Bringing in an experienced hire into an immature organization (such as a startup) is a seriously delicate endeavor. I...

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When to Take it Easy as a Founder

One of our investors, Ben Li, keeps a private wiki for his portfolio companies. It is a place...

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Customer Service at Startups

One of the things I’ve been thinking about lately as I build Tout as a business is how...

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The New York Startup Scene is Impor...

Now that Ron Conway, Paul Graham, Dave McClure and many others have opined on how New York is...

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