Insights on BuildingInternet Businesses

Practical advice on starting, scaling, and exiting internet businesses. Learn from 20+ years of experience building and selling tech startups.

20 articles
Starting

Validating Your Startup Idea Before You Build

Learn the proven framework for testing your business concept with minimal investment and maximum learning.

Dec 15, 2024
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Starting

How to Get Your First 100 Customers

Tactical strategies for acquiring early customers when you have no brand, no budget, and no time to waste.

Dec 10, 2024
10 min read
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Starting

Choosing the Right Tech Stack for Your Startup

A founder's guide to making technology decisions that won't slow you down or blow your budget.

Dec 5, 2024
7 min read
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Starting

Pricing Strategy for SaaS Startups

How to price your product for maximum revenue without leaving money on the table or scaring away customers.

Nov 28, 2024
9 min read
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Starting

Building a High-Performance Remote Team

Lessons from scaling distributed teams across three continents and four successful exits.

Nov 20, 2024
11 min read
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AI & Scale

Using AI to Scale Customer Service

How we reduced support costs by 60% while improving customer satisfaction using AI-powered solutions.

Dec 12, 2024
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AI & Scale

AI-Powered Content Marketing at Scale

How to use AI to create high-quality content that ranks, converts, and builds your brand.

Dec 8, 2024
10 min read
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AI & Scale

Automating Your Sales Process with AI

How AI can qualify leads, personalize outreach, and close deals while your sales team focuses on high-value activities.

Dec 1, 2024
9 min read
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AI & Scale

Scaling Operations: AI for Process Automation

From chaos to systems: using AI to automate operations and scale without proportional headcount growth.

Nov 25, 2024
11 min read
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AI & Scale

AI-Accelerated Product Development

How AI tools can cut development time in half while improving code quality and reducing bugs.

Nov 18, 2024
10 min read
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Exits

Preparing Your Business for Exit

The 12-month roadmap to maximize your company's value and attract serious buyers.

Dec 14, 2024
12 min read
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Exits

Understanding Valuation Multiples

A practical guide to how buyers value companies and what drives multiples up or down.

Dec 7, 2024
9 min read
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Exits

Negotiating Your Acquisition Deal

Tactics and strategies for negotiating the best terms from LOI to closing.

Nov 30, 2024
11 min read
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Exits

Life After Exit: What Comes Next

Planning for life after selling your company, from financial decisions to finding your next adventure.

Nov 22, 2024
8 min read
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Exits

Maximizing Your Earnout Success

Strategies for achieving earnout targets while maintaining your sanity during the transition period.

Nov 15, 2024
9 min read
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Capital

Seed Funding: When and How to Raise

A practical guide to raising your first institutional round without giving away too much equity.

Dec 13, 2024
10 min read
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Capital

Preparing for Series A: What VCs Really Want

The metrics, traction, and story you need to raise your first institutional round from top-tier VCs.

Dec 6, 2024
11 min read
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Capital

Managing Investor Relations

How to keep your investors informed, engaged, and supportive without letting them run your company.

Nov 29, 2024
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Capital

Alternative Funding: Beyond Traditional VC

Revenue-based financing, venture debt, and other creative ways to fund growth without excessive dilution.

Nov 21, 2024
10 min read
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Capital

Cap Table Management 101

Understanding equity, dilution, and how to avoid common cap table mistakes that can kill your company.

Nov 14, 2024
11 min read
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