Saturday, December 18, 2010

Entrepreneur Corner: Domain hijackers and ugly start-up realities

Here's the latest from VentureBeat's Entrepreneur Corner.

What to do if your domain is hijacked – Cybersquatters can make things miserable for a business – but there are ways to shut them down. Attorney Curtis Smolar details how best to protect your company's identity.

5 metrics every software CEO should obsess over – There are innumerable metrics that are available to software executives, but determining the most appropriate to track is trick. Clate Mask, CEO of Infusionsoft and co-author of the New York Times bestseller Conquer the Chaos, lists five he finds invaluable.

The harsh realities of being an entrepreneur – Too many reports make the start-up life seem copasetic (except for maybe a few late nights). Jason Baptiste, CEO and co-founder of PadPressed, lists some of the ugly truths you'll face.

5 ways your start-up can get better hires – Finding qualified people is never easy, but when faced with having to make 10 hires in a short period, Bryan Johnson, CEO of Braintree came up with a few cheats that have proven extremely successful. He shares them in this story.

Book review: "Tribal Leadership" - Change language and relationships and you can change your company. That's the central message of "Tribal Leadership." Javier Rojas, Managing Director of Kennet Partners, discusses the big ideas and applied knowledge of this book.

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