Sun.Nov 20, 2016

article thumbnail

Don’t go dark

David Cohen

I’ve had a couple of situations lately where a portfolio company founder or CEO went dark on me. They just stopped communicating. Sometimes takes me a while to notice it. When I do, I usually check in with the person and just ask something like “Hey – I haven’t heard from you in a while, how’s it going?” Sometimes the response is benign, and all is more or less ok with the company and people in question.

Portfolio 125
article thumbnail

4 Disciplines Are Key To Perfecting Business Skills

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs seem more quickly frustrated these days when their “million-dollar idea” doesn’t turn into a sustainable business overnight. They don’t realize that it takes many skills to build a business under the best of circumstances, and today’s world of instant gratification doesn’t leave room for the patience and practice to develop these skills.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How 5G will change the way we use the web

The Next Web

The promise of 5G includes faster internet, greater mobile connectivity for businesses, and the ability to take futuristic digital experiences like VR and AR mainstream. With such limitless potential, the question becomes just how 5G will change the way people use their devices. To find out what’s coming, I asked a group of entrepreneurs from YEC the following question: How do you see 5G changing the way consumers or businesses use the internet in the next five years?

Web 131
article thumbnail

The Techstars Origin Story

Feld Thoughts

Greg Avery recently wrote a detailed story in the Denver Business Journal of the origin story of Techstars a decade ago. It’s unfortunately paywalled but comes with a video. For all of you who have participated in or supported Techstars to date, thank you! The post The Techstars Origin Story appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

Denver 132
article thumbnail

Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

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

article thumbnail

7 Takeaways from InnoTech Austin’s Creating a Welcoming and Inclusive Workplace for Women in Tech

SiliconHills

At InnoTech Austin, a day long series of sessions focused on Women in Technology. It included one on one mentoring meetings and lots of talks designed to help women succeed in the technology field. In the afternoon, Barbary Brunner, Chief Executive Officer of the Austin Technology Council, moderated a panel discussion on creating a welcoming […] The post 7 Takeaways from InnoTech Austin’s Creating a Welcoming and Inclusive Workplace for Women in Tech appeared first on SiliconHills.

Austin 124
article thumbnail

What will it take for your tech startup to raise $500,000 in Austin in 2017?

Austin Startup

$500,000 is about the minimum amount you need for one year’s runway. What kind of team, market, & product does it take to raise that much? Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

Austin 54

More Trending

article thumbnail

“…but I’ll be online later.”

Austin Startup

Life spent as a green dot chasing down red notifications. Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

Green 54
article thumbnail

What David Copperfield Can Teach You About Marketing

YoungUpstarts

Spellbound and mesmerised, the audience stared mouth agape as David Copperfield entered a coffin like box. His lovely assistant grabbed a couple of mean looking swords. One by one, she pierced them into the box. Gasps of horror emanated from the audience. Will he survive this death-defying stunt? What happens if the celebrity conjurer is lobotomized?

Marketing 125