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Building a startup is never a straightforward journey. However, you should have some goals in mind for your first year. As Backblaze CEO Gleb Budman shares, one of those goals should be to survive and shares some of his top tips or doing just that.
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Milestones are what you use to convert your business strategy and tactics into action. They’re also an essential part of any Lean Plan. Here’s how to set (and adhere to) your milestones. Read More

It doesn’t matter where you learned your marketing tip from or how many you have on the list if you do not know the two of the most important rules in startup marketing: 1) A great product alone does not spell success; 2) No amount of marketing will make a lousy product gain a following. Read More

So many small businesses start as a dream. But what types of businesses are entrepreneurs currently dreaming about starting? Online equipment marketplace Bid on Equipment recently created an infographic showing the types of businesses that are most popular with prospective entrepreneurs and current Read More

In my years of mentoring entrepreneurs, a problem I have seen too often is low self-esteem, and over-compensating through arrogance and ego. These entrepreneurs find it hard to respect customers or team members, and their ventures usually fail. As a team member, low self-esteem leads to low confide Read More

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. What’s more disconcerting to me is that I can name a few that aren’t usually even offered, resulting in more than a few Read More

Business productivity is all about having the right people, even though I’m bombarded daily with online tools and mobile apps that promise to solve every problem with automation and data. In reality, business success and satisfaction is about doing the right things at the right time, which requires Read More

With any startup, there will certainly be setbacks. As cliche as it may sound, it's how you choose to face and eventually conquer those hurdles that will define your company and your product. In this article, Backblaze CEO Gleb Budman reflects on his company's history and how the turned challenges Read More

Angel investors and venture capitalists don’t make equity investments in nonprofit good causes. The simple reason is that it’s impossible to make money for investors when the goal of the company is to not make money. Yet as an active angel investor, I still get this question on a regular basis, so Read More