Years ago, I came up with a four-sticky-note business plan that has helped me launch and scale multiple companies. The first sticky note is “Story”—having clarity around your purpose, the problem you ...

After a frustrating experience selling family jewelry to pay medical bills, Brandon Aversano founded a startup to bring ...

How do you take a company from $8 million to over $350 million in revenue and then use that same playbook to help startups chart their own million-dollar journeys? Mayur Nagarsheth has spent nearly 20 ...

Strong startup execution begins with building a high-performing, complementary team. Early hires shape company culture, scalability and long-term operational success. Prioritize values, adaptability ...

After studying at a top Chinese university and landing in Big Tech, Yuhao Xu left to build an AI startup.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As a long-time investor, advisor and board member for small startups, I was recently asked what markers of ...

Inspired by The Status Game, this article explores why founders chase visible but misleading signals and how these vanity ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Taylor Soper on Sep 2, 2025 at 3:53 ...

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What founders at 20, 40, 60, and 80 can teach us. Do you imagine entrepreneurs as funky, hoodie-wearing twenty-somethings? Actually, research shows that the average founder age is significantly older.

As a student at Booth, Andrew Ackerman, MBA ’95, was impressed by The Goal, a business management guide in the form of a novel published in 1984 by the business guru Eliyahu M. Goldratt. “It stuck in ...