Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2015

'We live today in a golden age of writing and resources for entrepreneurs. There are books on most (but not yet all) of the critical topics about startups, and of course a massive amount of information on blogs and Twitter. Elite VCs - from Brad Feld to Reid Hoffman to Peter Thiel - write books and tweet constantly (or at least one does). As the ecosystem develops, this information is getting more and more specialized, which is awesome.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 13, 2015

'How to Use Marketing Automation Throughout the Customer Journey written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Today’s Guest Post is by Sarah Burke – Enjoy! The customer’s journey is often defined in 3 stages: Awareness, consideration and decision. For small business owners and marketers, keeping track of each and every customer, and where they are in this journey, is one of our biggest struggles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2015

'According to most definitions, an entrepreneur is one who envisions a new and different business, meaning one that is not a copy of an existing business model. Many entrepreneurs have a passion and an idea, or even invent a new product, but are never able to execute to the point of creating a startup. Even fewer are able to grow the startup into a viable business.

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deal architect

MARCH 13, 2015

'Throughout March, in NDA settings and at more formal events, I am getting a chance to talk to executives at E2Open, Infor, Microsoft. NetSuite, Oracle, Plex, Rimini Street, UNIT4 and Workday. As with all the spring games being played all.

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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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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 13, 2015

'by Nancy D. O’Reilly, PsyD, author of “ Leading Women: 20 Influential Women Share Their Secrets to Leadership, Business, and Life “. Fifteen years into the new millennium, we’ve all heard (and heard some more) that the ability to collaborate is a crucial skill in the global economy. And it’s not hard to see why. The problems faced by today’s organizations have gotten so incredibly complex that a diverse range of skill sets is needed to solve them.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 13, 2015

'I recently did a 10 minute video interview with Clint Bowers of VOLSTA. I like to do about one a month with someone I’ve never heard of before for two reasons: (1) to help them out with their content / business and (2) to learn from the questions that are on their mind and the words that come out of their mouth. I never prepare or look at the questions in advance – it’s all extemporaneous.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 13, 2015

'The following advice on choosing and working with co-founders originally came from Noam Wasserman, author of the legendary book Founder’s Dilemmas : Bringing in co-founders who have the technical expertise, sales background, or social connections that you lack; Creating a more diverse team gives you access to a wider, more diverse network; Avoiding co-founding with friends and family; the eventual conflict far outweighs the value.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 13, 2015

'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Signing up for a 401K or other retirement plan through a broker can feel like joining a religion: You’re trusting your future to a system you don’t entirely understand, managed by gatekeepers you’re giving money to but who aren’t always accessible, but you’ve decided to have faith […] The post Whurley’s New Venture, Honest Dollar, Unveiled appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MARCH 13, 2015

'Consider Attending the Creativity World Forum 2015. As many of you know I’ve participated in the annual State of Creativity Forum in Oklahoma for several years. I’ve written here previously about how effective their model is in getting broad-based involvement, participation, and attendance. This is arguably the most successful creativity conference in the world right now.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 13, 2015

'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Honest Dollar had a huge day Friday at SXSW, launching at pitch competition ReleaseIt at SXSW, winning that competition, then celebrating with a launch party at the W Hotel. The competition, in its second year, featured three minute pitches by 10 companies who are either launching at […] The post Honest Dollar Launched, Wins ReleaseIt at SXSW appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 13, 2015

'Mike Michalowicz was at MSNBC’s Your Business yesterday, to discuss pivoting, tax strategies, and other business strategies. Be sure to tune into MSNBC this Sunday at 7:30am ET (or set your DVR) to see the show! Mike Michalowicz getting ready to go on set… or become a camera man. Mike Michalowicz talking with JJ Ramberg, host of MSNBC’s Your Business.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 13, 2015

'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News The thing that makes Austin a great town for an international startup, according to Jean Belanger of Pruf Technologies who moved his Montreal company to Austin in 1994, is the character of the place. “The geography here is not spectacular,” he said. “Montreal is a more beautiful […] The post Austin: The New Gateway for International Startups appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Bryce Dot VC

MARCH 13, 2015

'“If you only have a hammer”, the saying goes, “you treat everything as if it were a nail”. My own hammer of late has been indie.vc. So, it’s no coincidence that I’ve seen a number of nails popping up these days. The sudden shuttering of GigaOm earlier this week has seemed to put a face to the challenges we’ve been trying to articulate and address with the indie.vc experiment.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 13, 2015

'In today’s web environment, we find ourselves working with a multitude of file types and sometimes it can be hard to keep track of all formats and install apps specifically to run them. This is where the need for a conversion app comes into play, however with numerous online file conversion tools, it’s important to focus on using such applications rather than focusing on the download of such apps.

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Up and Running

MARCH 13, 2015

'In his recent Reddit AMA, visionary and serial entrepreneur Elon Musk wrote: “It is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree—make sure you understand the fundamental principles, i.e., the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to.”. Whether you are contemplating starting a business for the first time or starting a new type of business, the most important tool you can have in your toolbox is knowledge.

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David Teten

MARCH 13, 2015

'I meet with a lot of people from the academic world, so I thought it would be helpful to summarize how ff Venture Capital works with universities. Our main goals are: to understand the cutting edge of new disciplines; meet potential founders/employees; and also to help the broader technology and research community. Currently, our relationship works along several axes.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 13, 2015

'Those of us who commute to work every day often find ourselves gazing at the people around us. Well, the photojournalist Rebecca Davis turned her gaze on the people she saw on her commute, on the NYC subway. She’s turned the still images into a powerful and moving video, that captures the everyday ennui of our daily commute. OK, now wake up!

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