How To Ensure Your Startup Will Fail

There are a lot of Web 2.0 companies out there. If you don’t believe me, check out Web 2.0’s archive. For every Digg or Twitter there are dozens of sites that provide great services that flame out. Unfortunately, the fault does not lie in fickle consumers or bad luck — it falls directly on your [...]

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The key to building a web app that succeeds and makes you money

Thinking about building a web app? Not sure what web application you should build? You probably have a few ideas kicking around, maybe you’re thinking of building a project management application, maybe a video sharing site, or a social networking site. Heres a tip to help you choose:
Build a web application that helps its users [...]

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The Importance of Launching Early and Staying Alive

Post Author: David Rusenko is a founder at Weebly, a company that makes a web creation tool.

I, [David Rusenko], first started working on Weebly in February 2006. I worked for about a year on it with Dan and, later, Chris’ help, and we launched a (very) early version of Weebly in mid-November 2006. We were [...]

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Entrepreneurs: Never Forget, Distribution is King

Article Author: Matt Moore.
I [matt moore] postulate that every single successful technology company has had a winning distribution model.
Success of a product, and any business for that matter, can be measured by two simple rates:

usage, how much a customer/user comes back and use your product again and again, and
user growth (a.k.a customer acquisition), how many [...]

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