The folks at Groupon surprised us earlier this summer when they reported the results of an experiment that showed that up to 60% of direct traffic is organic.
In order to accomplish this, Groupon de-indexed their site, effectively removing themselves from Google search results. That’s crazy ta…

There?s a lot of talk about how the right form can boost conversion rates. You need X number of fields and don?t even think of asking for a phone number ? this isn?t a date, people! Oh, and make sure that button doesn?t say ?Submit? ? I?d rather not submit to anything, thank you very much.
But unde…

When we last checked in with peer-to-peer car rental startup RelayRides about six weeks ago, it had raised $25 million in Series B funding led by Canaan Partners. Well, it wasn?t quite finished raising money, as it turns out? The company just closed on an additional $10 million in financing led by T…

Rose Broome was walking home on a cold night in San Francisco when she saw a homeless woman sleeping on the sidewalk. She felt compelled to help her, and at the same time completely incapable of doing so. Giving her a few bucks would help out; but Rose wanted to find a way to directly help the homel…

I know I?ve been there before and, sadly, more than once. Chances are you are going to be there too.
Why?
Sometimes solving problems and executing fast isn?t enough.
It doesn?t matter how smart you are. The biggest factor in a startup?s success is luck, and that?s something you can?t control.
One of…