Sisyphus, a king In Greek mythology, was punished for cheating death. In the underworld he had to roll a large boulder up a hill. Every time he almost reached the top the boulder would roll down again. Sisyphus was cursed to repeat the same task every day. That’s what it felt like when I spend …
Sisyphus, a king In Greek mythology, was punished for cheating death. In the underworld he had to roll a large boulder up a hill. Every time he almost reached the top the boulder would roll down again. Sisyphus was cursed to repeat the same task every day. That’s what it felt like when I spend …
Sisyphus, a king In Greek mythology, was punished for cheating death. In the underworld he had to roll a large boulder up a hill. Every time he almost reached the top of the hill the boulder would roll down again. Sisyphus was cursed to repeat the same task every day. That’s what it felt like …
Pop quiz: What do Amazon, Uber, Lyft, Shopify, Peloton, Warby Parker, Squarespace, and Postmates all have in common? Answer: They all use Stripe to process payments. In fact, there’s a good chance you’ve already made a purchase via Stripe, even if you didn’t know it. (That’s actually part of the appeal.) Stripe’s origin story seems to follow …
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Heartless. Bureaucratic. Faceless. These are the images of a modern insurance company. Giant bland offices with row after row of workers putting customers on hold, filing complicated forms, and finding any reason not to approve a claim. It’s unappealing to most people, let alone a younger generation. Lemonade Insurance is trying to change all that. …
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He is going to invest $5k in building a SaaS web application and aims to grow it to $5k MRR in six months. After six months of hard grind, Nathan lands on $2,480 MRR. Surely growth would continue up to the $5k goal over the coming months to allow Nathan to hit the goal in …
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It’s 2005, and Laura Roeder has just graduated from the University of Texas… Twitter doesn’t even exist yet. What’s next? She starts out by simply designing websites for clients and helping businesses use Facebook’s new “Pages” feature to build an audience to find customers. Fast forward seven years, and Laura’s social media business has expanded …
It’s now Feb 2020 and the VEED boiz have been on a rollercoaster ride through the startup world over the past six years. “So what do you guys do”, says some guy they’ve just met “We make online Video editing software”, Sabba responds “I use one called VEED” “NO WAY, we made it!” “Im one …
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He’s bored trying to “shill” the latest Windows phone to South America. He wants to build something that he loves. So what does he do? He quits Microsoft, dives into the Seattle underworld of startup hopefuls… and bumps into a gentleman by the name of Andrew Kinzer. They start a business called… Outreach? Nope – …
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Almost a decade later, it’s still used in numerous case studies showcasing how referral programs can contribute to a company’s growth engine- or even be the engine itself. Let’s have a quick dive into Dropbox’s metric history: September 2008: 100K registered users December 2009: 4M registered users September 2017: 33.9M registered users, 10B evaluation + …
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