It’s really hard to get business people to think like startup founders. — On the surface, business owners usually want to reach beyond the “Small Business” revenue levels, but the sacrifices required to push through to scalable growth are hard to accept. Because I work with tons of scalable startups through Navigate, an early-stage accelerator, I fully understand why investors always say that…

So Quibi is shutting down after raising ~$1.8B in funding. — I’m not privy to the details of this fiasco, but the massive red flag for me was bringing on the former CEO of HP. When will boards & investors learn that you need startup people to run startups? Don’t get me wrong, Meg Whitman might be amazing at business. However, a startup is not a business. A…

Whether you’ve been running your E-comm store for 6 months or 6 years, this free 7-week program will leave you with practical tips to improve your online sales. — NOTE: The deadline for applications is very soon — May 22nd. Please act quickly if you want to be considered for this free ecommerce bootcamp. Apply Now While retail is getting decimated during the global Coronavirus pandemic, this is a great time to be in ecommerce. …

While we’re all navigating this new WFH life, here are 5 local startups that are working to make your time at home more pleasurable. — Building a startup is hard. Add global crisis to your list of things to deal with and it’s enough to make you want to throw in the towel completely. Luckily great startup founders are often very resilient — and even if resiliency doesn’t come naturally — Nassim Taleb has been preparing us for uncertain times for the past 10 years. Smart startups are built to be anti-fragile.

The dirty little secret that’s driving up your Cost-Per-Click rates. — It seems like Cost-Per-Click (CPC) rates are constantly on the rise and achieving a positive Return on Investment (ROI) on Pay-Per-Click (PPC) ads gets harder every year. Usually you chalk it up to competition and/or market saturation. Unfortunately, despite Google’s original motto, “Don’t be evil”, there’s something more sneaky at…

Let’s start this out by saying I am a self-taught developer. To many formally educated programmers/developers/engineers, I do lots of things wrong. I’m a hacker of the #2 variety:

Project Maia is the world’s first robo-advisor for marketing strategy. Our system advises business owners and marketers on what they should be doing online to grow their business. We get a lot of questions about our technology and how we use data to create our social media calendars. Usually, the…

3 Ways Set-it-and-Forget-it Social Media Management Might be Hurting You — Countless businesses schedule their social media posts in advance — but as some of the most viral social media campaigns have proven — it’s best to “stay in the moment.” I’m not saying you should never schedule anything — but spending one hour at the beginning of each month scheduling…

Facebook — and social media in general — can feel a little cold sometimes. It’s natural to want to communicate in a more personal way with the people that have chosen to follow and engage with your business page. The good news is that you can post as yourself on…