Startups

After working on it for more than ten years, I sold Doorkeeper, an event management platform I bootstrapped.

Paul McMahon

Learn to calculate your business’s growth ceiling using key metrics like churn rate and customer acquisition.

Paul McMahon

Mark Zuckerberg's focus on creating a simple, relevant product for college students shaped Facebook's success. Learn how his early strategy became a key lesson for entrepreneurs.

Paul McMahon

Bitcoin's hype is challenged by its low daily transactions. This article examines why Bitcoin is far from replacing traditional payment systems and proving its viability.

Paul McMahon

A curated list of the best resources for developers starting a business—from blogs and podcasts to conferences and real-world advice from entrepreneurial engineers.

Paul McMahon

After adding a security contributors page to our small startup’s site, we were flooded with low-value bug reports. Here’s how a simple thank-you turned into ongoing security noise—and what we learned.

Paul McMahon

Lessons from my first developer job at a struggling Japanese startup, and why keeping engineers away from the business stifles the innovation startups depend on.

Paul McMahon

Why a developer turned entrepreneur stopped equating features with value, and how seeing software value as value per customer times number of customers helps bootstrapped startups.

Paul McMahon

Why your first MVP shouldn't be a working prototype: validate the concept with a landing page and a signup button before you write any code.

Paul McMahon

The Lean Startup's build-measure-learn cycle appeals to developers because it turns people into numbers, but that same appeal gives us an excuse to avoid talking to customers.

Paul McMahon