Wed.Apr 04, 2012

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Burning Question: What should Ginni Rometty do?

deal architect

As she enters her second quarter as IBM’s CEO, Ginni faces a tricky scenario which frankly could qualify her for Veep consideration this summer. What to do about Augusta? Readers?

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5 Lessons From the Recession for Young Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Every dark cloud has a silver lining. Driven by the recent recession, smart entrepreneurs of all ages are jumping into the fray with new ideas, new recovery strategies, and discarding outmoded business models. I see it most in the newest generation of entrepreneurs (Gen-Y), who were shocked out of entitlement into action by the recession. Donna Fenn, in her book from a while back, “ Upstarts!

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More trailer-tow marketing

deal architect

My wife asks me “Is Cisco an innovative company?” And I respond “Yes”. “Wow, they make great robots and cars and music.” And I go, “not the Cisco I know” So, she shows me the commercial below. Hey, if AT&T.

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How Small Businesses Can Pack More Punch

YoungUpstarts

Small businesses need to learn to be like David when fighting against Goliath ( source of image ) What can Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and independent freelancers do to build their reputations, enhance their businesses, and strengthen their reach? With limited resources and finances, how can these entities carve a space for themselves in an increasingly crowded market with competitors possessing deeper pockets, greater resources and fuller teams?

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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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More New Florence

deal architect

on the innovation blog Drive another day! Hospitality Technology Outlook Ubiquitous Scanning The low-risk MVP Florida Tech.

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Nine Power Questions To Help You Stand Up To Discount Pressure

YoungUpstarts

by Andrew Sobel, author of “ Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others ”. Though the economy has experienced a slight uptick since the harried days of the Great Recession , many businesses, big and small, are still operating in penny-pinching mode. The pressure to do more with less has not subsided. If you’re a business owner, you probably already know where this drive to cut costs and squeeze suppliers is going — and it’s nowhere that benefits you.

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[Singapore] Daily Deal Site Deal.com.sg Launches DEALivery.sg

YoungUpstarts

Hungry? Singapore-based daily deal site Deal.com.sg recently launched DEALivery.sg , an online food deals and delivery service that brings you a wide variety of cuisines – Singaporean, Thai, Chinese, Indonesian, Western, Malaysian, Indian, and Vietnamese, amongst others – from different F&B operators around the country right to your doorstep.

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Gini Dietrich's 6 Biggest Startup PR Mistakes

ReadWriteStart

Did you hear about the "green" startup that touted how environmentally conscious it was by sending reporters five identical copies of its press kit, each one filled with nonrecyclable package "popcorn" and a small forest's worth of paper? Needless to say, the startup didn't get any press coverage. In the era of social media, you may think public relations doesn't play a role in your marketing plans.

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The April cS Award and the March cS Award Winner

crowdSPRING Blog

Last summer, we announced that we would issue a monthly cS Award to honor quality work by designers and writers in the crowdSPRING community. April cS Award. There are now more than 113,000 graphic, web, industrial designers and writers in the crowdSPRING community. You come from nearly every country on the planet and speak over a hundred different languages.

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6 Online Legal Services Reviewed by NextAdvisor.com

ReadWriteStart

You probably know about LegalZoom.com, largely through lots of word of mouth and TV advertising, but did you know about several other online legal services? Luckily, the folks at NextAdvisor.com have done some of the heavy lifting. Whether you're starting a business or simply registering a trademark, they have determined which provider is the best alternative to a physical lawyer.

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How I Made My First Internet Dollar – A Passive Income Niche Site Case Study

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

A few weeks ago I received my first ever payment from Google Adsense in my bank account. While it was only $170 , it represents a small but significant step to making money in a way that is completely independent of my time.

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JOBS Act Fallout: Making Crowdfunding Work Without Selling Stock

ReadWriteStart

On April 5, President Obama will sign the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. Among other things, the new law will allow privately held startups with a fundraising goal of $1 million or less to sell unregistered stock to the public through approved crowdfunding sites. And that means startups seeking money from the public will now be able to offer investors a cash return, not just a promotional gimme, a token service or a hearty "Thanks a lot!

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Extroverts Need Love Too

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

The buzz around Susan Cain’s book Quiet : The power of Introverts in a World That Just Can’t Stop Talking continues to build. Watching her speak here in London last week ago it’s clear she’s hit a cultural chord. As of today, #33 on the Amazon chart. Introverts clearly have a tough time making themselves heard. She’s also quite right that extroverts tend to dominate the group processes we see in various organizations.

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The Problem of Redundancy in Business Plan Documents

Up and Running

I’m in my business plan marathon season again. This happens every April as I read business plans for my angel investment group in Oregon and for business plan competitions held this month by University of Oregon , Rice University , University of Texas , and the University of Notre Dame. I want to make it clear, first, that I don’t confuse these business plan documents with the “real” business plans I recommend for every business.

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The Three Most Important Factors of Business Success

Duct Tape Marketing

The Three Most Important Factors of Business Success This content from: Duct Tape Marketing. While there are many factors that come into play when building a business, I believe that most important ones have nothing to do with innovation, balance sheets, finance or marketing. The most important over arching variable to your success in business is you.

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Shapiro Interview pt 2

Austin Startup

The second part of an interview conducted by Matt Scherer with Gary Shapiro the president of the Consumer Electronics Show. Gary is the featured speaker at this Thursday's InnoTech set at the Henry B. Gonzalez convention center in San Antonio.

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The Return of University Building in the US | VC Firm Backs New University | Minerva Project

Campus Entrepreneurship

25% of my time is spent researching university builders in the US. The people who funded, planned, and built Universities like Johns Hopkins, University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin, and the University of Michigan are among the greatest innovators in American history. Much of the funding for these great institutions came from wealthy philanthropists such as Rockefeller, Carnegie, Tulane, Cornell, Hopkins, etc.

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The Ultimate Guide to Increasing Ecommerce Conversion Rates

ConversionXL

If you run an online store, you’re always trying to boost your sales. Here’s how to increase the conversion rate of your ecommerce site. What’s the conversion rate I can be happy with? Don’t worry about ‘average’ rates. A good conversion rate to strive for is better than the one you have right now. There are just too many variables that affect conversions, so its very difficult to have apples to apples comparisons between different sites.

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