Feld Thoughts
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'My post on How to Fix Obamacare generated plenty of feedback – some public and some via email. One of the emails reinforced the challenge of “traditional software development” vs. the new generation of “Agile software development.” I started experiencing, and understanding, agile in 2004 when I made an investment in Rally Software.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes. This edition of Everything Entrepreneurship with Walter and Yaro focuses on passive income. We also review what I call the “holy trinity” of concepts necessary to feel completely satisfied with your business, especially as a lifestyle entrepreneur. Here are some of the subjects we discussed -. Can buying a website lead to true … Read the rest of this entry » The post Structuring Your Projects For Passive Income And The “Holy Trin
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Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'If you expect to succeed in the thrill-a-minute, roller coaster ride of a startup, let me assure you it takes more than a good idea, a rich uncle, and luck. In fact, the idea is often the least important part of the equation. Most investors tell me that they look at the people first, the business plan second, and only then at the idea. If you want some tips to beat the insurmountable odds, take a look at the following concepts, adapted from Richard C.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'To many small business owners and entrepreneurs, foreign exchange is exactly that – very foreign. But currency trading shouldn’t just be the domain of currency traders and speculators; the truth is that any business that intends to sell their products and services outside of the country they’re based in need to at least have a rudimentary understanding of how foreign exchange (forex) works.
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
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'While startup CEOs measure key metrics to keep tabs on how well their business is doing, it can be hard for them to know exactly what counts as a good figure or a bad figure. How are they faring against their peers? Compass is a new tool that aims to answer that question. Compass comes from the team behind the Startup Genome project , that collected data from around the world about what makes startups succeed or fail.
Feld Thoughts
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'We recently invested in littleBits. It’s another of our investments that traces its roots to the MIT Media Lab. It’s also another investment we are making with our friends from True Ventures. It’s another one that mixes hardware and software in a delightful way that is part of our human computer interaction theme. And yet another investment in New York.
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Mike Michalowicz
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'Are you a misfit, weirdo, outsider, oddball or some other form of unusual? Congratulations, others already see how you are different. Now, you just need to embrace it. Better is not better. Different is better. Misfits win.
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'Nick Mehta is the CEO of Gainsight , the leading customer success management company. In case you were asleep and missed it, Salesforce.com’s annual tech conference/religious revival, Dreamforce , took place in the Moscone Center in San Francisco this past week. Well, that’s not entirely correct. Dreamforce fits in the Moscone Center like Chris Christie fits in skinny jeans.
The Equity Kicker
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'It’s widely accepted now that simpler is better when it comes to website design. Here’s why (culled from Why Simple Websites are “Scientifically” Better on ConversionXL): A 2012 Google study found that users judge a website ‘beautiful’ or not in 0.02-0.05 seconds and that visually complex websites are consistently rated less beautiful – unsurprising given the little time available to process complexity.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'Guitars require moisturizing, as does your innovation environment! I have a beautiful Martin guitar. It has a wonderful tone and it’s easy to play, it’s a love relationship. It’s a well engineered, and under some conditions, a quite delicate instrument. As the winter weather descends on the midwest I’m remembering I need to keep it moisturized.
SiliconHills
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News Five startup teams pitched ideas at the latest 3 Day Startup San Antonio event last weekend. Cristal Glangchai and the Venturelab team ran the event, which was the ninth 3DS San Antonio. Trinity University sponsored the event hosted at Geekdom. Thirty-five students participated in the 3 Day […] The post Five Startups Pitch at 3 Day Startup San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'A Rarely Talked About Traffic Strategy That Almost No One Uses… Here’s a little flashback in time for you… It was the mid 2000s, I had recently surpassed 1,000 subscribers to my RSS feed (this was back when RSS was all that mattered to bloggers). The blog considered the “leader” at the time was none other than Darren Rowse’s Problogger … Read the rest of this entry » The post The Best Traffic Strategy No One Uses appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Jou
OnlyOnce
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'Book Short: Triumph over Adversity. In truth, Malcolm Gladwell’s most recent book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants , was a bit of a disappointment. I thought his first three books, Tipping Point , Blink , and Outliers , were fantastic, and I routinely refer to them in business. David and Goliath isn’t bad, it’s just a little light and hangs together a lot less than Gladwell’s other books.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'by Jared Whitehead . Having a web presence for your business is clearly no longer an option, it’s a requirement. Furthermore, it is no longer satisfactory to simply have a web presence; your business has to be a web presence. Unfortunately, many new business owners, overwhelmed by the sheer number of tasks and follow-ups that come with developing a business, let their website get lost in the shuffle , either design-wise or content-wise.
Jeff Hilimire
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'Last week we officially launched our first app, Nibblr. What’s Nibblr? Glad you asked, check out the video we made to promote the app: Download that app and let me know what you think!
The Entrepreneurial Mind
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'The Entrepreneurial Mind : Chris Sloan. Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Tumblr Stumble Digg Delicious The post The Entrepreneur’s Attorney appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.
Early Growth Financial Services
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'Originally published on BlueDeer. Great advice on hiring your first sales professional from our good friend Mike Moss at BlueDeer. I attended a Mitchellake event hosted at RocketSpace called: Hiring Your First Sales Person. Panelist were from: Andreessen Horowitz, Yammer, Hortonworks, and Gigya. The take aways that resonated with me include: Realistic self-assessment Understand your needs.
Small Business Force
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
Building a business is not just about numbers.It's about how you make those numbers happen.Many early stage entrepreneurs make the mistake of focusing on detailed spread sheets with myriad pivot tables and assumptions, being able to model even the most insignificant detail of their proposed business. Forecasts and budgets are simply objectives.Their achievement are your planned results.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'Investors sitting through Incubator or Accelerator demo days have three metrics to judge fledgling startups – 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling PowerPoint slides, and 3) a world-class team. We think we can do better. We now have the tools, technology and data to take incubators and accelerators to the next level. Teams can prove their competence and validate their ideas by showing investors evidence that there’s a repeatable and scalable business model.
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'Dan Ushman is the Co-Founder and CMO of Singlehop. When the traditional brick and mortar business first made inroads with the online community, they carried on the tradition of offering a single monolithic method for interacting with the consumer. Those times are long behind us. Instead, the fabric of online e-commerce has changed into an expansive, elastic experience that extends well past the traditional boundaries of a single site.
Duct Tape Marketing
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'All You Really Need to Know About Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing photo credit: Amir Kuckovic via photopin cc. Marketing just isn’t that complicated. Oh, sure, there’s all the figuring new stuff out every new day, but really, when it comes down to it, there are only a handful of things that actually matter.
Seeing Both Sides
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'I like being a contrarian. As a kid, if a certain TV show was popular amongst my buddies, I’d purposefully ignore that show and search for other shows that were less well known (e.g., Hogan''s Heroes was a personal favorite that never hit mainstream). When someone declares something is conventional wisdom, I look to poke holes and challenge the underlying assumptions.
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