HR & Leadership
Experience is Overrated in B2B Entrepreneurship

As Paul Graham says, the best consumer startups come from personal experience. The same is not true in B2B entrepreneurship.

by Nick Petri
Startup Strategy
Lead Qualification: Quantity vs. Quality

Lead qualification is an inherently subtractive exercise. More qualified leads means fewer of them. So how do get enough high quality leads to go around?

by Nick Petri
HR & Leadership
How One Consultant Sleeps at Night

Misaligned incentives and a lack of accountability have traditionally taken their toll on management consulting ethics. OpenView Labs is a different kind of consultant. Here’s why.

by Nick Petri
Finance & Operations
Mo Data, Mo Problems: 7 Inconvenient Truths About Big Data

Before you fire all of your mid-level executives and replace them with Hadoop, consider the following seven inconvenient truths about Big Data.

by Nick Petri
Startup Strategy
Monetizing the Byproducts of Your Technology

Amazon, Twitter, and TechCrunch have all successfully turned byproducts of their technology into revenue streams. Does your company have valuable byproducts?

by Nick Petri
Startup Strategy
Unlike Larry Page, You Do Have Competition

In an interview with Wired, Google CEO Larry Page told entrepreneurs not to pay attention to their competition. I respectfully disagree.

by Nick Petri
Startup Strategy
5 Keys to Selling to Startups

Every B2B sale, no matter how big or small has its own unique challenges and pitfalls. Selling to startups is no exception.

by Nick Petri
HR & Leadership
Get Disruptive: A Bold Strategy for Taking Down Your Big Competitors

Go big or go home. Method founders Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan saw a way to turn their company’s smaller size into a disruptive competitive advantage.

by Nick Petri
Startup Strategy
Exit Strategy: 4 Reasons Tech Companies Get Acquired
Forecasting acquisitions in the technology world is an inexact science. And that's putting it nicely. Occasionally they make sense, like...
by Nick Petri