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BusinessHow to Start a Job Board: Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Niche Job Board Business
So you want to start a job board? Great idea. I’ve built one myself, sold it, and can tell you firsthand—this business works.
BusinessHow to Start an Event Planning Business in 5 simple steps
A step-by-step guide to turning your event planning side hustle into a real, freedom-generating business—with real-world tactics from building and selling WeHero.
Business$400 Billion in IP, 32 Billion Concepts, and Beer Umbrellas
An Outsell for Startups Q&A with ClearAccessIP founder and CEO Nicole Shanahan on intellectual property, AI, and why $400 billion is spent every year acquiring IP.
Business$400 Billion in IP, 32 Billion Concepts, and Beer Umbrellas
Outsell for Startups podcast Q&A with ClearAccessIP founder and CEO Nicole Shanahan — $400 billion is spent annually acquiring IP, across roughly 32 billion concepts.
BusinessAnnouncing: the 2018 Outsell Emerging Company of the Year
On October 3, 2018, Outsell hosted its 3rd annual Emerging Company Growth Tank, inviting eight companies to present in front of an audience of industry-leading CEOs.
BusinessAnnouncing: The Outsell 2018 Emerging Company Growth Tank
Each year Outsell identifies the top emerging players at the intersection of data, information, and technology — here are the nine companies invited to the 2018 Emerging Company Growth Tank.
BusinessBootstrapping, Burnout, the Power of Community, and Zapnito
A CEO Q&A with Charles Thiede, co-founder and CEO of Zapnito, on his journey to founding the company, the benefits of bootstrapping, avoiding burnout, and the power of community.
BusinessDon’t follow the user
There’s a lot of buzz in tech about how the user is a god — but I offer a different perspective on why you shouldn’t strictly follow user demands.
BusinessEvery CEO has a hot button issue
Ten favorite success stories from 20 years of the Outsell Leadership Community, and the lesson that every CEO has a hot button issue and a place to discuss it.
BusinessIntroducing the Outsell for Startups Podcast
There are a lot of startup companies out there — 75,000 plus according to AngelList. Time to break through the noise and find the top players.
BusinessMarket Bubbles, Intent Data, Keys To Success, and Surfing
A CEO Q&A with Erik Matlick, founder and CEO of Bombora, on B2B intent data, building a data co-op, market bubbles, persistence, and surfing.
BusinessProduct at Apple, The Start of QuickTime, Data Visualization, and the Founding of Tickr
A CEO Q&A with Tyler Peppel, founder and CEO of Tickr, on doing product at Apple, product-managing the initial release of QuickTime, and building a data visualization startup that breaks enterprise data out of its silos.
BusinessShe thinks my tractor’s sexy! Not really but she loves the stock.
Ben's monthly blast on product, business, and life — finding an entrepreneur peer group, his 2022 stock pick of the year (John Deere), and a few notes to self.
BusinessSoul id - The Birth.
The origin story of Soul id, told through a timeline of how the passion-driven social network came to be — from an offhand comment at an apparel event in 2011 to its first funding and early designs.
BusinessThe Art of the Purpose Statement
Defining your company's purpose is one of the most difficult sets of words to develop — here are the four steps Outsell took to build a purpose statement that inspires and stands the test of time.
BusinessThe Art of the Side Hustle and Finding Product Market Fit
6 tips all tied together with one case study to stop your side hustle from failing before you start.
BusinessThe Future of Research, Blockchain, and ARTiFACTS
A CEO Q&A with Courtney Morris, co-founder of ARTiFACTS, the first researcher-specific platform built on blockchain technology.
BusinessThe Rise of DIY Lobbyists: Disrupting a $3 Billion Market with Analytics and Tools
A CEO Q&A with Alex Wirth, co-founder of Quorum Analytics, on how data analytics and workflow tools are democratizing the $3 billion government affairs and lobbying market.
BusinessUncovering the Undiscovered Faster with AI and Neural Networking
An Outsell for Startups podcast Q&A with Ruth Pickering of Yewno on how AI, neural networking, cognitive science, and computational linguistics help people uncover the undiscovered faster.
BusinessWhat the hell is blockchain and how is it enabling innovation?
An Outsell for Startups CEO Q&A with Maksim Izmaylov of Winding Tree, taking a 2,000-year journey to explain what blockchain is, why it matters, and how it is enabling innovation in travel and beyond.
BusinessWhy You Need to Attend the Outsell DataMoney Conference
My first post of 2019! I'm excited to share the conversation I had with Michael Dziekan, VP & Practice Leader at Outsell, about the Outsell DataMoney Conference for 2019.
BusinessAnnouncing: Outsell's 2019 Emerging Company of the Year
On October 2, 2019, Outsell hosted its 4th annual Emerging Company Growth Tank, inviting five companies to present in front of an audience of industry-leading CEOs.