YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2015

'by Jack Narcotta, Devices Analyst at Technology Business Research. Google is focused on expanding its already broad reach into the advertising market by increasing the span and coverage of its digital and mobile platforms, and the company’s 4Q14 results highlight how the company’s efforts to buttress its core services is paying off: Google’s revenue and gross profit climbed 15.3% and 18.3% year-to-year, respectively, as the company remains the gold standard for digital and search advertising.

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Advertising Revenue Mobile Intellectual Property 133

deal architect

JANUARY 30, 2015

'In the last couple of weeks, in very different settings I have seen the future of ERP. Invited to be part of UNIT4/FinancialForce’s sales kickoff in Madrid, Spain and that of Plex Systems in Troy, MI, I saw wildly enthusiastic.

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Spain Cloud Software Sales 288

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2015

'You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. You need to have business relationships with team members, investors, customers, and a myriad of other support people. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. It does mean that you need to look, listen, and participate in the business world around you, and network through all available channels, like business-oriented social networks online (LinkedIn), local business organizations (Chamber of C

Elevator Pitch 220

Elevator Pitch Startup Social Network Networking 220

deal architect

JANUARY 30, 2015

'Maybe it is the Marshawn Lynch effect – most everyone is squirming this week as the NFL forces him to make mandatory media appearances in the run up to the Super Bowl. But I felt bad for Mark Hurd of.

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Media 174

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

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2015

'Discovering a niche market is the first step to getting that coveted first mover advantage , but today’s technology makes it very easy for other companies (especially well-funded ones) to quickly move in on your idea. Ruby on Rails experts work quickly and efficiently to help you carve out a loyal following before the competition strikes, and stay ahead of the game by helping you implement new innovations in web services and applications.

Ruby 126

Ruby Programming Framework Open Source 126

Up and Running

JANUARY 30, 2015

'Welcome to the final day of our 5 Day SWOT Analysis Challenge! Invite others to take the challenge! Share this article on Facebook or Twitter and use the #SWOT hashtag. By conducting a SWOT analysis of your business, you’re starting your year off right. Our 5 Day SWOT challenge was designed to give entrepreneurs a big-picture look at their business.

San Francisco 118

San Francisco Business Plan Conversion Employee 118

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 30, 2015

'How to Incorporate Quizzes To Amp Up Your Content Marketing Reach written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. When you put together your annual content marketing strategy, you may not have incorporated quizzes — and that’s okay. However, that doesn’t mean it’s too late to update your content calendar with a quiz or two, because they are easy to put together using quiz software, and they generally require no help from your development team.

Marketing 55

Marketing Viral Campaign Channel 55

The Startup Toolkit

JANUARY 30, 2015

'I was stressed out, obviously. Some meeting had gone badly or our stats weren’t good enough. The guy I was talking to had been a professional gambler before getting into startups (less volatile, he said). He told me something that stuck: > You’re gonna go crazy if you count your stack every day. What he meant is that a day isn’t enough time to see a real correlation between what you’re doing and the results you’re getting.

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Customer Startup 39

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 30, 2015

'5 Content Metrics Every Marketer Needs to Analyze written by Alex Boyer read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Today’s guest post comes from Campbell Mcdonald – Enjoy! Nearly every marketing initiative involves a healthy dose of trial and error; it’s the only way to know what works and which areas need improvement.

Metrics 55

Metrics Marketing B2B Analytics 55

abovethecrowd.com

JANUARY 30, 2015

'“Can you take me Higher? To a place where blind men see . Can you take me Higher? . To a place with golden streets”. — Creed, Higher. In their seminal 1994 book Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies , Jim Collins and Jerry Poras coined the term BHAG (pronounced BEE-hag) — an acronym that stands for “ B ig H airy A udacious G oal.

Technical Review 83

Technical Review Algorithm San Francisco Demand 83

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2015

'Time is that one resource every single business owner wishes they had more of; the adage ‘Time is money’ certainly rings doubly true for entrepreneurs. Since there is (currently) no way to clone ourselves in order to get more things done at the same time, we can only make sure the precious time we have is well utilised. Here are four tips to help small business owners maximise the limited time we have: 1.

Small Business 154

Small Business Social Media Mobile Management 154

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 30, 2015

'Computer viruses are a huge threat to business large and small – one small infection can lead to a widening crack in the cyber-door to our businesses. Same goes for viruses of the medical kind and last week we saw what happens when large numbers of people choose to forego their children’s vaccinations. Measles, anyone? Who better than Penn and Teller to explain to us why it is so important to get your kid Immunized!

Small Business 81

Small Business Design Social Media PR 81