Only Hire A+ People Who Punch Above Their Weight Class. This is part of my ongoing posts on  Startup Advice.  There are people who tell startups that they should hire the most senior people that they can find.  I’m not one of those.  Don’t confuse this with the quality of the individual.  I’ll explain both below. Your solution? MORE >>

Business Etiquette Tips for dealing with VCs and Corporates at Conferences. This is part of my ongoing series with Startup Advice. With the LeWeb conference about to start in Paris I thought the timing of this post would be appropriate. If you haven’t read it, please do. It’s an important reminder. How to (re) intro yourself. Waste. MORE >>

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice.  Many startup companies hire advisory boards.  It’s very tempting.  It’s mostly done by first-time entrepreneurs who want to persuade (bribe?) prominent industry luminaries to be closely associated with the company.  So do advisory boards really add value?  Not enough time.  Expensive.  MORE >>

This is part of my ongoing series “Start-up Lessons.&#  If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. In the Beginning … This is a very important post to me because I find myself giving this advice all the time and if you don’t follow [.]. MORE >>

Because I was the Acting CTO for eHarmony at it's start, I quite often get introduced to people who have an idea for a startup company that is based on some kind of matching algorithm. They describe the company as the eHarmony of careers, clothes, jobs, college, tutoring services, doctors, service companies, investments, etc. That feels powerful. MORE >>