YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

We have all heard the saying, “Your reputation precedes you.” The adage means that what people know of you or have read of you oftentimes shapes their first opinion of you. It’s true that many of today’s young entrepreneurs grew up in the age of the computer and the internet. It’s likely that their business depends fundamentally on online communication.

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YFS Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware that website builders are one of the best tools available to first-time business owners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. You can’t start a business alone. You need partners, team members, investors, vendors, and customers. But people don’t realize that all relationships are not the same. There are people you only recognize on the street, business friends, and then close friends whom you can always count on to help.

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deal architect

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In my orientation at Gartner in 1995, a senior analyst forcefully pointed out “Sacred cows make the best hamburger”. I cringed on behalf of all vegetarians of the world but took it to heart. For two decades, I have challenged.

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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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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

By Michael S. Melfi, author of “ The Simple Secrets of Being an Entrepreneur “. Which came first, the mindset or the strategy? Being an entrepreneur involves overcoming challenges, being resourceful, staying committed long after it is no longer fun to be doing something. Along this journey there are many obstacles and challenges that arise. So often when a problem arises for an entrepreneur, it is natural to immediately look to creating a solution.

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For Entrepreneurs

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The forEntrepreneurs 2016 SaaS Survey Infographic highlights key metrics from this year’s SaaS Survey and includes links to advice and insights on improving these metrics. You can find the full 2016 SaaS survey results here: Part 1 covers growth rates, go-to-market trends and cost structure.

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For Entrepreneurs

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

We recently released Part 1 results of our annual SaaS Survey, which shares data and insights on growth rates, go-to-market trends and cost structure. A new highlight in Part 1 of this year’s results includes data on balancing growth and profitability in SaaS companies, commonly known as The Rule of 40%. Part 2 of the survey results dives into: A comparison of application.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

There’s nothing more damaging to a working environment than demotivated employees. You’ll spot them stomping in on a Monday morning looking less than impressed, and daydreaming their way through the rest of the week. There are plenty of warning signs, but what’s more difficult is knowing how to get them working happily and productively again. Leave them to wallow and their demoralisation will quickly spread to the rest of the team.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

According to the IAB , US digital advertising revenues grew 19% from H1 2015 to H1 2016. That’s very healthy growth for what is now a $32.7bn market. However, when you look at the numbers in more detail it’s clear that this strong headline performance masks a tonne of turmoil underneath. Display continues to crater and the growth areas are mobile and video, but the surprising thing to me is how much Facebook and Google are now dominating.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

It’s a cart-eat-cart world out there for online retailers. Whereas their brick-and-mortar counterparts need to worry about competition down the street, online retailers need to face up competition from the entire world; free shipping included. The internet has leveled the playing field as far as competition – complete transparency is the new norm, thanks to price-comparing websites and apps.

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YFS Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

If your app gains a reputation for being anything but secure, it is doomed at best and you could face a lawsuit at worst.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Customer experience, often referred to as simply “CX” has been a huge topic among business owners and executives for some time now. Ever since the mid noughties, this term has been popping up with more and more frequency as more and more customer service tech has hit the market. Despite the amount of articles which crop up in business journals focussing on this topic, there are a lot of start-up owners that manage to neglect it horribly.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Share For the entirety of my professional career, I have been leading, facilitating and managing transformational, mission critical change in companies of all sizes – from companies as global and brand rich as Coca-Cola to start-ups like Blacc Spot Media. I’ve worked with leaders that were inspired and inspiring and I’ve worked with some that were there nobly to provide for their families, but candidly just to collect a check.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

As a business owner, I have no doubt that you’ve taken the necessary precautions to prevent danger as best you can. After all, you care about your staff, customers, and company. Hell, you’ve even paid attention to the modern need for digital security. Nevertheless, you cannot prevent every possible situation. Sometimes, accidents and emergencies just happen.

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SVPG

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

NOTE: This article is by SVPG Partner Chris Jones. He specializes in helping organizations and teams transform to raise their game. This is the first in a series he's writing on this critical topic. This technique is fairly straight forward, but is one of the most powerful tools to introduce substantial change. At SVPG, we often work with product leaders who recognize that the way their companies create products needs to change.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

How Live-Streaming is Changing Social Media written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Michael Stelzner. Live streaming video is all the rage – so much so that most of what you see coming from the medium is silly – look at me and look at what I can do – kind of stuff. But, mark my words, this is a serious new tool and marketers will figure out how to make it useful.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Last week, I met for dinner with a longtime client as they traveled through Los Angeles on a stop-over on their way back to Europe. It was both by design and natural inclination of all involved, a working dinner where the main topic of conversation was the client's business model in all its permutations - new market penetration and geographies, new product development, prospective new hires, growth-by-acquisition opportunities, establishing Newcos to house new technologies, discussing the person

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

I was hired and recruited by Kalon Gutierrez and Tuck Rickards at Russell Reynolds Associates (RRA) into my role as the CEO of THX Ltd last… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Getting venture capital funding to launch your business is incredibly difficult. In fact, fewer than 1 percent of businesses that start every year get venture funding. So, if you’re seeking venture capital funding, you’re going to want to know as much as possible about the industry and about what VC firms look for. To help, we’ve gathered together some of our best articles on venture capital funding, including advice on what to read, who to follow, where to get started, and how the venture capit

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The title is exactly what I’m feeling on this Wednesday. Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

There’s much debate these days over the state of health education, specifically sex ed, in our schools. Unfortunately, there’s a important… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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