People often asked how MavenHut, with three co-founders that nobody knew anything about in Ireland, managed to get a seed round so quick and …
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You Don’t Pitch Just to Investors
"If you create a great site, people will find you anyway, you don't need promotion, SEO or anything similar!". In my 5-6 years of doing …
Founder profile: Matei Pavel
The first time I've ever talked with Matei was in early 2009, at a RoBlogFest event (an event for the Romanian blogging community). He was …
Tools I use: IFTTT (If This Then That)
Think about this: it is so hot outside that your cat, in the house, is pleading for some cold air. Unfortunately, there's no one home, what …
Ten Minutes Before Work, Every Day
Or, as they call it, "Stand-up meeting" or "daily SCRUM". Which, for a product manager and team leader shouldn't be new at all. But if you …
Sunday Video: Fred Wilson, Pandodaily Fireside Chat
Since today is Sunday, maybe you have some spare time to watch an interesting video of Fred Wilson, from USV and A VC fame, speaking with …
My “Me” Moments
Up until two years ago my job meant, among other things, participating in a lot of events, meeting lots of people, talking to lots of people …
Always be Pitching, right?
In the recent years I've found myself pitching a lot of times: many different projects to a lot of different people. Some pitches worked, …
Lifestyle Business: A Real Option
Several years ago I was talking to a friend and he said that he is more interested in a lifestyle business than in "high risk, high reward" …
Sheer Panic: Way Too Familiar for a Startup Founder
The panic was creeping on me little by little. I was breathing through my mouth, as told, but the water was going from above my eyes back to …