Up and Running

DECEMBER 19, 2014

'The sitting Supreme Court members. Which venture capitalist thinks that middle-income workers aren’t making enough overtime? What recent Supreme Court decision could affect your manufacturing business? From a summit on media in the Middle East to a huge new funding opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs in Nigeria, here are fascinating business news stories from the U.S. and around the world.

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Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 19, 2014

'If you own or run a small business, there is a large chance that at some point in your business’s lifetime, you are going to need capital to fuel growth. It’s one of the highest priorities, as well as largest obstacles , for small business owners. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and cash flow is their lifeblood. When they need cash to run and grow, they should be able to access it.

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deal architect

DECEMBER 19, 2014

'Infor’s continued focus on micro-verticals and deploying them in the Amazon cloud is starting to pay off.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 19, 2014

'We wanted to take a quick moment to thank the founders and teams who made 2014 a successful year, as well as outline some of the exciting happenings from NextView Ventures in 2014. 2014 Year in Review. This past year was nothing short of packed for NextView, from announcing our second fund to several acquisitions (TapCommerce to Twitter, GrabCAD to Stratasys, Directr to Google), three late-stage fundraises (InsightSquared, Swipely, and thredUP), to hiring our first employee (Jay Acunzo, i.e. me

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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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Scalable Startup

DECEMBER 19, 2014

'I’ve been spending a lot of time in the WorPress as a development platform world lately. I’m finding many business advantagesb in this world for a group of websites I am building to bootstrap a few “baby startups” in areas I’m already interested in – #travel, #classic-cars, #SaaS #Art sales, #techjobs, etc. What this has done for me is vastly increase my interest in tactical data driven marketing on the web – #growthhacking, #contentmanagement, #agile i

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 19, 2014

'I always look forward to the annual Techstars video. I enjoy seeing it, and usually enjoy being part of it. This year I’m one of your favorite Sesame Street characters. Hang in there for New Years Resolution #9. Cookie cookie cookie. Give me cookie. The post Happy Holidays From Techstars appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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ithacaVC

DECEMBER 19, 2014

'Happy Holidays everyone! So, I don’t know much about the American Institute for Economic Research, but it just ranked Ithaca as the #1 college town in the USA. And the main reason certainly resonates with me: “This town in upstate New York ranked first for a number of reasons: Ithaca ranks number one in entrepreneurial activity and research and development, while also having a high number of college-educated people.” Entrepreneurial activity and R&D!!

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2014

'“If you build it, they will come.” It''s a line from an old movie "Field of Dreams" which is still leading to the demise of too many startups, led by entrepreneurs who really started their business to build an exciting new product or service. Most struggle with the idea and practice of marketing and sales, and see these as a necessary evil, if even required.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 19, 2014

'by Chloe Hashemi, marketing consultant for film and video production company LAMBDA Films. As much as music enthusiasts and artists would like to romanticise about the music industry, in the last decade it has become more numbers driven than ever. With large volumes of music released each year, and more platforms cropping up to share this music, the irrefutable emphasis seems to be on ‘more, more, more’.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 19, 2014

'Another one bites the dust. Here are our most read articles for 2014. Make sure you didn’t miss any. . 10#: The Science of Storytelling & Memory and Their Impact on CRO. If your website isn’t converting well, it’s likely the story you’re telling your customer’s journey through the marketing funnel isn’t resonating on some emotional level.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2014

'As this is the final roundup before Christmas 2014, I thought it might be nice to show you a gift that you won’t be able to give. Why, you ask? The good folks over atCards Against Humanity offered a special expansion pack for lovers of the game. Unfortunately the limited run sold out in a very short time, but the video above will show you exactly what you missed out on.

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