Steve Blank
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'We’re deep into week 2 of teaching a Lean LaunchPad class for Life Sciences and Health Care (therapeutics, diagnostics, devices and digital health) this October at UCSF with a team of veteran venture capitalists. Part 1 of this post described the issues in the drug discovery. Part 2 covered medical devices and digital health. Part 3 described what we’re going to do about it.
Pascal's View
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'I first visited the Museum of American Finance a couple of years ago, and it is not only a great space,it is a useful resource for visitors interested in a wide range of current exhibits on current capital markets topics, as well as documents and artifacts related to capital markets, money and banking. The collection includes stocks, bonds, currency, checks, prints, engravings, photographs, objects and books.
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YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'Despite the challenging US economy, the New York startup scene is burgeoning. And to capitalize on its meteoric challenge to Silicon Valley as the alternative location to startup up in the United States, the New York Venture Capital Association (NYVCA) will be presenting its annual INGENUITY conference on October 15, 2013. In its fourth year, INGENUITY has become one of the key events in New York that brings together investors, founders and other players in the NYC startup scene together to
The Next Web
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'Startup Stories is a series of short documentaries about TechStars companies hosted exclusively by The Next Web. This time, we’re taking a look at Everlater, a startup founded by two childhood friends from TechStars’ home city of Boulder, Colorado. We follow them through well-paying jobs on Wall Street, through a spell traveling the world and on to the foundation of their startup.
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
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'We had a fascinating week trying to get everything figured out on our FG Angels initiative with AngelList. Our syndicate, which we are going to max out at $450,000, is currently right at $300,000 after one week. We are humbled by all the support and interest. Geir Freysson, founder of Five Hundred Plus , did a super cool visualization of some of the top syndicates and how the participants in the syndicate relate to each other. .
The Next Web
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'Looking to bring in some extra cash and extend your startup brand? From brand licensing opportunities to renting digital space, there are some creative revenue opportunities out there if you just know where to look. To learn more, I asked a panel of 10 successful young entrepreneurs the following question: What’s one unusual way startups can monetize their digital properties that’s worth exploring?
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The Equity Kicker
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'I’m now on day seven at Singularity University and we’ve just had a workshop on legal and ethical issues that will soon come from artificial intelligence. The backdrop is that computers are getting more intelligent all the time and it won’t be long before we have artificial intelligences (AIs) that do things which upset people. We looked at three examples: A military robot which killed six desert villagers who were carrying guns and didn’t respond to a siren alert but ot
Mike Michalowicz
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'In this episode of On A Roll, Mike Michalowicz shares how to lead a tribe or community of followers.
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'All of Rackspace’s customers will be hybrid cloud customers in the future, said Gerardo Dada, the company’s product marketing leader. San Antonio-based Rackspace, which calls itself the Open Cloud company and co-founded with NASA the Open Stack operating system, has seen its cloud computing business skyrocket in the past few years. The cloud lets customers […] The post Rackspace Sees All Companies Moving to the Hybrid Cloud appeared first on SiliconHills.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'Should You Pay for Referrals? written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Friday is “Question of the Week” day here at Duct Tape Marketing. Each Friday I’ll tackle a specific question I received via readers or in places where I’m speaking. Submit your question here and if we use it we’ll highlight you and send you a signed copy of Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit: Chris JL via photopin cc.
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News SalesVu’s Pascal Nicolas told the kind of story every entrepreneur fears, of draining his company’s investment money on trips to Dubai, and a useless valuation report, in expectation of a huge infusion from a United Arab Emirates investor. On a brighter note, Jagath Narayan of Orodoro told […] The post The Lure and the Danger of Seeking International Investment appeared first on SiliconHills.
Scott Edward Walker
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “ Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we share a favorite video of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we present Kevin Systrom , the co-founder and CEO of Instagram. In this solid interview by Kevin Rose (episode 16 of his Foundation series ), Kevin Systrom shares some extraordinary advice and nuggets for entrepreneurs, including the following: “I basically pitched
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'The Austin Startup Crawl, also known as ATX Startup Crawl, took place Thursday night showcasing more than 70 startups. And it was the largest startup crawl ever with more than 5,000 people registered to attend. The crawl kicked off at 5 p.m. with shuttles that ran until 10 p.m. to various venues scattered throughout downtown […] The post Snapshots from Austin Startup Crawl 2013 appeared first on SiliconHills.
Jeff Hilimire
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'I think I’ve adequately shared my happiness with being able to start Dragon Army within the Atlanta Tech Village to anyone who I’ve talked to in the last month and of course, on this blog. One of my favorite things is the tremendous amount of events that take place here. Case in point, on Wednesday night one of my favorite people and entrepreneurs in town, Michael Tavani (co-founder of Scoutmob ), participated in a fireside chat as a part of Startup Grind to talk about his entrepre
Bryce Dot VC
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'“The product was just two months old, its team still small, and, beyond the funds that came with their stint in Y-Combinator’s Winter 2013 class, they hadn’t raised much money. According to their AngelList profile, they were in the middle of trying to raise $750k.” - Any corp dev/recruiter worth their salt just added a new arrow to their acqui-hire quiver.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. How can established companies benefit from implementing Lean Startup? To answer that question, we hosted a webcast conversation earlier this week with Eric Ries, Brant Cooper, and Patrick Vlaskovits. We’d like to share a few highlights and invite you to join the ongoing conversation by posing questions for Eric, Patrick, and Brant in the comments to this post.
Pascal's View
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'David Weild and Ed Kim originally exposed and reported extensively on the long-term decline in U.S. equity capital market share of public listings relative to other emerging and developed global markets. Sadly, this graphic update confirms that the trend has gotten worse. The implications for American innovation are negative. New capital formation and new public equity listings are critical for economic growth.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 11, 2013
'Many startups and mature businesses have not yet adapted to the fact that customer satisfaction in this “always connected” age is more than product and service quality. It’s more about which customers broadcast their pleasure or unhappiness to others. With incredible ease, they can influence thousands or millions of potential new customers, or say nothing.
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