Lessons from Kiko, web 2.0 startup, about Its Failure

Following is the Story about Kiko an online Calender which was sold through eBay.
Straight from Kiko Founder:
Today I listed the main asset of our startup, our web calendar Kiko, on eBay (see the auction). Since we put the eBay post up, there has been much buzz on techcrunch, reddit, etc about Kiko going under. Many [...]

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10 Secrets of Breakthrough Companies

Why do some companies “break through” while so many others do not? Author and business consultant Keith McFarland has spent years researching thousands of private companies in an attempt to answer that very question. After studying the performance of more than 7,000 companies that have appeared on the Inc. 500 list of America’s fastest-growing private [...]

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A Couple of Rules for Startups

Original Article by Mark Cuban Blogger @ CNET.Com
Here “My” and/or “I” Refers to Author Mark Cuban.

My buddy Jason had a GREAT post about rules for startups. Read it, love it learn it.
Of course, anyone who has started a company has their own rules and guidelines, so I thought i would add to the meme [...]

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How the Intuit, Makers of Quicken, Beat Microsoft and Revolutionized an Entire Industry

How a New CEO Re-energized Intuit
11/10/2003

Steve Bennett took over Intuit in 2000, quickly diagnosing an underperforming company. This excerpt from the new book Inside Intuit shows how the GE veteran took command.
by Suzanne Taylor and Kathy Schroeder
After the analyst meeting, Bennett reflected, “When I came in and said the company was underperforming, employees thought I [...]

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