Sat.Jan 19, 2013

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The Other Innovators Dilemma

deal architect

I like to believe, somewhat naively, my innovation case studies and talks inspire everyone. Reading this GE Innovation Barometer report, it becomes clear that innovation stories also cause anxiety and stress. I guess I have had several clues myself. Brian.

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13 top mobile apps for entrepreneurs on the go

The Next Web

No entrepreneur is without a smartphone or tablet anymore, it seems. In fact, it’s hard to remember what, exactly, we did before we had the ability to stay on top of everything from operations to pitch deck edits on the fly (or in the middle of a family vacation — hey, it happens!). But with the proliferation of “apps” — particularly those targeting business owners and their employees — it’s hard to know which ones are worth the download.

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Weekend Favs January Nineteen

Duct Tape Marketing

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr or one that I took out there on the road. Good stuff I found this week: Heyo – Nice suite of tools that helps with a variety of online tasks including Facebook page customization.

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How simple psychology can help increase brand engagement

The Next Web

Regularly engaging content is the holy grail of any social media page. However, most strategies tend to focus on posting content relevant to them without really considering what it is fans are looking for. People don’t want to be fans of faceless businesses that lack personality, but want to be entertained or amazed instead. You should always put some thought into what type of content you’re going to post, but there are ways to turn your content from good to great.

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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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Let me begin by saying I’m no Oprah. This was the first.

Bryce Dot VC

Let me begin by saying I’m no Oprah. This was the first time I’ve interviewed someone. But, over the holidays I was able to sit down with my friend Vinod Khosla and a small group of founders and entrepreneurs at The Leonardo in Salt Lake City. Our chat covered a wide range of topics. And the good folks at The Leonardo were kind enough to record, edit and put it online.

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CASH IS KING — C-A-S-H — Friction Cost Reduction — Accountants, Attorneys and Consultants

Scalable Startup

Most startup entrepreneurs focus on one thing throughout the lifecycle of their company: bringing in CASH. C-A-S-H. Cash through investments, revenues, borrowing from F&F, VCs, convertible notes, deal terms, angels, etc. All of these things are magical words to early stagers. I attend and host many meetups and conferences for startups, and consult to several startups, and every founder is inevitably talking about Cash.