Startup Lessons for the Next Generation

 Question: What lesson would you teach your younger self about entrepreneurship, given what you know now?   Embrace Change “When I started out, I thought success meant everything working out the way you planned. But that’s not really how entrepreneurship works. Some things work out far better than you imagined, some things don’t happen and

From Twitter To Kleiner Perkins, Michael Abbott Knows About Culture

*Editor’s Note: This is the final installment of a mini-series featuring talks with Michael Abbott. See the previous posts here and here.  Company culture matters because companies are made up of people, and people are social creatures. The nature of the workspace environment is going to have an indelible impact on how an organization functions.

Hiring Wisdom From Kleiner Perkins’ Michael Abbott

*Editor’s Note: This is part 1 of a 3 part series on a recent fireside chat with former Twitter head of engineering and current Kleiner Perkins partner Michael Abbott. Finding and hiring the right people is fundamental to the success of a business. Your employees are the lifeblood of your organization, and their abilities and

Why Can’t We Be Friends: Social Sharing and SEO

By Markerly’s Christine Beuhler  No one can seem to agree: is SEO out of date and obsolete or still worth it? And what are social signals? What’s going on? I’m going back to bed. SEO and Google Google doesn’t seem to like SEO much, which is understandable. So-called “black-hat” techniques (simply bad SEO practices) have made it