Only One Thing Matters for a Startup: Traction

Yesterday I came across a really interesting book about raising money for a startup. There title is “Startup Seed Funding for the Rest of Us: How to Raise $1 Million for Your Startup – Even Outside of Silicon Valley.” It’s available as a Kindle book on Amazon, and it’s priced at $0.97, so I highly […]

I Am Retiring at 32. Should’ve Done It Years Ago

As the vast majority of high school students, I had no clue about what I wanted to do professionally. I decided to study Economics because it was a versatile course. It would allow me to work on several segments (e.g., banks, consulting companies, corporations), and it would also help me to start a business, should […]

Want More Energy? Try Changing Coffee with Chamomile Tea!

First things first: I am not a physician, so I won’t be stating facts or medical advice in this post. I will merely share an experiment I did, and the results it produced on my body. You should take your own conclusions after reading this. That is exactly the reason why I put a “Try” […]

Why Startups Fail

The guys from CBInsights published a very interesting collection of startup post mortems. They basically compiled a list with posts from startup founders and investors where they talk about the reasons their startups died. The list has 101 startups now, and they seem to be updating it regularly. Here’s the link: 101 Startup Failure Post-Mortems […]

3 Reasons to Donate Part of Your Earnings Every Year

Around six years ago I read an article where the author (I wish I could remember who it was, but I can’t) said that every year he would donate 10% of his overall earnings. Not only that. He claimed that since he started donating money, his earnings had increased a lot, every single year, and […]

Should You Really Move Your Startup to San Francisco?

As a tech entrepreneur, one of my goals/dreams is to move to the San Francisco Bay Area, and I have both practical and emotional reasons to feel that way. On the emotional side, it just seems awesome to live at the heart of Silicon Valley, where most of the tech stuff we use daily was […]