Sun.Nov 04, 2012

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Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2012 Version

crowdSPRING Blog

Around this time last year I defined for you the Yiddish word ‘ mishegoss ,’ which many of you were familiar with in spite of never having heard the term before. Yiddish is just that way – it taps into certain archetypes in our consciousness and, as a result, a phrase that we might never have heard before seems familiar, even comfortable.

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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

Both Sides of the Table

I recently wrote about the 12 tips to building successful startup communities. After a recent discussion I had with Steve Blank it made me remember that I had left off one of the most critical factors – a culture of failure. I remember this lesson well. I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London.

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More Innovation

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On the New Florence blog The miniaturization of pacemakers and other implants How Cushing, OK affects all our gas prices A Bird’s Wing View The Mobile Payments Land Grab Always make new mistakes Cognizant Community 2012 Fail Faster at Facebook.

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10 Keys To An Accountable Entrepreneur Role Model

Startup Professionals Musings

Getting things done effectively in a startup requires total individual and team accountability. You can’t afford excuses and multiple people doing the same job. In my view, “taking responsibility” is the core element behind accountability. Many people hear responsibility as an obligation, but I hear it as “the ability to respond.” Unfortunately many people don’t have the ability to respond, because they lack confidence in themselves, or simply don’t have the skills required.

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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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Mother And Son Business Team Gives Tips On Running A Family Business

YoungUpstarts

We’ve all heard how there can be certain pitfalls when it comes to running a family business, and how both the family unit and the business can both be put at risk when disputes arise. Budge and Linda Collinson of Infusion Sciences should know: the mother and son both work in the same company. As they say, “Just because you love your family member, doesn’t mean you can work with them” And it certainly doesn’t help that in CEO Budge Collinson’s case, mom works for hi

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7 Keys to Positioning Your Competitors to Investors

Gust

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates image via Facebook.com. Every entrepreneur should spend plenty of time thinking about competitors, and how they relate to your business, but you need to be very careful what you say out loud about them to your team, your investors, and your customers. What you say speaks volumes about how you think about your startup, how smart you are, and your personal integrity.

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Using Systems to Grow Your Business

Growthink Blog

In many franchise businesses you can see the same hamburger or service turn out the same carefully-designed way, regardless of location or the employees doing the work. The reason why these often big businesses are able to perform an operation consistently and at a massive scale is because they use and follow systems and work processes. This means that they do the right things, in the right way.

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The non-developer’s guide to hiring software developers

The Next Web

If Marc Andreesen is right (and I happen to believe he is) then talented software developers will soon be the most sought after type of employee for just about any company, whether that company’s main business is building software or not. Attracting and hiring great software developers for your company is difficult, but it’s not impossible. Here are some tips to get you started: 1.

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Some Thoughts on why Enterprise is so Hot

Rob Go

First, apologies for the lack of links – I’m writing this on my phone. I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the recent shift we’ve seen towards more startups and investors focused on the enterprise. I’ve blogged about it before, and in a way, I think it’s just the result of everyone chasing the tail of innovators and piling in one after another.

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Social Enterprise: Sourcing Initial Investments

Business Plan Blog

'Seeking initial investment for your social enterprise places you in the “seed stage” of financing your company. At this point, you must seek equity capital from sources that can afford to lose it all. The best sources for funding are friends, family, and your own pocket. It is a waste of your time to look for a VC who “gets it” or pursue a loan from a bank.