Weekend Reading: The Intelligent Entrepreneur, by Bill Murphy Jr.
The goal here at ReadWriteStart over the last year or so has been to provide a place where first-time entrepreneurs and early-stage startups can find curated advice, tips and information to help them launch successful ventures. This is the nature of th...
New Logistics: How Web Technology Shapes the Complex Global Choreography of Goods and Information
Last month we began a series of posts about "new logistics" with an overview of how companies can leverage Web-based tools for international marketing. These days, with the power of the Web and related technologies, logistics encompasses so much more t...
Finding Opportunity for Success in the Failure of Others
Every now and then a product comes along - either from a startup or as a project within a larger company - that seems to meet a worthy need but just doesn't find its legs. Sometimes great ideas are pushed on us too quickly, or are ahead of their time, ...
The 4 M’s of Attracting Investors to Your Startup
Mark Suster is one of those unique venture capitalists in that he has experience as an entrepreneur prior to joining the VC world (or the "dark side" as he calls it). Twice, in fact. That's why he calls his blog "Both Sides of the Table," because he ha...
CrowdFlower & 500 Startups Partner to Let Startups Have Cake, Eat it Too
When it comes to saving money at an early-stage startup, labor is one of the most difficult areas to penny pinch. If you care deeply about your product and your idea, it's hard to not want to go out and hire the very best employees and contractors, but...
Get Your Fill of Fail with 25 Startup "Post-Mortem" Essays
Failure. All startups fear it. Many, at one point or another, encounter it. There's no denying that failure is a big part of startup culture. Some of the best and brightest preach the "fail fast" methodology, wherein quickly launching and fixing small ...
How Does One Startup Defeat Another?
There is a lot of competition out there in startup land, and often times similar companies launch around the same time and are pitted against one another in head-to-head competition. This was the case in 2007 when personal finance startup Mint launched...
Google Updates Car Home Android App for Navigation Customization
Device convergence is happening everyday as new tech gadgets combine the functionality of previous devices into one handy solution. I first experienced this when the iPhone replaced both my previous phone and my iPod. Not having to carry both devices a...
Angel Investors (Still) Taking Your Questions on Formspring
Question and answer services are the new hotness. Facebook recently rolled out the option, and ex-Facebookers founded the popular new service Quora that is dedicated to them. But one of the more fun implementations of this dynamic is Formspring.me, whi...
The Usual Super Angel Suspects
First it was the heated angels vs. venture capitalists debate, and then the infamous "angelgate" Bin 38 meeting. These and other happenings are still the talk of the startup investment scene, and at the epicenter - a notorious gang of in-betweeners kno...
WordPress 2.6 for iOS Adds Video, Better Local Draft Management
These days, blogging isn't just about sitting down at a keyboard with a cup of coffee and writing a wordy post. Blogging now also means sharing pictures, video and other media, and it means doing so at a moment's notice from wherever you are. WordPress...
Will Steve Jobs Unveil the Next iThing Using an Augmented Reality Keynote?
There is no denying that Steve Jobs has mastered the art of the keynote, but some might say his style is getting a little old and predictable. Many of Jobs' presentations are certain to kickoff with some statistical data overview, then launch into desc...
