Wed.Oct 29, 2014

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When Does a Private-to-Private Merger Make Sense?

Both Sides of the Table

'I’m pretty on record as saying I don’t think many private-to-private tech mergers make sense. They are often done from a position of weakness. Something in both companies isn’t working, which is why they come together. I often don’t believe in the therm M&A because in my experience mostly A works. But of course there are always exceptions.

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Digital.NYC: The First Ecosystem Hub

Gust

'On October 1st, 2014, after more than two years of partnership and development, Gust proudly joined the Mayor of the City of New York and IBM in announcing the launch of Digital.NYC , NYC’s new official hub for tech and startups. In the first 36 hours, mentions of the hub were viewed more than 42 million times on social media, and over 100,000 pages on the site were perused.

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What to Do When You Need a Disaster Loan

Up and Running

'In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, handmade decorations of encouragement hang from a tree overlooking some of the wreckage. When disaster strikes in your area and your business is affected, what’s next? For many small businesses, the future can be extremely uncertain. During the process of rebuilding, most small business owners will ask themselves if it’s time to apply for a disaster loan, or if that is a viable option for them.

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4 brands that built empires without traditional advertising

The Next Web

'Franklin Morris is a Senior Writer for Rackspace Digital—the digital marketing infrastructure specialists. The mom-and-pop shop on the corner probably doesn’t rely on traditional advertising (television, print, billboards, etc.) to bring in customers. Neither does your favorite local burger joint. But most iconic brands have hired an ad agency at some point on their upward journey.

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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

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NewCo Boulder: Open House Tour of Innovative Companies in Boulder

Feld Thoughts

'Forget those business conferences with long speeches and boring panel discussions. On November 18, Boulder’s most innovative businesses will open their doors to the public to celebrate Boulder companies who drive the networked economy. NewCo Boulder is a city-wide event that takes you right into the corporate offices of over 40 of the most innovative and successful companies around Boulder, offering attendees a tour rather than a company description packet.

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Difficult conversations will grow your product

The Next Web

'Nate Munger is a Customer Success Advocate at Intercom. This post originally appeared on the Intercom blog. An inherent challenge for all early stage startups is deciding whether to focus on growth or product/market fit. It’s a false choice, as Rob Go says in his post about this conflict. They both matter. Recently I had two very positive but very different customer interactions that demonstrated the types of conversation that can help you focus on both.

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Where would I go to invest in startups or emerging companies?

Gust

'The first question you need to ask is “What country are you in?” and the second is “Are you an Accredited Investor by that country’s standards?” If we’re talking about the US and you are NOT at the Accredited level ($1 million in investable assets, or $200,000 annual income), then for the moment you are actually not allowed to invest in privately held startups (emerging public companies, Read more >.

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PR Disasters: How Your Business Can Bounce Back (Tiger Woods Style)

Mike Michalowicz

'Who will ever forget the Thanksgiving of 2009? We awoke on Friday morning from our turkey induced slumber to find out that Tiger Woods’ wife beat him up overnight. Tiger laid on the ground with facial lacerations. His Cadillac was crashed into a tree. He was taken to the hospital in “serious condition” and then released later that day. His serious condition got worse, but not in a medical way.

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Digital.NYC: The First Ecosystem Hub

Gust

'On October 1st, 2014, after more than two years of partnership and development, Gust proudly joined the Mayor of the City of New York and IBM in announcing the launch of Digital.NYC, NYC’s new official hub for tech and startups. In the first 36 hours, mentions of the hub were viewed more than 42 million times on social media, and Read more >.

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Tools I use: 1Password

Eric Friedman

'A few years ago I took the plunge and started using 1Password for all my passwords and logins. At first I thought outfitting all my devices was expensive, but given the time savings its well worth it. The pricing model has changed slightly and the folks behind this amazing software, AgileBits , have even done free giveaways. In a nutshell 1Password is a password management tool that keeps all your login credentials safe.

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Clarify Lands $1M Financing

Austin Startup

'Clarify, an Austin-based startup offering a platform for audio and video search and analytics announced today that it has closed a $1 million seed financing with enthusiastic participation from Projector Ventures and Silverton Partners, and additional notable support from Austin-based Blake Chandlee together with several other early Facebook executives; Michael Rauchman, a pioneer in electronic trading; Brett Hurt, the founder of Coremetrics and Bazaarvoice; and Sam Decker, a founder of Mass Re

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Exploring Big Data and Executive Dashboards [Webinar Invitation]

Growthink Blog

'In my posts over the past few weeks, I have talked about the power of business intelligence dashboards, and why companies that use them enjoy triple the revenue growth and double the profit growth of companies that don’t. This is driven by the simple two facts that a) businesses today collect more data than ever before and b) wading through and making sense of it all is overwhelming as this data is collected and stored in multiple locations, including in CRM and ERP systems, in accounting softw

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Krimmeni Technologies Lands $11.7 Million in Venture Capital

SiliconHills

'Krimmeni Technologies, a cyber security firm, announced Thursday it has received $11.7 million in Series A funding from Third Point Ventures and Pelion Venture Partners. The startup makes ultra-secure communications technology for Cloud-based data centers and focuses on the Internet of Things market. As a result of the deal, Third Point Ventures Managing Partner Robert […] The post Krimmeni Technologies Lands $11.7 Million in Venture Capital appeared first on SiliconHills.

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6Qube Secures $100k in Financing From Lighter Capital in Just 19 Days

Austin Startup

'6Qube, a leading provider of internet marketing software and services, today announced that it has secured $100,000 in growth funding from Lighter Capital in Seattle. 6Qube will use the funding to fuel its sales and marketing efforts, and make key upgrades to its suite of technology products.

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Clarify Lands $1 Million in Seed Funding

SiliconHills

'Clarify, which makes audio and video search technology, announced Wednesday that it has closed on $1 million in seed stage financing. The Austin-based startup received funding from Projector Ventures, Silverton Partners and “additional notable support from Austin-based Blake Chandlee together with several other early Facebook executives; Michael Rauchman, a pioneer in electronic trading; Brett Hurt, […] The post Clarify Lands $1 Million in Seed Funding appeared first on SiliconHills

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Email Is Lazy Communication

Babbling VC

'Don''t believe in email. No, don''t use it at all! It''s the easiest Form of communication but also the easiest way to go unnoticed. If at all, you''ll be responded to at the receiver''s pace and that hardly ever matches yours. . Everyone I work with hears me stress the importance of phone calls. There''s nothing better than getting someone on the line.

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Fresh from the SPRING: ?ravitejabhukya

crowdSPRING Blog

'When perusing our galleries here on crowdSPRING, we see some amazing work submitted in the projects. Today, we noticed this gem submitted in this logo project. Let us start the slow clap for ravitejabhukya. Check out more great work on ravitejabhukya’s profile page. Nicely done, ravitejabhukya, nicely done! Related posts: Fresh from the SPRING: bokomoslav.

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Spanning Acquired by EMC

Austin Startup

'Spanning Cloud Apps, Inc., the most trusted provider of data backup and recovery for cloud applications, today announced that it has been acquired by EMC Corporation. The company will continue to operate under the Spanning® Cloud Apps brand in Austin, Texas and will be the foundation of EMC’s “born-in-the-cloud” data protection strategy in its Core Technologies Division.

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Where would I go to invest in startups or emerging companies?

Gust

'The first question you need to ask is “What country are you in?” and the second is “Are you an Accredited Investor by that country’s standards?” If we’re talking about the US and you are NOT at the Accredited level ($1 million in investable assets, or $200,000 annual income), then for the moment you are actually not allowed to invest in privately held startups (emerging public companies, of course, you can buy on the stock market like everyone else.).

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10 Things All Founders Should Do in the Last Months of 2014

Up and Running

'The new year is fast approaching. What has your business accomplished in 2014, and what is still left to do? Whether or not you can believe it, 2015 is quickly approaching. What have you accomplished? Where has your business taken you? We asked 10 entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) to share how they are spending the end of the year. 1.

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Where Does VC Money Actually Come From? [Flowchart]

View from Seed

'This post was originally published on the personal blog of NextView founding partner Lee Hower. Lee’s posts also appear regularly on View From Seed. Subscribe here for more. Most folks reading this will know that many startups were built in part with the help of venture capital. Most attention goes to tech companies ranging from Google to Genentech, but some non-tech companies like FedEx and Starbucks also raised VC early in their lives.

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Where Do Venture Capital Dollars Actually Come From? This Visual Explains

Agile VC

'Most folks reading this will know that many startups were built in part with the help of venture capital. Most attention goes to tech companies ranging from Google to Genentech, but some non-tech companies like FedEx and Starbucks also raised VC early in their lives. However, many folks probably don’t think about exactly where those VC dollars that help fund startups actually come from.

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Entrepreneurs Thrive On The Learning Curve

Startup Professionals Musings

'In today’s fast moving world of business startups, learning trumps knowing every time. What established businesses know through experience keeps them from looking for the new and innovative ways to do what they do better, cheaper, and faster. I’m convinced that’s why most mature companies are slowing down or buying their innovation through acquisition, rather than building it.