The Next Web
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'Rick Boerebach is a co-founder of ZEEF.com , a curated link directory built by passionate experts. He has a background in affiliate marketing and development and is a startup enthusiast in general. If your startup’s goal is to sell a product or service but you’re having a hard time with your revenue model, affiliate marketing might be the perfect match to give you that much-needed boost.
deal architect
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'Talking to a CIO a few weeks ago, I was struck by the realism and humility of one of his comments “Innovation technology in our vernacular happens in the business. We (IT) have to earn our place in those projects.
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Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'An entrepreneur is literally “one who creates a new business.” The best new businesses are ones that have never been done before, so mastering creativity and recognizing creativity are key skills and mind-sets. But how does one recognize and nurture creativity in a person or team? In researching this question, I found a book by Bryan Mattimore, “ Idea Stormers: How to Lead and Inspire Creative Breakthroughs ,” which outlines well eight attributes of the most creative people, which seem to match
deal architect
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'With the whole world going digital, it is fairly poignant that in the last couple of years we have seen dead-tree books which profile three of the technology industry’s most powerful executives – Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos and Larry Ellison.
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
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'by Morgan Sims. Running a startup company takes blood, sweat, and tears. It could take years to build a solid foundation, with every step toward success feeling like a failure. Once you’ve planted your feet firmly on stable ground and have a clear sense of direction, though, you can start expanding your team and delegating tasks to other experienced professionals.
deal architect
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'I was pleased to learn Infor has hired ex IBMer, Nicole Anasenes as the company’s new CFO. She will join several other ladies in the executive suite including COO Pam Murphy, SVP of Global Support Marylon McGinnis, and SVP of.
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YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'Crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter have become a funding option for innovators with interesting products that may not see the light of day if they have had to rely on traditional funding methods such as obtaining a bank loan or getting investment from backers. For those with a dream and a viable idea, Kickstarter gave hope. Since its launch in 2009, Kickstarter has since seen explosive growth in the number of projects launched.
Version One Ventures
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'It was my first day at Version One when I realized that finding “ VC-fundable ” startups would not be easy. Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures, posted a brilliant analysis on why VCs have to look for billion dollar companies (“unicorns”) to deliver acceptable returns, and how rare it is to invest in one: “The odds are somewhere between catching a foul ball at an MLB game and being struck by lightning in one’s lifetime.”.
Gust
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'Unfortunately, VCs do not typically review business plans. Instead they look at a brief summary, and then decide if they want to invite you in for a meeting. And because VCs, particularly the larger ones, receive many hundreds (or even thousands) of business plans each month, most submissions that come in “over the transom” (that is, ones that are blindly sent to their general email address) don’t actually receive a response at all.
Mike Michalowicz
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'There is one common ingredient in every successful business venture, in every life changing invention and every extraordinary entrepreneurial endeavor: Every success started with a belief that it could be done.
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'Israel Lifshitz is the founder and CEO of Bring Your Own Device platform Nubo. In the corporate world, there has been an ongoing battle between people who want to use technology and people who want to control it. Personally, I believe that battle is coming to an end. The concept of “device management” is going to become as extinct as car phones and beepers.
crowdSPRING Blog
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'I’m a fan of The Walking Dead , a U.S. cable television series about surviving a zombie-infested world. What can entrepreneurs learn from a television show that features mindless, reanimated corpses with an insatiable hunger for human flesh? Surprisingly, there is much to learn. Here are ten fundamental lessons entrepreneurs can learn from the zombie apocalypse: 1.
The Equity Kicker
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'Everpix, a photo startup in San Francisco shut down recently and published a post mortem on The Verge. Andrew Chen responded to that with a thoughtful post about how the ‘funding goalposts continue to move’ Here’s the money quote: It’s been widely noted that investing milestones have evolved quickly over time: In 1998, you’d raise $5M Series A with an idea and not much else.
SiliconHills
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'IBM Wednesday unveiled its new product design studio in Austin, which will focus on designing software for a global audience. The 50,000 square foot studio will serve as the center for IBM’s software efforts in Big Data, cloud, mobile, social software and cognitive solutions. IBM designed the space to encourage collaboration and to bring together […] The post IBM Unveils New Design Studio in Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.
Growthink Blog
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'To read my article from this week’s Entrepreneur Magazine as to why , click here.
SiliconHills
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce and South by Southwest Interactive Wednesday named 12 companies to its 2013 Fall Austin A-List. The list includes companies categorized by their investment stage including emerging, growth and scale and they span a wide range of industries including big data, social, health and entertainment. The chamber releases it’s A […] The post Greater Austin Chamber and SXSW Interactive Name 12 Startups to Fall A-List appeared first on SiliconHills.
Jeff Hilimire
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'I’m big on having a game plan for your startup. Even way back when I was 22 and started Spunlogic in my dorm room at UNC-Charlotte , I had a game plan for where I wanted to take the business. That North star helped guide us over the next ten years to eventually achieve our goal of being acquired. What most startup game plans, or business plans, aren’t ready for is the eventual punch(es) in the face.
SiliconHills
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'It looks like AT&T will be the first to get its high-speed GigaPower broadband Internet network to customers in Austin. The company announced an initial roll out of its service to tens of thousands of customers in central, northwest, northeast, southwest and southeast Austin and city neighborhoods like French Place, Mueller, Zilker and Onion Creek. […] The post AT&T to Launch High-Speed Fiber Network in December in Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.
This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'I find the Mike Bloomberg NYC tech legacy story really fascinating. I mean, it makes sense, right? Tech entrepreneur mayor presides over NYC tech during an explosion in company creation, job growth and venture funding. Plus, we started all these tech schools, creating all these engineers, right? Only, that''s not quite the way it happened. Don''t get me wrong, I''m THRILLED that we''re going to have some new engineering campuses in NYC and that will pay dividends to the NYC tech community for y
SiliconHills
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
'Austin-based HomeAway just increased its presence in Asia with the acquisition of Bookabach Limited, a New Zealand-based vacation rental site. The world’s largest online marketplace for vacation rentals announced Wednesday that is has secured a 55 percent stake in Bookabach which has more than 8,000 property listings in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific islands. […] The post HomeAway Buys a Stake in Bookabach of New Zealand appeared first on SiliconHills.
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