Sometimes VC Just Ain’t Enough
We’ve gotten a lot of interest from venture capital, private equity and other types of investment firms lately at Moz. Nearly every week features…
The Dangerous Hubris of the Startup World
Students of history will almost certainly be familiar with the 7 Deadly Sins – the list of human vices that are, purportedly, the source for…
Why I’m a Conference Whore
Mark Suster, whose blog and tweets I enjoy and whose investments strike me as innovative and smart wrote a blog post in October, Be…
“You Can’t Do It” is Powerful Motivation
From age 20-26, I was, quite possibly, the world’s worst entrepreneur. I dropped out of college two classes away from graduating. In a typically…
“You Can’t Do It” is Powerful Motivation
From age 20-26, I was, quite possibly, the world’s worst entrepreneur. I dropped out of college two classes away from graduating. In a typically…
The Algorithm + the Crowd are Not Enough
In the last decade, the online world has been ruled by two, twin forces: The Crowd and The Algorithm. The collective “users” of the…
A Cautionary Tale from the Startup World
A few years back, several close friends of mine worked for a remarkable startup. Their trajectory was incredible, growing from $0-$75+ million dollars in…
What I Learned About Sales But Foolishly Forgot When Raising VC
I hate selling – both the players and the game. But, for the first 6 years of my career, I ran a consulting company. That…
“You Earned that Bump Like a MotherF—er”
I’m not partial to expletives in my writing, but I’m making an exception with the embedded video below, which you should watch before reading…
What I Wish I Knew Before I Started My Company
Every year that I’ve run SEOmoz, I’ve thought to myself “Who was that idiot they let run this place last year?” _ It’s not…