This just in: Lady Gaga’s startup is gone. :(
Backplane, aka Lady Gaga’s startup for building online communities, has burned through roughly $18.9 million US (yes, $18.9 million) in funding
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Time and money are two sides of the same coin.
No smart person will give you their money until they have given you some of their time first.
Smart people guard their time. It’s understandable:
What’s stopping more people from buying from you? (Part I)
Why do you think that so many of us drink more Starbucks coffee now than ever before?
My 2¢: Because Starbucks has taught us to do so.
Through its
“Has this person gotten over themselves?”
Such a simple question, but the answer speaks volumes, no?
The above question is one of the key questions the
Nothing rots from the outside in.
This is a story about two modern institutions: BlackBerry and the Daily Show.
“Wait, why those two? What could they possibly have in common?”
Neither
A story about a great place for starting a business
You know what place is better than Silicon Valley for solving problems and starting businesses?
It’s called deep empathy.
Deep empathy is one
Bad marketing is always a people problem.
No matter how it looks at first, bad marketing is always a people problem.
And that problem can sink a business, because marketing is the brain of a business.
If IMDb.com had a last name, it would be ‘unassuming.’
That can be a bit surprising when you consider that IMDb (short for ‘Internet Movie Database’) is the world’s most authoritative website/resource
Does your business need a ta-da website?
“Wait, what’s a ‘ta-da website?'”
A website that’s super simple and easy to use.
“How easy?”
As easy as breathing.
“Why
The thing with hand-crafted products
You sense when there’s been care taken with a product. Even at a glance.
The thing with hand-crafted products, images, stories, you-name-it,