YoungUpstarts
MAY 29, 2013
'Remember the concept of smart home automation, where you have the ability, for example, to control lighting, heating, appliances, or even security locks of gates and doors, for improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security? It is said that billionaire Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, has his Medina, Washington home fully incorporated with such technology.
David Teten
MAY 29, 2013
'The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), ff Venture Capital, and The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York are once again co-sponsoring Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day, on Friday, June 14, 2013, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. The event will be held at SUNY Global Center, 116 East 55th Street, New York, NY. Flashpoint is a startup accelerator at Georgia Tech.
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Up and Running
MAY 29, 2013
'Are you trying to figure out how best to prepare your business for the the impending implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? I sat down with our CEO here at Software Advice , Don Fornes, to get a better handle on how the act will affect our company and other mid-sized businesses. He helped me wrap my head around the ACA’s impact on our company, and came up with five great tips for other businesses who find themselves in the same boat.
David Teten
MAY 29, 2013
'The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), ff Venture Capital, and The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York are once again co-sponsoring Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day, on Friday, June 14, 2013, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. The event will be held at SUNY Global Center, 116 East 55th Street, New York, NY. Flashpoint is a startup accelerator at Georgia Tech.
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 Professionals Musings
MAY 29, 2013
'In my experience, inventors and technologists aren’t interested or aren’t very good at building a business, and entrepreneurs aren’t usually good scientists. These people need to find each other, and can jointly make a great team for a new startup. Without the synergy, companies like Apple might never have gotten off the ground. Historically, it’s also not often that a good inventor was also a good entrepreneur.
deal architect
MAY 29, 2013
'on the innovation log How Consumers Reports tests cars Gavin Newsom on Digital Government Ansys: Complex Simulations The Brain Initiative Dream Team Larry Page and the Gospel of 10X The Return of American Manufacturing Food Packaging Innovation Delta’s Redeye Innovations.
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Start Up Blog
MAY 29, 2013
'People who read this blog and know me are aware of my obsession with 3D printing – and the fact that I think it will be bigger than the internet. Recently I had an experience with my 3D printer which was most enlightening. Before I share the story let me share a terrific definition of technology: Technology – Something that was invented after you were born.
The Next Web
MAY 29, 2013
'Streaming live on The Next Web, Dwolla founder Ben Milne will answer questions from readers at 3 pm ET (12 pm PT, 7pm UTC, 8pm BST, 9pm CEST) Thursday, May 30th. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Council’s #StartupLab initiative, a virtual mentorship program, Ben will appear live via video chat broadcast on this site. Ben Milne is CEO and founder of Dwolla, a completely new payment that system that’s fixes the underlying inefficiencies, hazards, and fraud encumbering current options.
Mike Michalowicz
MAY 29, 2013
'I drove into a parking lot in Westfield, NJ and was greeted by this notice. This fund raising sign is packed with influence techniques. Can you find the 4 influences techniques and the one big thing it is missing (answers below)? 1. The name includes “United” which is a emulation technique (intentional or not). This fund benefits from the well recognized name United Way, subconsciously giving the gifter confidence. 2.
SiliconHills
MAY 29, 2013
'By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News Having a baby is incredibly special, and lots of parents want to capture those first few special moments on camera. But with the stress of having a baby, getting all the best moments on camera can be a difficult task. Founded in Mexico by Carlos Villaseñor, Biovideo [.] The post Mexican Startup Biovideo Spotlighted on Slice of Silicon Hills News appeared first on SiliconHills.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
MAY 29, 2013
'Tweet This is the latest addition to my Business Timeline , you can read the previous chapters here. I turned 30 in 2009. I had been back in Australia a year after traveling around the world for 8 months in 2008. After returning from overseas, I was presented with the opportunity to become a speaker.
Up and Running
MAY 29, 2013
'Entrepreneurs, beware of business plan writers who oversell. There are people who sell business plan writing as if the business plan itself — the formatting, the structure, the editing, the production values — will or won’t get investment. And that’s not true. . Nobody real will invest or not invest because of the production values of a document.
VC Adventure
MAY 29, 2013
'I should preface this post with the caveat that a VC describing what it takes to be a good VC runs the obvious risk of falling into a trap of vanity and lack of self-awareness. I hope I haven’t, but you be the judge… There’s been a real uproar over Andy Dunn’s recent missive slamming venture capitalists. In it Dunn asserts (I’m paraphrasing here and I’d encourage you to go read the full post) that 98% of VCs suck.
SiliconHills
MAY 29, 2013
'Wisegate, an IT research service, announced Wednesday that is has raised $3 million in funding. The Austin-based company also appointed Jamie Lewis, former Burton Group CEO, to its board of directors. “We are seeing tremendous momentum on all fronts of the company,” Sara Gates, Founder and CEO of Wisegate, said in a news release. “Wisegate [.] The post Wisegate Raises $3 Million in Funding appeared first on SiliconHills.
Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 29, 2013
'You do good work and people want to refer you. That’s the truth, but, hey, we’re all busy and sometimes we need a nudge, a reminder or even a tangible way to easily make referrals that make sense. photo credit: Hubert Burda Media via photopin cc. I’ve been pushing anyone that would listen to create boatloads of high quality, educational content. So, here’s your reward for taking me up on that.
SiliconHills
MAY 29, 2013
'Bloomfire has raised $2 million, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory filing. The Austin-based company closed on $8 million in funding in March from founding partners Austin Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. The latest funding comes from Silver Creek Ventures, according to TechCrunch. Since its founding in 2010, Bloomfire, which makes content sharing [.
Austin Startup
MAY 29, 2013
'Today''s Q&A Wednesday is with Meritful, who recently relocated to Austin in a rather amusing way.
Bryce Dot VC
MAY 29, 2013
'My talk from Next Berlin came online last night. It was an extension of the riff I had a while back about the Rise of the Independents. . This talk pushed that idea a little further calling for a Declaration of Independents. But given the time constraints and format, I wasn’t able to push it as far as I would have liked. I’ll plan to follow up with more of my thoughts on what a Declaration of Independents ought to look like and what impact it should have on the relationship between entrepreneur
VC Adventure
MAY 29, 2013
I should preface this post with the caveat that a VC describing what it takes to be a good VC runs the obvious risk of falling into a trap of vanity and lack of self-awareness. I hope I haven’t, but you be the judge… There’s been a real uproar over Andy Dunn’s recent missive slamming venture capitalists. In it Dunn asserts (I’m paraphrasing here and I’d encourage you to go read the full post) that 98% of VCs suck.
Business Plan Blog
MAY 29, 2013
'Earlier, we wrote a blog post on California passing legislation creating new business structures for social enterprise. In this post, we’ll discuss what exactly the triple bottom line approach to sustainable business (social enterprise) really is. Triple bottom line refers to the 3 “P’s” – Profit, People, Planet. It is a term often connected to companies that are actively engaged in eco-friendly policies or community interests.
Bryce Dot VC
MAY 29, 2013
'Rather than give you screen grabs of Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends report , here it is in its entirety. . Packed with rich data and deep insights.
aweissman.com
MAY 29, 2013
'"You didn’t always need to be the dazzler, the firecracker, the one who cracked everyone up, or made everyone want to sleep with you, or be the one who wrote and starred in the play that got a standing ovation. You could cease to be obsessed with the idea of being interesting" - Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings Sometimes I think we live in an age of amazing exceptionalism.
ConversionXL
MAY 29, 2013
'So you have a landing page – or maybe 87 of them. Too bad you’re screwing them up. Landing pages are easy – in theory. In the real world, landing pages are quite hard to get right. But now that it’s getting more and more difficult to make money via AdWords and other PPC channels, boosting conversion rates on your landing pages is more important than ever.
Jeff Hilimire
MAY 29, 2013
'I love this phone. I believe the Samsung Galaxy S4 (and possibly the HTC One, which I’ve only played with for a few minutes but seems very comparable to the S4) is the greatest phone built to date. And yes, its an Android. I switched to the Nexus 4 Android phone in early April, mainly because of the insistance of this guy. And I expect I’ll be an Android guy for the foreseeable future because the UI is on par with Apple now and almost every app I want, Android now has.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 29, 2013
'by DJ Miller. Social media sites are invaluable resources for connecting with customers from around the world. When used correctly, your social media accounts will help you form strong bonds of loyalty and reach out to new customers. A single mistake can destroy you, though, so it’s important to understand exactly how to use social media for the best results.
ReadWriteStart
MAY 29, 2013
To be a successful startup company, you don’t always need to enter the biggest, sexiest industry you can find. Some of the most interesting startups these days are finding ways to disrupt what is old, stodgy and stagnant. Take a look at the most recent TechStars Boston class. Of fourteen companies , about a third of them are targeted towards disrupting old industries rife with inefficiency, old business models and decades-old practices.
Venture Chronicles
MAY 29, 2013
'Like many I watched the kabuki theater that is Congress perp walk Apple CEO Tim Cook in front of a committee to berate the company for legally applying the tax code that Congress created to preserve cash using the offshore entities the income was earned in. I was left with the question “would Congress have dared bring Steve Jobs in front of a committee in this manner?
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