How To Know if Your Cofounder Will Quit on You

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...

Product Manager Cindy Alvarez Gives Advice For Startups

“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...
Lack of Focus (Startup Lesson Learned)

Lack of Focus (Startup Lesson Learned)

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...
Partner event: FailCon (October 24 in San Francisco)

Partner event: FailCon (October 24 in San Francisco)

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...
Kabam Co-Founder Holly Liu on Early Startup Failures

Kabam Co-Founder Holly Liu on Early Startup Failures

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),...