Startup Stories for (and with) Startup Founders
We have a Medium publication called Startup Stories where we publish articles written by our community members. As of today, it has two new options you can participate in. First and foremost, we would love to interview you. You'll have to do part of the work yourself, but we'll make sure the community can learn from your experience. Another is that you can now get paid to write for Startup Stories.
We also have new deals on Startup Deals:
- 42 day trial of Drip
- 60 days of Leadpages for 1$
- first three months free on Meet Edgar
- 30% off for life on yearly plans of Octonius
- Access to SendGrid Accelerate
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Culture
The inside story of BitTorrent’s bizarre collapse
How a group of valley outsiders blew through the company’s cash and nearly left it for dead.
How to Work a 40-Hour Week
"However, my work is not my life, so I’ve had to put boundaries in place that help me actively avoid workaholism."
The years that a 70-hour week was normal should be over.
Modern Entrepreneurship
A Fireside Chat with Fitbit: From Inspiration to IPO
At CES, Brad Feld, CEO of the Foundry Group, led a fireside chat with James Park, Co-Founder and CEO of Fitbit, about the startup journey.
Alexa: Amazon's Operating System
On why Amazon is winning the next big race, the voice interface, but also why Microsoft and Google are winning the desktop and mobile war.
Only if I had listened
A post mortem filled with signals the founders had noticed, but didn't implement.
Promoted
#1 Contact management app: Pobuca, Team in Contacts.
Share contact lists with your co-workers on any device.
Trends
What the future looks like: top trends in 2016 startup investing
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it. The second best way is to finance it.”
Design
Why Trello, a simple to-do app, is worth $425 million
Great user experience is the key: It is software employees use because they want to.
Finance
The Startup Game: plan your exit before you start
The optimal personal financial strategy for founders is to bootstrap, raise only seed funding, grow fast, and exit.
Top 3 startup accelerators produce nearly 10% of U.S. Series A deals
Joining one of these top three accelerators is definitely worth it.
Thank you
Thank you & credits
Thank you for reading Startup Curated, and thanks to Simone for editing and Esther and Timan from NEXT Amsterdam, and Raymond from Vita.io for curating!
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