Build Culture with Team Offsites
From the early days of Punchbowl, we’ve had outings as a team. We didn’t have an office, so once a month we would get together…
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Hell Yes, You Should Celebrate Raising Money
Last week, I received an email from a CEO (we’ll call him Adam) that I’ve gotten to know over the past few years. His business…
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Where Did All of the Bookstores Go?
Here’s the thing about great start-ups and new technology: old established markets get disrupted. It’s inevitable, even if it takes longer than we initially expect….
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Why You Should NOT Work on Vacation
I’ve just returned from a fantastic vacation – completely disconnected from work. I do this a few times a year — go on vacation and…
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The Book that Changed My Life
Several years ago, I took a day off from my job at Bose Corporation. Actually, it was a “mental health” day — one of those…
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Every Entrepreneur Needs a Rock
Let me take you back to the spring of 2015. Most evenings and weekends I would spend in my office at home, working hard on…
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Are You a Hot Dog Stand or a Hotel?
During a recent conversation with one of our partners, I wanted to illustrate a point about pricing. So I asked a simple question: “are you…
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Show Me the Money!
During my weekend blog reading, I came across a post on TechCrunch with the headline “David Hornick: Why Real Entrepreneurs Aren’t in it for the Money.”…
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I’m Kind of a Big Deal
A couple of months ago, I was at an networking event. It’s the kind of networking event that has a wide variety of people: from…
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Why We Pay 100% of Employee Benefits
I’ve been doing a lot of hiring recently, and it reminded me a policy that we came up with in the early days of the…
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