Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
Smart people only visit and buy from credible and memorable websites. In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. In today’s world, a website is necessary but not sufficient for credibility. Dreamers and gamblers have found out that if the website isn’t validated as credible, it’s probably a scam, and everyone loses.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
Union Square Ventures (USV) has been one of the most successful venture capital firms of the past 10–15 years and continues to be a leader in our industry. Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) — Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ).
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YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
When you tell someone that you want to start a business, don’t be surprised to get a few eye-rolls along the way. After all, the daily grind has become the norm for most of the general public; however, the increasing number of web-based businesses is nothing to scoff at. If you’ve been toying with the idea of entrepreneurship, one thing is clear: there’s much less risk involved with doing business online versus trying to run a brick and mortar shop.
The Next Web
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
One of the more expensive aspects of running a business revolves around handling money. Yes, a budget is important. But, even more important, is how much it costs for an enterprise to move their money around. After all, just because you know how to generate revenue, doesn’t mean you know how to generate a profit. Expenses add up and can easily get out of control.
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
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
A business’s first few months are critical to its survival. Any hurdle faced at this period could prove to be the stumbling block of your startup. It is therefore not an overstatement that being prepared will work wonders in the long run for your business. Most entrepreneurs don’t have natural legal knowledge when starting the business. Nevertheless, as the saying goes ignorance is no defense of the law, knowing the following things will save you lots of headaches and a tidy sum of money:
YFS Magazine
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle on-the-go is hard. However, you don't have to wreck your healthy eating plans just because it's not convenient. This article Healthy Eating Tips While Traveling For Business appeared first in YFS Magazine.
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YFS Magazine
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
Years ago I was asked, “What is PR?” At the time, This article What Does A PR Specialist Do For Brands Exactly? appeared first in YFS Magazine.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
by Anthony Bergs, project manager at writers per hour. You don’t need more traffic; you need to increase conversion. And this is how you can do it. If your website is getting 100 visitors a day and you don’t get enough sales inquiries or leads, it is the time to rethink your online marketing strategy. In pursuit of getting more traffic, you may spend thousands of dollars on PPC ads or write numerous blogs.
SiliconHills
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The StARTup Studio at the University of Texas at Austin gives professor led companies a chance to showcase their research and its applications. Last Wednesday night, three groups of professors presented their startups at the monthly invitation-only gathering in a conference room in the Ernest Cockrell Jr. […] The post Microscope, Medical Device and Cancer Detection Technology Showcased at UT Austin StARTup Studio appeared first on SiliconHills.
Andrew Payne
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
I’ve written before about powerful advantages Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook have in the software industry. These four companies control major parts of the ecosystem, take out upstarts when they get too big, corner talent markets in key areas , and enjoy a ~30% “tax” (directly or indirectly) across most other software companies.
Duct Tape Marketing
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
Weekend Favs February 18 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from an online source or one that I took out there on the road.
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