Blue Sky Partners

David Liu and Carley Roney co-founded wedding/lifestyle portal the Knot (now XO Group) in 1996. It was their second startup after they married in 1993. Since then, they've IPO'd once,...

I recently read two posts by Srinivas Rao about making the most of a small audience. They inspired me. He says that in the beginning, when your audience is small,...

Last February, Benjamin's Desk, an event space in Philadelphia, hosted a presentation for a tax attorney. Her signature color is shocking pink — and, for the duration of her event,...

Your first negative online review will feel horrible. And if you have been in a public-facing business for any length of time, it is bound to happen. Once you recover...

When actress Jessica Alba first conceived her idea to launch a line of nontoxic household and baby products in 2008, skeptics tried to push her toward the same tried and...

People often say that if you make it five years in business, you've beat the odds. What they don't often share with you are the things that happen in those...

It was just another hungry late night at work, but Matt Maloney sensed an opportunity. In 2004, he and co-worker Mike Evans launched GrubHub, an online food-ordering service, in Chicago....

You've dedicated countless hours to building your business, but eventually, the time will come to move on to the next chapter in your life. Whether you've reached your goals, the...

The ability to get by on little sleep is frequently seen as a badge of honor in the business world. Entrepreneurs, in particular, often sacrifice sleep for the sake of...