ICYMI: Smart Home Security – Issue 18.43

I Can HaaS Security? Smart home security startup Angee has pivoted its business model to HaaS–or Hardware as a Service– declining to charge customers its formerly ... More >

Hardware Startups Have Options, But It’s a Mistake to Explore Them All

Few things are as difficult as launching and scaling your own business. For every success we read about in TechCrunch, there are dozens of companies ... More >

How Startups Survive and Thrive Beyond Silicon Valley

This Wednesday, March 16th, 5pm at the Cabrillo Arts Pavilion in Santa Barbara, I will moderate the MIT Enterprise Forum Panel: Startup to IPO and ... More >

Startup PR Tips for CES 2015

Tenor conducted a media analysis of International CES 2014 to find the best PR and Marketing strategies for startups attending the consumer electronics show in ... More >

Another Unicorn is Born: Snapchat and the Billion-Dollar Valuation Milestone

Recent research by Cowboy Ventures shows that only four internet companies per year for the past decade have reached the billion-dollar valuation milestone. Those that reach that milestone ... More >

DollarShaveClub.com – Our Blades (and Branding) Are Fing Great!

Michael Durbin, CEO of Dollar Shave Club called into question the brand communications strategies of startups that "try to hard to grab the mic too often." He ... More >