Eileen Carey on the importance of diversity, how Glassbreakers helps solve the diversity problem, and the highs and lows of being a startup co-founder.
StartUps
Making Your IP Work For You
If intellectual property has not been a priority for your company, you may be leaving value on the table. By developing an approach to IP that advances your business goals, you can extract more value and solidify your competitive position.
HIPerspectives Episode 13: Know Your Source
The HIPLegal partners identify some of the pitfalls and best practices for navigating licenses associated with open source software.
Voicekick is Live!
Congratulations, Voicekick, on going live! Voicekick helps you capture the attention of your friends and followers with the power of your own voice. You can download it for free here. &nbs
Reflections On Our First Year in Business – Top 10 Lessons Learned
HIPLegal reflects on lessons learned in our first year of business.
Ben Horowitz on “How to Manage”
There are many management rules … too many. This one is the most important, and one of the most difficult to consider on an on-going basis: Critical management decisions should be made with all impacted perspectives in mind.
Keith Rabois, Khoslas Ventures, on “How to Operate”
Building a company is harder than building a product. A good metaphor for what a leader does is editing. Generally, there are writers and editors – your job as a leader is to edit – to eliminate unnecessary things, simplify, and clarify.
Reid Hoffman on How to be a Great Founder
There is no one skillset for a great founder. Having the ability to learn and adapt and create networks around you “while crossing uneven ground in the fog” is useful. Collective learning makes great teams. And diverse teams help solve difficult problems.
How to Start a Startup Takeaways: Aaron Levie, Founder, Box, on “Building the Enterprise”
Keys to the enterprise startup:
1. Spot tech disruptions
2. Intentionally start small
3. Find asymmetries
4. Find the “mostly crazy, but still reasonable, outliers within the customer ecosystem”
5. Listen to your customers, but don’t always build what they want.
Startup Culture and Hiring
Culture is like gardening: you plant the seeds, you pull the weeds, and it grows. It takes constant attention.