A completely personal, highly unscientific test to predict if you or someone you know is right for the startup life. By Miki Johnson (Former co-founder, Parsecco) I’m excited to be speaking at FailCon in October, a conference of startup founders sharing their...
“Validate your assumptions about how you’re going to make money now.” By Heather McGough (Associate Producer, FailCon) I interviewed Cindy Alvarez, a talented product manager who turns understanding the customer into competitive advantage. She is a regular...
By Jennifer Toney (Founder & CEO, WeMakeItSafer) When Cass asked if I would be willing to write a post for FailCon, I was honored and pleased to oblige. WeMakeItSafer was part of the very first FailCon demo pit. Back then, we weren’t much more than an idea. I...
FailCon is a one-day conference on October 24, 2011 in San Francisco for technology entrepreneurs, investors, developers and designers to study their failures and prepare for success. As an entrepreneur, you will inevitably encounter failure. Overcoming failure is the...
By Cassie Phillipps (Executive Producer, Failcon) Editor’s note: In 2006, we met Holly Liu who had just co-founded Kabam, a Google Ventures -funded social gaming startup that today employs over 400 across offices in San Francisco and Redwood City (California),...