From the monthly archives:

May 2010

Mark Zuckerberg: An Entrepreneur’s Perspective

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by Hunter Beaumont | May 31, 2010, 11:20pm EST

Preface Well first of all I just wanted to take a second and let you all know about a new Blog Post Mini-Series we’ll be doing here at The Roach Post. We’re planning on putting a few of the best and brightest innovators of our day in the spotlight as we explain what they’ve done [...]

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14 Survival Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs

by Christopher Calder | May 28, 2010, 6:09am EST

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Last year I read an article in National Geographic that changed the way I do almost everything. The article was entitled How to Survive (Almost) Anything, and it contained 14 traits common to people who had survived catastrophes. I’ve been thinking about these lessons lately—especially how they are applicable to an entrepreneur fighting to get [...]

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Seven Tips for Running a Successful Internship

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by Hunter Beaumont | May 26, 2010, 1:35pm EST

As you may have noticed, several of the recent posts here on the The Roach Post have been from some previously-unknown authors (Hunter Beaumont, Chris Calder, and Sam Cowley). We’re all interns here at Gravit, working for Eric and Cameron on a product that may very well change your life. Anyway, we’re really enjoying this internship. [...]

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Building Your Startup’s Team—Find Talent and Empower It!

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by Christopher Calder | May 24, 2010, 6:32am EST

One of the first questions you’re going to ask yourself as you plan your next startup will be, “Who will I put on my team?” Think carefully, because building your startup’s team will affect every aspect of your fledgling business as it grows into a repeatable business model. A couple of years ago the temp [...]

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Brainstorming: 3 Tips for Focused Productivity

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by Hunter Beaumont | May 21, 2010, 1:12pm EST

Brainstorming was pioneered by Alex Faickney Osborn in his book Applied Imagination, published in 1953. In doing so, Alex created an unbelievably useful tool that also happens to be relatively easy. Brainstorming would eventually become the metaphorical Free Kick of the business world. Actually, it might be more akin to several Free Kicks sans-Goal Keeper.  Let’s [...]

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SEO Question: Domain-Based (topic.company.com) Versus Path-Based (company.com/topic) Site Structure?

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by Eric | May 19, 2010, 7:58am EST

Over the last few weeks we have had a brewing debate over the best way to structure a new site we’re working on for search engine optimization. Basically, we’re planning for the site to become very big over time and want to make sure our structure is giving us the biggest bang for our SEO [...]

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Pivot Hard While Growing Your Startup Company

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by scowley | May 17, 2010, 2:19pm EST

In the process of starting a company there are many transition points called pivots. At these points you must evaluate if what you are doing is beneficial. These pivots become extremely important in the startup process as they will determine where your company is in the long run. The 2 starters of the company Flowtown, [...]

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