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Moderator of this site (with Dharmesh Shah).

I'm a founder of three companies.

I blog weekly about marketing, startups, and geekery.

Twitter: @asmartbear


Sep
22
awarded  marketing
Sep
22
comment Would Google Apps or Outlook Exchange Be Better For Startups?
+1. It's hard to imagine what a small startup needs that Exchange does and Google doesn't. You can always switch later!
Sep
21
awarded  Nice Answer
Sep
21
awarded  Electorate
Sep
21
answered Is it legal to re-use web design from a GNU public license project?
Sep
9
answered Hosted Scripts Web Startup
Sep
9
comment need help determining idea's worth
+1 especially on "If we had figured that out, then there would be no risk whatsoever in starting your own business."
Sep
6
revised Best resources for learning Wordpress?
deleted 166 characters in body
Sep
5
answered Digital Anti-Piracy System! Your opinion, comments and a few questions!
Sep
5
answered Scaling sales in a SaaS software company
Sep
5
answered What to do with a semi successful side-project?
Sep
5
answered A Site with area for donations
Sep
4
comment Best resources for learning Wordpress?
WPEngine does not restrict the plugins you can use, so all are available.
Sep
4
comment Current best practices for blogging
Or just sign up for my new startup (bit.ly/WPEngine) and you won't have to worry about speed OR security! (plug!)
Aug
31
comment Are startup incubators (YCombinator, CapitalFactory, TechStars) a good idea?
Actually some of the Capital Factory companies look like they'll be turning into nice lifestyle businesses. It's true that some of the incubators are only after deals which are destined for VC funding and require similar levels of growth, but that's not always the case.
Aug
30
answered Advice to become a technical founder
Aug
30
comment Advice to become a technical founder
I like your handle on this site. :-)
Aug
28
comment How much do you worry about keywords when blogging?
Yup! :-) You probably saw this already, but here's my own theory of my blog's success (although now instead of 6,000 subscribers there are 16,000!): blog.asmartbear.com/…
Aug
25
comment What is a reasonable percentage of equity
Yep, without those specifics there is no answer.
Aug
25
answered Selling through VARs and Systems Integrators