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View ArticleMentor Advice for Startups
“For the first year, really ask yourself, 'If I build this company to a success, will it really matter?' Every business has a substantial risk of failure -- and that is known up front. But what I...
View ArticleStartup Interview: Spaciety
Andrew Dennis, age 28, and Eric Liu, age 29, came up with the idea for Spaciety in their hometown of Chicago a little over a year-and-a-half ago. Spaciety (SPA - ciety) is an online booking engine for...
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“The definition of the alternatives is the supreme instrument of power.” - Elmer Eric Schattschneider "Especially in the first year of existence, companies and founders need to remember that if they...
View ArticleStartup Interview: Receept
Kevin Pfefferle, age 30, created Receept as an alternative to collecting receipts. Rather than routinely collecting paper receipts, Kevin makes it simple by combining web and mobile devices with the...
View ArticleMentor Advice for Startups
"Get the founding team right. Build the right team culture, and assume lots of iterations." -Pete Blackshaw, Executive Vice-President of Nielsen Online Digital Strategic Services
View ArticleStartup Interview: Wellthy
Wellthy is a social competition for employees that makes getting healthy fun. They turn corporate wellness, which traditionally has very low participation, into a fun and motivating social-game. We...
View ArticleMentor Advice for Startups
Understand what your three top priorities are and have an unrelenting focus on those things. Chasing money, people, or features that either can't be caught, or require considerable effort to catch, are...
View ArticleStartup Interview: ChoreMonster
Choremonster is a suite of web and mobile applications that allow parents and kids to actually enjoy doing their daily chores. By completing a chore, a child gains points, which they can save up for...
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"Focus on building a business and not a business plan. Develop a product that interests customers and investors will follow." -Joe Medved, Chairman Emeritus of the New England Venture Network (NEVN)
View ArticleMentor Advice for Startups
"Get your product/service right. Make it great/different by focusing heavily on the end-user. Start with a profitable business model – don’t scale without one." -Michael Stich, Chief Operating Office...
View ArticleMentor Advice for Startups
"Always stay in learning and listing mode – Too many companies pitch to me and press forward with a sales pitch without pausing to listen to questions and heeding advice." "As Socrates said, “He who is...
View ArticleMentor Advice for Startups
"Be committed to your strategy but don't fall in love with it. Go steady but don't get married. You have to maintain the passion but retain enough objectivity to know when something isn't working and a...
View ArticleStartup Lessons from Dropbox [presentation]
Dropbox just finished raising a $250 million round. Obviously there are some good lessons to learn from them.Dropbox startup lessons learned 2011View more presentations from Eric Ries
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8 companies launch at 2011 Brandery Demo Day
Yesterday we launched our eight 2011 graduates at Demo Day. In front of a crowd of over 350 investors, the companies did an amazing job and we could not be more proud. The 2011 graduates...
View ArticleStartup Lesson from Max Levchin
Over on Quora, Max Levchin provided a great response when asked about his greatest lessons in entrpreneurship: Among Max Levchin's lessons learned as a young entrepreneur, which are the greatest? It's...
View ArticleWe are hiring a General Manager for The Brandery
With the tremendous growth of The Brandery over the last 18 months, we have decided that it's time to bring on a full-time General Manager for our program. This role is going to be at the epicenter...
View ArticleBrandery hires GM
After a little over a year and a half and two classes through the Brandery's start-up accelerator, it was time to bring on a full-timer. We're happy to welcome Mike Bott to the Brandery as our first...
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ChoreMonster gets Funded!
Congrats to Brandery Class of 2011 alums Chris Bergman and Paul Armstrong for getting funded! Their business, ChoreMonster, received $350,000 in funding from CincyTech and private investors. With new...
View ArticleBrandery Office Hours at SXSW
Ever since Twitter received a much needed boost in visibility at the festival, SXSW Interactive has become an annual launching pad for aspiring startups. This year, The Brandery has decided to join in...
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