SVPG

MARCH 10, 2015

'Virtually every leading tech company has jumped on the empowered, dedicated/durable, cross-functional, collaborative product team bandwagon, and I think things are much better for it. I don’t see very many companies that are still using the old models (primarily the pool model). The results speak for themselves, but I attribute most of the benefits to the increased level of motivation, and true sense of ownership, when teams feel more in control of their own destiny.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 10, 2015

'by Edward D. Hess, author of “ Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization “. Today, it seems “busyness” is the measure of success. We power through our emails, conference calls, and business lunches at breakneck speed. Unfortunately, all this frantic activity has taken a toll on our patience. The result is that we no longer stop to listen to one another—how can we when we’re all so busy and important?

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Version One Ventures

MARCH 10, 2015

'When it comes to market opportunities, you can either build a better product in an existing market, or create a brand new market altogether. In the first case where the product category and market are mostly defined, the playbook is relatively straightforward. Potential customers already know they have a need and are actively looking for a solution.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 10, 2015

'On February 26, 2015, Google announced changes designed to “help users discover more mobile-friendly content.” The company stated that the changes would help Google adapt to what its users expect from a mobile search. If your business website isn’t mobile-friendly, you could start paying for it in the search results. Fortunately, you have until April 21 before the changes go into effect.

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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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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 10, 2015

'There was plenty of Apple news yesterday, but the one that lit me up was the announcement that Apple is partnering with the National Center for Women and Information Technology to help create a broader pipeline of female technology workers. I’ve been chair of NCWIT since 2006 and have worked closely with Lucy Sanders, the founder and CEO. I’ve learned an amazing amount from her, and NCWIT, about the dynamics around women in information, the challenges we collectively face as an in

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Up and Running

MARCH 10, 2015

'Have you ever been denied for business financing? If so, you’re not alone. More than 50% of small business owners who apply for financing get nothing. Personal and business credit scores are the primary cause for denial. If you haven’t taken the time to establish strong business credit, now is the time to start. I know from experience—in 2005, I received a rejection letter for business financing.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 10, 2015

'The premise of my newest book, Profit First , is to take your profit prior to expense. Ahem – take your profit first. I am eternally grateful for the emails that stream in every day sharing how this simple “put the important stuff first” method has changed business after business. Emails sharing how entrepreneurs are achieving more and more financial strength with this simple premise.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 10, 2015

'I was in Ireland not too long ago in a meeting of a company board of which I''m a member. The company had a very good year - a great one, really - based on a executing a good strategy.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 10, 2015

'The Austin Technology Council announced Tuesday that is has teamed up with Dell to create the Dell ATC Policy Labs at South by Southwest Interactive. The Dell ATC Policy Labs is new initiative to educate and engage the Central Texas technology community on important federal issues. The SXSW Dell ATC Policy Labs event will feature […] The post The Dell ATC Policy Labs at SXSW Interactive appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 10, 2015

'In a Q&A after a keynote a couple of years ago, I was asked: " When will traditional business analysis subsume the web analytics silo? " My reply: " All business will ultimately be digital, so, if anything, web analytics will subsume business analysis! " That was a half-cheeky reply. But, if you reflect upon the developments in analytics over the last couple of years it is incredible to see that we, web analytics, have moved so quickly towards the aforementioned outcome.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 10, 2015

'OwnLocal announced Tuesday it has acquired another Austin-based startup, Sidengo. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. OwnLocal, founded in 2009, creates digital ads for media companies. The addition of Sidengo “will strengthen OwnLocal’s ability to offer easy to use, inexpensive digital advertising solutions to small business customers through their media partners,” according to […] The post OwnLocal Buys Austin-based Sidengo appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 10, 2015

'Do Something That Won’t Scale written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. In the world of marketing automation, robo Tweets and autoresponders it’s pretty easy to lose touch with reality, let alone with the thinking, caring, and feeling human beings that make up the market you’re attempting to serve.

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Venture Chronicles

MARCH 10, 2015

'So it’s been a long time since I last wrote and I don’t have a good excuse for that… family life has been busy, work is hectic, I’m too heads down, my vitamin D is low, yada yada. Truth is, I just haven’t felt like writing. However, that does not mean I have stopped thinking and experiencing. Like many of you I have been following the wearables category with great interest, in part because it represents a huge growth segment for end user devices and infrastructure

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Early Growth Financial Services

MARCH 10, 2015

'This guest post by Robert W. Ditmer was originally published on Justworks. In many businesses, workers are paid wages or a salary, compensation that is subject to income tax withholding and employer taxes. But sole proprietors, partners in a partnership, and members of a limited liability company are not paid wages because they are considered to be self-employed.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2015

'I write about sales often both because it’s the lifeblood of any organization and because in my experience it is the area in which more startups are least experienced or inclined. I also write and talk about it frequently because raising capital is a part of sales and this is important for entrepreneurs to understand. To make it simple and easy to remember – there are three basic rules of sales: 1.

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View from Seed

MARCH 10, 2015

'Tamiz Ahmed is a former product manager at Bleacher Report, where he helped build the successful app for sports fans, Team Stream , prior to the company’s nine-figure sale to Turner. Ahmed is a former Googler and the current founder of Nani. Below, he shares product management lessons from his time at BR. NVV: Let’s begin at the beginning: Why did Bleacher Report even want to launch this app?

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Up and Running

MARCH 10, 2015

'Most small businesses who are using social media have a Facebook page, but many business owners and social media managers are facing a problem: Facebook has been making it harder and harder for small to medium-sized businesses to make an impact with their business page. See Also 5 Fun Ways to Market Your Business on Facebook. Today it’s next to impossible to avoid using Facebook’s paid advertisements if you want to get ahead.

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