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Speed and Tempo: Fearless decision making for start-ups

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The “fact based vs. faith based decisions” is very crucial - i.e. make your decisions quickly and based on the facts
(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This column …

When to fire your co-founders

Thanks to FastIgnite, a startup advisory firm, for sponsoring Venture Hacks this week. This post is by Simeon Simeonov, the firm’s founder and CEO (and formerly a partner at Polaris Ventures). If you like it, check out Sim’s blog and tweets @simeo…

50 Three-word phrases that can make your start-up a success

(Editor’s note: Dharmesh Shah is a serial software entrepreneur and the founder and CTO of HubSpot, which provides marketing software for small businesses. This column originally appeared on his blog. )
For some reason, I like wordsmithing and tryin…

A New Framework for Business Models

Quick: Describe your company’s business model.

Having trouble? That wouldn’t surprise me. In reality, there isn’t really any consensus about what the term “business model” even means. Suggestions range from the all-encompassing, everything-in-your-val…

Video: Pilot This Hovering Quadricopter Toy Using Your iPhone

Wired.com plays with the AR.Drone by Parrot, a quadricopter you can pilot with an iPhone or iPod touch. Adults or kids can fly the toy in a real-world environment, see what the onboard camera picks up and simultaneously play a videogame when it’s in multiplayer mode.