YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

'The greatest challenge of our “social age” isn’t to grow the largest fan or follower base. Neither is it to achieve the greatest reach or “virality” in one’s digital campaign. Rather, the challenge is this – how can we transform fans and followers on social networks into actual money paying customers? While Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have found ways to monetise their platforms, many are still figuring out ways to connect the social web with the corpo

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2013

'Angel investors and venture capitalists don’t invest in non-profits. The simple reason is that it’s impossible to make money for investors when the goal of the company is to not make money. Yet I still get this question on a regular basis, so I’ll try to outline the considerations in common-sense terms. A non-profit organization is generally defined as an organization that does not distribute its surplus funds to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its goals.

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deal architect

OCTOBER 13, 2013

'On the anniversary of GE’s launch of the Industrial Internet, CEO Jeff Immelt presented an update last week in Chicago. You can watch his full talk here. Couple of things stood out from an outsourcing industry POV As I wrote.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

'Here’s some good and bad news for Singapore – the good news is, cybercrime incidents in the country this year as reported has dropped by almost 25%. The bad news, however, is that those who do fall to cybercrime are losing so much more than before. According to the latest 2013 Norton Report by Symantec, the number of online adults who have experienced cybercrime has decreased from 48 percent in 2012 to 37 percent this year, but the average loss per victim has skyrocketed by 75% at S

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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

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

'The Entrepreneur’s Foundation of Colorado, the Living Green Network, and Mocavo are hosting a roofdeck bash on Halloween to benefit first-responder families and local farms devastated by the recent Boulder-area flood. Let’s rally the entrepreneurial community together and raise some money for those in need. I’ll be there to support the cause and would love for you to join me.

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 13, 2013

'The minority is embraced by the majority, if the minority is just one. I went to a white grade school. And when I say white, I mean WHITE. Every student, every teacher, and every lab rat was white. One day, in third grade, and black student joined the mix. David was instantly the coolest kid in school. Everyone wanted to be David’s friend. Everyone wanted to hang out with him.

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 13, 2013

'By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News At TEDxSanAntonio, Nick Longo, co-founder of Geekdom, walked onto stage, sat on a chair and started to read from a book labeled “Hope, Dream and Inspire.” But the story he told wasn’t a fairytale. In fact, it was Longo’s own entrepreneurial journey and how his experiences and […] The post Finding Your Noble Cause appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 13, 2013

'A Night Spent Exploring Kickstarter Campaigns, My Love Of Science Fiction, All Wrapped Up In A Powerful Business Lesson… It is no secret that I'm a bit of sci-fi geek. That is probably not too big a shock to you, given I walk in some fairly geeky circles already as a blogger. I might be stereotyping, but I suspect … Read the rest of this entry » The post My Sci-Fi Confession And How Kickstarter Is Changing The World appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com.

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Babbling VC

OCTOBER 13, 2013

'It''s kind of odd that I write this since I neither feel old nor think I have changed that much in the past 10 to 15 years. At the same time, I realize that I have done many things which I said I''d never do. I ended up getting married, getting a dog, planning for kids, may be buying a house soon and leaving the city for the suburbs. Heresy to my 25 year old self.now something I consider or have already done.

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Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 13, 2013

'“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar Welcome to our weekly series “ Motivational Clips for Entrepreneurs.” Each week, we share a favorite video clip to inspire and motivate entrepreneurs. Why? Because we know how tough it is being an entrepreneur; and whether you’re launching your venture, trying to execute on your business model or raising funds, you need a little juice to help you push the ball f

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 13, 2013

'Claudio Gandelman is the CEO and founder of Teckler. His career began in 1992 when he worked in the financial market at Banco Nacional in Brazil. Since then, Gandelman has served as the CEO of Match.com Latin America, founder of Keero.com , and has held strategic positions in companies in South America. Roughly 40,000 years ago, our ancestors made the earliest known cave painting in northern Spain.

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 13, 2013

'By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News TEDxSanAntonio spotlighted urban parks, courthouse architecture, mental illness, sex, death, jail, space exploration, entrepreneurship, antibiotic resistant bacteria and more on Saturday. A record 500 people attended the daylong event at Rackspace’s headquarters. They listened to 18-minute talks on the overarching theme “Minds Wide Open.

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