Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
There is an old saying that good lawyers run away from risk, while good businessmen run towards risk. Entrepreneurs see “no risk” as meaning “no reward.” In reality, all risks are not the same. Many risks can be managed or calculated to improve growth or provide a competitive edge, while others, like skipping quality checks to save money, are recipes for failure.
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
You’re running a small business. You’d dearly love to have high visibility on Google for organic search engine traffic and leads—but you’re being overwhelmed by big competitors with deep pockets and an army of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) specialists at their disposal. Cheer up! You can still win at SEO, but you have to be smart—very smart—about how you deploy your resources.
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Hearpreneur
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Summer is over. While many were going on vacations and traveling, business was still being completed for many entrepreneurs and business owners. The time flew by and as school starts, the weather changes and the temperature drops, we decided to connect with entrepreneurs and business owners to see how their summers went and what were some of their accomplishments.
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
The current usage of the word unicorn makes me tired. I could rant about it for a while, but that would make me tired of myself ranting about it. Instead, I’d like to focus on a word that appeared a month ago by Aileen Lee in Welcome To The Unicorn Club, 2015: Learning From Billion-Dollar Companies. That word is unicorpse. From section #6 in Aileen’s post: “Given how much capital our private companies have raised in the past few years, most likely have cash to fund 2-4+ more
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
Brandanew
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Branding a Startup is often seen as an art- your golden touch rather than an exact science. That’s why many still struggle with a clear definition. With so many industries, segments and sentiments attached to your Startup and small business brands , it may also be difficult to formulate generalized rules on how to to build a remarkable brand.
YFS Magazine
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Are you ready for your next media interview or press photo shoot? Here's a look at five do's and don'ts to keep in mind before you step in front of the camera.
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The Equity Kicker
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
I believe that developments in technology have been behind much of the progress we have seen in society – e.g. recent declines in the number of people who live in hunger – but as with almost everything there is a good and a bad side. One aspect of technology that I’m not keen of is the way that it sometimes seems to control us rather than being a tool that we use.
YFS Magazine
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
When you work for yourself and you're just starting out, it is often up to you to market your business and get it "out there".
crowdSPRING Blog
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
When perusing our galleries here on crowdSPRING, we see some amazing work submitted in the projects. Today, we noticed this gem submitted in this print design project. Let us start the slow clap for nautilus. Check out more great work on nautilus ’ profile page. Nicely done, nautilus, nicely done! Related posts: Fresh from the SPRING: DavidStHubbins.
Growthink Blog
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Last week, I wrote about how to fight through the natural slowdown of the pre-Labor Day period (compounded by the Recent Market Gyrations ) and Get Business Done. With Labor Day behind us, we should now all be in full flight in getting our most important projects and initiatives Fast- Tracked and on course to be completed by the end of the year. These could include: • Starting a New Business. • Pursuing a New Business Initiative within an existing business. • Developing a Work Plan and Budget fo
Duct Tape Marketing
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Why We Don’t Need A Traditional Office written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Remote: Office Not Required by David Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. Marketing Podcast with Jason Fried. You know, work would be great if you could actually get work done there. That’s the fallacy of the traditional office – you collect a bunch of people and the proximity makes it easier to collaborate.
ConversionXL
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
As you almost certainly know, copy is what sells. That’s true in print, and it’s equally true on the web. A completely unstyled site with strong copy will sell infinitely more than a beautifully styled site with none. And since the average website is between 90 and 95% text, one leading expert wisely observes that “web design is ninety-five percent typography.”.
Duct Tape Marketing
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Why We Don’t Need A Traditional Office written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. Marketing Podcast with Jason Fried. You know, work would be great if you could actually get work done there. That’s the fallacy of the traditional office – you collect a bunch of people and the proximity makes it easier to collaborate.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
I’ve spent this year working with corporations and government agencies that are adopting and adapting Lean Methodologies. I’ve summarized my learnings in this blog post , and here , here and here and here and put it together in the presentation here. One of the interesting innovation challenges I’ve encountered centers on a company’s culture.
Duct Tape Marketing
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Why We Don't Need A Traditional Office written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. Marketing Podcast with Jason Fried. You know, work would be great if you could actually get work done there. That’s the fallacy of the traditional office – you collect a bunch of people and the proximity makes it easier to collaborate.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Nearly all of the guidance for meetings with VCs is centered on the very first meeting: how to get it, how to prepare a pitch deck , how to run the meeting , etc. But then the tactical advice stops. What about the rest of the VC fundraising process? How should an entrepreneur approach the full set of meetings and emails during a fundraise? The purpose of all VC meetings is to get another meeting.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Being a startup owner is a really exciting moment in life for any aspiring entrepreneur. That is especially the case in the event that we are faced with the very first company that an individual launched. This is when everything becomes 100% subjective. The lack of experience can lead to questionable decisions and unfortunately, most of the startups will fail.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Nearly all of the guidance for meetings with VCs is centered on the very first meeting: how to get it, how to prepare a pitch deck , how to run the meeting , etc. But then the tactical advice stops. What about the rest of the VC fundraising process? How should an entrepreneur approach the full set of meetings and emails during a fundraise? The purpose of all VC meetings is to get another meeting.
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