It’s been said by a lot of people smarter than me that “Growth is a team sport.” That means everyone needs to be involved in order for your company to “win.” At Paubox, we failed at getting everyone involved early on, and it’s still tough.
Rick Kuwahara
Y Combinator founder Paul Graham is often cited for his essay “Do Things that Don’t Scale.” This is rightly a great mantra for the initial growth strategy of any startup. And often what doesn’t scale is found offline. Yet, if you take a look at any of the thousands of lists of best growth hacks or top marketing [...]
Rick Kuwahara
I have posted before about binge watching videos from past 500 Startups Marketing Hell Weeks, but this past week was totally different. The reason was because Paubox is a proud part of Batch 18! I wasn’t able to physically be at MHW because my wife and I welcomed our beautiful daughter a couple weeks ago (girl #3), but that still [...]
Rick Kuwahara
After welcoming our third daughter into the world a couple weeks ago, I’ve been spending a lot of time at home on paternity leave. This meant a lot of Mr. Mom time for me, as my older girls (6 and 3), were both home all day until school starts in August. This included trying to get our rambunctious 3 year old down for a nap [...]
Rick Kuwahara
We have some big things happening at Paubox that I can’t wait to announce soon, and that’s caused me to be in reflection mode lately. This is especially true as we’ve gained momentum in raising our seed round and are planning our strategy to scale. So I took a look at some of the great growth marketers I admire (a handy [...]
Rick Kuwahara