Wed.Dec 12, 2012

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[Review] Startup Communities

YoungUpstarts

“We need to be like Silicon Valley,” we hear many a startup community organizer around the world intone. After all, Silicon Valley been held up as a shining example as a hotbed for startups and many clamor to copy its success in positioning themselves as a similar scene for innovation and technological entrepreneurship. But early-stage investor and entrepreneur Bred Feld, the co-founder of VC firms Mobius and Foundry, as well as startup accelerator TechStars , thinks trying to be Sil

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More New Florence

deal architect

On the innovation bog The gamification of IT Security The conflict in the “Social East” Mars technology and oil rigs Can commercial planes fly inverted? The Furby Rebooted The animated life of Pi Re-imaging the humble umbrella Census report on.

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Customer Development in a Diagram

Steve Blank

Thanks to: Alexis Finch, Sketchnotes / UX Research Consultant @agentfin. Filed under: Customer Development.

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Lean startup intro (with no buzzwords)

The Startup Toolkit

Slides from “ Lean startup intro (with no buzzwords) ” by robfitz. Lean gets bogged down in tactics & tools. This presentation is about what are, in my opinion, the big principles behind lean startup. Things are nowhere near as bad as they were in the dotcom days. The typical startup spends little money, focuses on product, and tries to build traction.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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Business Consultants Need to Look For a Real Job

Startup Professionals Musings

Let’s face it, consultants have a bad image. Businesses want experienced people who get their hands dirty, rather than experts who give presentations, make recommendations, and disappear. Even consultants don’t like their job, since they don’t often get to see results, and too much of their time is spent looking for the next gig. The Internet has changed the world.

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The Search For Product Market Fit

Seeing Both Sides

I continue to be fascinated with the changing art of product management. This week, I taught a class at Intelligent.ly on the topic. Intelligent.ly is a new start-up led by Sarah Hodges , who used to be an executive at Run Keeper and Carbonite (full disclosure: Sarah recently joined Flybridge Capital as a part-time advisor). The company is part of a new wave of companies, such as Skillshare, Boston StartUp School and others, to provide "over the top" professional education to help chip away

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[Singapore] What You Googled This Year: Top Google Searches Of 2012

YoungUpstarts

National Basketball Association (NBA) rising superstar Jeremy Lin emerged as the top name Singaporeans googled this year, beating out even its founding father Lee Kuan Yew (the infamous Amy Cheong of this saga also made the list), while the Olympics 2012 came out as the top trending search. In its newly released Zeitgeist , Google revealed the top search trends this year in Singapore after analyzing over one trillion search queries it received this year.

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The Best Science Fiction Books of All Time

Feld Thoughts

I love reading science fiction. I started when I was ten-ish and have never stopped. While on vacation in Mexico recovering from my kidney stone surgery, I read a bunch of books including one science fiction book – Nexus by Ramez Naam (he sent me the pre-release.) It was awesome. I was talking about science fiction with a friend. We started rattling off our favorite science fiction books.

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[Singapore] RIM Opens First BlackBerry Expert Center

YoungUpstarts

Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) today opened its first BlackBerry Expert Center in Singapore exclusively dedicated to providing after-sales support for Blackberry customers. In an ceremony announcing the official launch of the physical outlet at The Cathay , Country director for RIM in Singapore Charles Dufourcq reiterated the company’s commitment to customers in the country, and sees the center as a way RIM invests in its customers. “RIM is committed to making BlackBerry a

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Steve Blank’s Customer Development on One Diagram

VC Cafe

This was just too good not to share. In a nutshell, start by talking to customers. Come up with a minimum viable product and test product market fit. Avoid building junk that users aren't asking for. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Patent trolls now 61% of US lawsuits

The Equity Kicker

This is a post with some horror stats about patents, courtesy of Broadstuff. Firstly as you can see from the chart above payouts to patent trolls are increasing at a rate that is pretty close to exponential. Secondly, Reuters reports that 61% of US patent lawsuits filed in the first eleven months of 2012 were filed by patent trolls, and thirdly 20% of startups that have raised $20-50m and 35% of startups that have raised $50-100m have been sued on a patent.

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The Science of Persuasion: How To Persuade Others To Do What You Want

crowdSPRING Blog

Most successful entrepreneurs and small business owners are skilled at persuasion and negotiation. Those skills are critical when hiring employees, negotiating with co-founders, investors and vendors, acquiring customers, and in many other situations. Did you know there are six scientifically validated principles that explain how you can better persuade others to do what you want?

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Google Developers Live Session on Campus London and Campus TLV

VC Cafe

Today I had the chance to join my talented colleague Ido Green on GDL-IL (Google Developers Live) focused on what Google's Campus London and newly announced Campus Tel Aviv have to offer for. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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From Sneaky Sound System Saxofonist, To Australia’s Number One Real Estate Agent, Then Meditation Master, Meet Nick Broadhurst

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Download the Text Transcript in PDF. Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes. I was recently interviewed by Nick Broadhurst for his ASPIRE magazine. After the interview I asked Nick about his background…and things got interesting. He explained he was a founding member of Sneaky Sound System , a dance act that is pretty huge in Australia and around the … Read the rest of this entry » Download the Text Transcript in PDF Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes I was recently interviewed by

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A New VC Ready to Go!

OnlyOnce

A New VC Ready to Go! One of the interesting things about being in business for 13 years (as of last week!) at Return Path is that we have been around longer than two of our Venture Capital funds. Fortunately for us, Fred led an investment in the company with his new fund, Union Square Ventures , even though his initial investment was via his first fund, Flatiron Partners.

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DreamIt Austin Starts Soon

Austin Startup

The DreamIt program in Austin is getting ready to start soon. There is a kickoff reception coming, and the program is also looking for important people to add to their ecosystem.

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Welcome Costanoa

VC Adventure

While the world may not need more venture capitalists, it definitely needs more good ones. Enter Costanoa Venture Capital – launched today by long time investor and entrepreneur (and friend) Greg Sands. As an entrepreneur, Greg is probably most famous for having named Netscape – literally, he was the guy who came up with that name. And of course, working there for quite a while in the seminal days of the internet.

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The Myth of a Salesman

Duct Tape Marketing

Marketing podcast with Dan Pink. photo credit: ernestkoe via photopin cc. My father was a salesman in the classic Willy Loman kind of way, without the sad tragedy part. He got up each week, packed his bags and went on the road to exchange his time and information for the monetary reward of an order. However, one thing he knew and stated often was that everyone sells for a living he just happened to know that’s what he did.

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Sessions @ The Leonardo with Vinod Khosla

Bryce Dot VC

When I moved back to SLC this summer, I wanted to do a few things around town to encourage and unite some of the entrepreneurial energy that this place has. Having begun my career here, I’ve seen many of the same local events survive longer than I’d been involved in the startup scene, but none of them ever really appealed to me. So, I’ve decided to break one of Brad’s golden rules of startup communities and start a new series for local founders and entrepreneurs I̵

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Welcome Costanoa

VC Adventure

While the world may not need more venture capitalists, it definitely needs more good ones. Enter Costanoa Venture Capital – launched today by long time investor and entrepreneur (and friend) Greg Sands. As an entrepreneur, Greg is probably most famous for having named Netscape – literally, he was the guy who came up with that name. And of course, working there for quite a while in the seminal days of the internet.

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Infographic: Which CEOs Are More Social? | CEO.com

Scalable Startup

INC 500 CEOs are paid much less than Fortune 500. Is this gap closing? Infographic: Which CEOs Are More Social? | CEO.com.

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An Awesome, Growing Team at TechStars

Feld Thoughts

The roster at TechStars continues to grow with awesome people. In the past month, TechStars has announced Mark Solon as a general partner , Luke Beatty as managing director for Boulder and Ari Newman as Network Catalyst. I’m proud to claim all three as close colleagues. Mark is a long time friend – we’ve invested in a number of companies together over the years including SendGrid , Orbotix , and Lijit.

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Take The Shot: Economic Inefficiencies Open Doors For Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

By Melissa Thompson, Talk Session. Never has it been more important for young entrepreneurs to take risks. While direct investment increases, and venture capital declines, brilliant young enthusiasts with out-of-the-box ideas have incredible opportunities to change the world. Despite the prevalence of startups splashing headlines, a recent report from the Kauffman Foundation shows that the number of startups declined from 12 percent of all companies in the 1980s to now less than 8 percent: the