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		<title><![CDATA[5 Quick Pointers On Startup Hiring]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=782]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;ve been in the startup business for a pretty long time now.  One of the things that I&rsquo;ve found hardest to do is find and recruit exceptionally talented individuals.  This is not particularly surprising, I think all businesses (big and small, young and old) have this challenge. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Massachusetts Ranked #1: Perhaps Entrepreneurs Can Stay East After All]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=783]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A little while I ago, I wrote an article on this blog titled "Go West, Young Entrepreneur!  Is The Valley Better For Software Startups?."  Now, I&rsquo;ve come across some new information that causes me to reconsider this point of view.  Business Week posted an article recently titled...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:58:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Combinator?  Should You Join Paul Graham's Gang For The Gifted?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=778]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[April 2 is a significant date for many early-stage entrepreneurs as this is the deadline for applying to Paul Grahams Y Combinator this summer. If you dont know about Y Combinator, then I encourage you to read up on it as they are one of the few groups doing anything...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:27:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Startup 101 : Should You Form An Inc. or  LLC?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=779]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Although the topic of business formation (Inc. vs. LLC) has been discussed in other places, it continues to be something that comes up in my conversations with startup entrepreneurs.  I&rsquo;ve been avoiding writing about it because I don&rsquo;t find it particularly interesting though necessary.  Some time ago, Nicholas...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:06:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[4 Quick Tips on Raising Startup Funding Without A Plan Or A PowerPoint]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=780]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Before we get too deep into this, let me clarify two things.  When I say without a "plan," I mean without a formally written business plan &ndash; not that you should be clueless about what you want to do.  And, when I say startup funding, I&rsquo;m talking more...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[7 Pithy Insights On How Not To Give Your Software Away For Free]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=777]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are a startup entrepreneur, at some point, you will need to make a decision regarding your business model.  Many software startups have a strategy to build early market traction by giving away their offering for free with some plan to monetize at a later date.  Im...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:59:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What's The Optimal Number Of Co-Founders For A Startup?  2.09!]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=630]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The topic of co-founders (how to find them, what skill-set they should have, how many you need, etc.) is a popular one amongst startups.  It&rsquo;s popular for good reason, it&rsquo;s important.I&rsquo;ve given the topic of how many founders are needed for startups some thought.  My personal opinion is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:34:47 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why "Me Too" Startups Are Not Always A Mistake]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=319]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The "me too" label has been applied to a past when a company enters a crowded market of highly visible competitors.  Examples abound, such as the remote storage category, RSS readers, online calendars, personal website creators, etc.  Each of these categories at one time or another was pursued...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:55:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can Baseball Strategy Help Your Startup Hire Better?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=320]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you that are regular readers, you may know that in addition to this blog, I also co-author http://www.smallbusinesshub.com with Brian Halligan. Brian has a very thought-provoking article on SBH titled "Secrets Of Success:  What Baseball Can Teach You About Your Business."  It&rsquo;s well worth the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:13:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Startup Founders:  Are You Too Assertive, Or Not Enough?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=321]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[        I came across an article recently titled &ldquo;Researchers Uncover Best Bosses&rsquo; Success Secret&rdquo;.  I was hoping to find some revealing insight about what makes great bosses.  Unfortunately, I really didn&rsquo;t glean that from the article.    Basically, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:19:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Startups vs. The Big Guys:  The Power Of Caring For Customers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=322]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;ve been working in and around startups for most of my professional career.  A topic that often comes up in startups Im advising or considering an investment in is:  "How will the big guys respond?".  This is an interesting question and for all the obvious reasons, should...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:36:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Startup Marketing:  How Useless Is Your Web Traffic?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=203]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[My co-founder at HubSpot, Brian Halligan, posted an interesting article today on our partner blog titled "Advanced Internet Marketing: Turn The Pareto Principle On Its Head."    Brian&rsquo;s spent his entire career in software sales and marketing so he knows a lot more than I do about the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:22:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Startups Can Innovate Better Than Microsoft, Apple and IBM]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=204]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Don Dodge wrote a couple of great articles recently titled &ldquo;Why Startups Innovate While Big Companies Incrementally Improve&rdquo; and  &ldquo;What do the PC, Mac and Xbox All Have In Common&rdquo;.  [Note: If you are interested in technology strategy, you should be reading Don Dodge&rsquo;s blog.  It&rsquo;s got...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:16:35 -0800</pubDate>
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