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Tuesday, 7th August 2012

How To Enable 2-Factor Verification On Gmail (And Avoid Getting Hacked)

How To Enable 2-Factor Verification On Gmail (And Avoid Getting Hacked)

An easy tip for Gmail users on how to avoiding getting hacked: two-factor verification.

Fruzsina Eördögh comments

Monday, 21st May 2012

Why Every Startup Founder Needs a Mentor - And How to Find One

Why does founding a startup sometimes feel like the loneliest journey on the planet? Yes, you may be surrounded by family and friends who want to support you emotionally, but do they really understand what you’re going through? The answer: Find yourself a mentor.

Rieva Lesonsky comments

Thursday, 17th May 2012

The Pros and Cons of IT Outsourcing: Globally, Nationally and Locally

The Pros and Cons of IT Outsourcing: Globally, Nationally and Locally

Outsourcing is pretty much de rigueur for modern startups looking to conserve capital. But making outsourcing work for your startup isn’t always easy. One of the first steps is figuring out where to outsource. There are a lot of choices. The first major decision is geographical. Should you outsource locally, nationally or internationally?

Rieva Lesonsky comments

Thursday, 10th May 2012

Taking Your Startup Back to the Business Basics

Taking Your Startup Back to the Business Basics

Mentoring startups has a lot of benefits: It gives something back to the community and helps other entrepreneurs avoid some of the mistakes that you've already made. And it's also a lot of fun to meet entrepreneurs who are so passionate about their business. Sometimes, though, that passion can make it hard for startups to focus on the business…

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Friday, 4th May 2012

The 3 (or 4) Character Traits it takes to Create a Successful Startup

Want to know the second most comon question from startup entrepreneurs? (The first, of course, is “Where can I get money?”) It’s “What traits do successful entrepreneurs share?” They’re not asking about tangible things like good ideas, great teams and adequate funding, but, rather the inner characteristics that set apart the founders…

Rieva Lesonsky comments

Thursday, 3rd May 2012

5 Ways to Bootstrap Your Startup

The conflicting (frequently unsolicited) advice startup entrepreneurs too often hear is enough to make you tune it all out. Either you’re told that you need to go big and grab all the angel or VC money you can get your hands on, or that you should start small, do it on your own, and retain control of your company. But bootstrapping a startup…

Rieva Lesonsky comments

Monday, 23rd April 2012

Software Guides

RWW Recommends: The Startup Toolkit

Startups face a lot of challenges, but putting together the tools and infrasture they need to get up and running shouldn't be one of them. Startups need to minimize cost and effort so they can focus on brewing their secret sauce, but they can't afford to look like amateurs. That's where ReadWriteRecommends comes in. The Startup Toolkit…

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Startup Hiring: The 10% Solution

LinkedIn employees get a 24-hour gym. Twitter workers get free laundry service. Googlers get Japanese toilets with a cool "rear-cleansing" function. How can your startup compete with that? It's not easy. When tech giants such as Facebook give their workers six-figure packages and everything up to and including free leather repair (leather…

Tim Devaney and Tom Stein comments

Friday, 20th April 2012

The Ups and Downs of Sharing Office Space

When you're launching a business, you're always on the lookout for every possible way to cut costs. One of the smartest - or maybe the dumbest - ways to save money is to share office space with a bigger company. It all depends on how well you understand the dos, the don'ts and the special risk factors.

Rieva Lesonsky comments

Thursday, 19th April 2012

How A 9-Year-Old Boy Went Viral

If you're looking for a warm, heart-rending story for today, look no further than how Caine Monroy became the latest YouTube viral sensation, with more than 2.4 million views and counting since it was posted last week. Thanks to a loyal customer, Nirvan Mullick (pictured with Monroy), the schoolboy now has a $150,000 scholarship fund and fans all…

David Strom comments

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