Steve Blank
APRIL 16, 2013
'“I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.” Groucho Marx. In my 21 years as an entrepreneur, I would come up for air once a month to religiously read the Harvard Business Review. It was not only my secret weapon in thinking about new startup strategies, it also gave me a view of the management issues my customers were dealing with.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
APRIL 16, 2013
'Seems like every third startup nowadays is using the “Freemium” business model: The lowest service tier is free, and the business is designed to get those users hooked and then upgrade to a paid plan. It can work wonderfully of course, but usually it crushes and destroys companies , not only because it costs more than anticipated but because the founders didn’t realize the business model itself caused them to make incorrect decisions.
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Steve Blank
APRIL 16, 2013
'“I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.” Groucho Marx. In my 21 years as an entrepreneur, I would come up for air once a month to religiously read the Harvard Business Review. It was not only my secret weapon in thinking about new startup strategies, it also gave me a view of the management issues my customers were dealing with.
deal architect
APRIL 16, 2013
'I am constantly amazed people talk about the CMO "becoming" tech savvy. 50+ years of work with Nielsen TV ratings, 30+ years of POS data parsing, and 10+ years of web optimization with Google appear to have gone unnoticed.
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
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 16, 2013
'If you think "I better not start a startup now, because the economy is still not booming" you will be making a comparable mistake to the people who thought during the dot-com bubble "all I have to do is a startup, and I''ll be rich." In reality, what matters more is who you are, not when you do it. Like Paul Graham , of Y-Combinator fame, said a while back, I see startups succeed or fail every day based on the qualities of the founders.
deal architect
APRIL 16, 2013
'There is something very reassuring when Stan Swete, CTO of Workday signs off a presentation (as he did today) on the latest release of his product with "we look forward to doing this again in 4 months" Now in 19th.
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Feld Thoughts
APRIL 16, 2013
'At 3:55pm yesterday I cried. I was getting ready for a Google Hangout back to my office with my partners and I noticed something about an explosion at the Boston Marathon on twitter. I did a quick scan of Twitter, clicked through to a few links, and realized a bomb had gone off near the finish line. I went blank – just stared at my computer screen – and then started crying.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 16, 2013
'by Elisha Tan, founder of Learnemy. Having mentored over 200 business owners, Boyd Au is no stranger to the mistakes that new businesses make. Boyd Au is the co-founder of Enzer Corporation and served as the CEO from 1984 to 2007. During his term, he switched the business from selling components to companies such as Apple and HP, to designing and producing Enzer consumer electronics.
Mike Michalowicz
APRIL 16, 2013
'I have met entrepreneur after entrepreneur who started a business with tons of inspiration, excitement and energy only to lose their mojo months or years later. Their passion faded. At least that is what they thought. In reality, they were never passionate about what they did. They were just excited. And those are two very different things. Too many entrepreneurs mix passion with excitement.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 16, 2013
'By Liam Supple, Product Marketing Manager, SingleFeed. Comparison shopping engines (CSEs), like Google Shopping, Shopzilla, NexTag and Bing, are filled with millions of potential customers who are looking for the product they want. As an online merchant who sells physical products, you can use your product data to increase the number of customers visiting your website by listing your products on CSEs via a data feed.
The Equity Kicker
APRIL 16, 2013
'Jeff Bezos’ latest letter to the Amazon shareholders is a timely reminder that keeping customers happy is the best way to build a sustainable business. He opens the letter by contrasting the approaches of focusing on competitors and focusing on customers: As regular readers of this letter will know, our energy at Amazon comes from the desire to impress customers rather than the zeal to best competitors.
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 16, 2013
'Your grand plans. The best you could ever hope to achieve. A failure. A failure to strike fear. We are unafraid. A failure to change our way of life. Future marathons will undoubtedly have record sign ups. I wish I was running NYC tomorrow, in fact. A failure to deliver any kind of message. We are loud. You are silent. A failure in execution, as loss of life was so much less than it could have been given the crowd numbers.
SiliconHills
APRIL 16, 2013
'At the Innotech San Antonio Beta Summit Wednesday at 3 p.m. six startup companies will pitch their companies. The audience will select one startup as the winner of the 2013 Beta Summit and that company will receive the trophy pictured here. This is the sixth annual beta summit at the Innotech San Antonio conference. It’s [.] The post Six Startups to Compete at the 2013 Innotech San Antonio Beta Summit appeared first on SiliconHills.
Up and Running
APRIL 16, 2013
'When starting a new company it is surprising the number of people who still don’t consider a plan for how they will be perceived online. A web-presence is the digital representation of your company and is a key factor for attracting new business. Often your web presence will be the first point of contact with potential customers so it is important to get it right.
crowdSPRING Blog
APRIL 16, 2013
'May through August are the most popular months for relocating and moving, and as anyone who has had to pack up their stuff knows, it is no picnic. Moving takes time and a considerable amount of effort. It’s also expensive. And once it’s over, your new place of residence is filled with empty cardboard boxes and plastic totes you don’t have space to store.
ithacaVC
APRIL 16, 2013
'We are holding our second annual Cornell Entrepreneurship Summit NYC on October 11, 2013. The link to the site is here. This is a fabulous event, and this year it will feature only startups. The theme of the conference is “The Beginning: From Nothing to Something” We will showcase a bunch of successful people from the startup world; they will give Ted-style talks followed by short Q&A.
SiliconHills
APRIL 16, 2013
'Sponsored Post Like many other male dominated industries, the field of technology presents both challenges and opportunities for women today. InnoTech San Antonio is hosting a half day event that will provide better understanding of how women can be successful in this field. You don’t need to be a geek. Did you know women-led private [.] The post Women Find Their Inner Geek at San Antonio Innotech appeared first on SiliconHills.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 16, 2013
'In today’s inbound marketing, content driven, socially connected world organizations have become very, very good at building trust, providing education and moving prospects to the point of buying, but not always as good at transitioning all the warm fuzziness to the actual purchase experience. I’ve long contended that repeat and referral customers are born during the first transaction.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
APRIL 16, 2013
'Tweet I’ve made the decision to spend most of the month of May in Sydney.
Early Growth Financial Services
APRIL 16, 2013
'Originally published on Payscale. Q: Startups are tough, whether you work for one or work on one. What’s your favorite strategy to manage stress while in the office? The following answers are provided by The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs.
Seeing Both Sides
APRIL 16, 2013
'I was born and have lived in the Boston area almost all my life. I went to school here, met my wife and married her here, built a family and pursued my career here. I am a rabid fan of all the sports teams and love exploring and connecting with every nook and corner of this community. Never have I been more proud of the resilience of my home town.
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