Thu.Jul 25, 2013

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Welcome to The Frontier – An Ode To Startups

Feld Thoughts

'Following is a guest post by Zack Rosen , co-founder and CEO of Pantheon. Pantheon is building “A big badass platform that will run 30% of the Internet.” They are making it easy for professionals to build, launch, and run websites. Pantheon is one of the Silent Killers in our portfolio – and I’m immensely proud of the progress they are making and excited about their future.

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EIs look ahead to 2018

deal architect

'Gartner has been talking for a while about the ‘Nexus of four forces – Social, Mobile, Cloud and Information” Forrester warns “”Today’s Hottest Technologies Will Be Ho-Hum By 2015” Many of the customers I have interviewed this summer for the.

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11 Key Traits of the Best of the Best in Business

Startup Professionals Musings

'At some point in their life, hopefully everyone strives to be the best in their chosen profession. Most people think that being the best requires more intelligence, more training, and more experience. In reality, in business or even in sports, the evidence is conclusive that it is as much about how you think, as what you do. I saw this illustrated a while back in a sports excellence book called “ Training Camp: What the Best Do Better Than Everyone Else ”, by Jon Gordon.

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Big Data Panel

deal architect

'Excited to be part of a panel at the HP Vertica Big Data conference in Boston August 7. Chris Selland is moderating with Dave Vallente of Wikibon and Curt Monash of Monash Research. The day prior Billy Beane of the.

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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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List4.me, A Simple Collaborative Task List Web App

YoungUpstarts

'We’re all familiar with personal task managers or to-do list applications, but most of them are meant to be used in a personal, individual capacity. What if, for example, you had tasks that required someone else’s help to complete? Sure, a business type project management app has that kind of collaborative functionality, but such an app would be way too overpowered for simple use.

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I Need Writing Help!

Rembrandt Communications

'Take Advantage of Content Management – Even Without a Budget If you are a business owner, you know the importance of content marketing and SEO, or search engine optimization. It helps you: Provide value to customers and the search engines. Stand out from the competition. Build customer word-of-mouth. Boost credibility and sales and more! Who [.].

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Lean Startup Beyond the Tech Sector

Startup Lessons Learned

'Guest post by Lisa Regan and conference co-host Sarah Milstein. The Lean Startup methodology has its roots in the tech sector, where companies need to iterate quickly in order to survive. But the methods have expanded into nearly every industry we can name. In fact, at last year’s Lean Startup conference we had speakers from a number other sectors, including government, transportation, education and public health.

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Entrepreneurs gather in Eden for the first Summit Outside

The Next Web

'Last Friday, my friend Shak pathed, “Productivity at tech companies must be low today. Half the folks are headed to Utah while the other half are looking for an ice cream truck.”. Told to pack for a camping trip but not much else, 850 like-minded individuals showed up in Eden, Utah last Friday for the first Summit Outside event, hosted by the Summit Series team famous for its weekend retreats like Basecamp and Summit-at-Sea.

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Give Your Customers The Rules Of Engagement

Mike Michalowicz

'How do you want your clients to behave when you work with them? Do you need them to stay out your way? Do you want them to review your work as you progress? Do you want them to just relax and have fun while you take care of the work? Define your rules of engagement and present them to your client in away that will make them feel comfortable. Deliver that message in your own unique way, that is consistent with your Immutable Laws.

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How to Hire a New Employee and Make Sure You Don’t End Up Firing Them

David Teten

'(also posted in Forbes.). You just hired a new employee for $100K; congratulations! Recruiting is expensive. You probably spent 30-50% of her compensation recruiting her (her recruiting cost ratio ), and if she leaves early you’ll lose another 30-50% of her compensation recruiting her replacement. So how do you increase the odds that she says with you?

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Steve Case Visits Austin, Touts Entrepreneurship for Job Creation

SiliconHills

'Steve Case, head of Startup America, co-founder of AOL, CEO of Revolution LLC, and chairman of the Case Foundation, visited Austin on Thursday. During his visit, Case met with about 60 entrepreneurs, media and others during a session at Capital Factory, put on by Scott Robinson, head of Startup Austin, the local affiliate of Startup [.] The post Steve Case Visits Austin, Touts Entrepreneurship for Job Creation appeared first on SiliconHills.

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How to Hire a New Employee and Make Sure You Don’t End Up Firing Them

David Teten

'(also posted in Forbes.). You just hired a new employee for $100K; congratulations! Recruiting is expensive. You probably spent 30-50% of her compensation recruiting her (her recruiting cost ratio ), and if she leaves early you’ll lose another 30-50% of her compensation recruiting her replacement. So how do you increase the odds that she says with you?

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Kids Helping Kids Code: Apps for Attitude

SiliconHills

'By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News Joshua Singer and Abhinav Suri are the 16-year-old founders of educational nonprofit Apps for Aptitude. As they go into their junior year of high school in San Antonio, they are also meeting with mentors, applying for funding with the 80/20 Foundation, and looking for office space at [.] The post Kids Helping Kids Code: Apps for Attitude appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Facebook turns in a great set of results

The Equity Kicker

'Facebook reported strong Q2 results yesterday, bucking the trend in what has generally been a disappointing earnings season for large companies. For many people, Facebook is the company they love to hate, I suspect because of privacy concerns. That dislike often manifests itself in criticism of the company’s business model and long term prospects.

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The Critical Importance Of Targeted Mindset Training

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

'Tweet Next week I am releasing a brand new E-Guide called -. “Master Your Mindset: Productivity And Mindset. Training For Professional Bloggers” There will be an early release this weekend, so by the time you read this article you may be able to purchase the guide from here -. Master Your Mindset Order Page.

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ATC’s Battle of the Bands at Austin Startup Week

SiliconHills

'This week the Austin Technology Council announced plans to host the Battle of the Bands during Austin Startup Week. The event, in partnership with Austin Music People, will take place at the Mohawk will feature musical acts from Austin’s technology sector. “This is really a celebration of the two industries that drive our city: music [.

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Sabrina Parsons Answers Frequently-Asked Business Planning Questions

Up and Running

'There are a lot of questions to ask when starting your own business (and you’ll be asked plenty more by investors and customers along the way). Yesterday, Palo Alto Software CEO Sabrina Parsons gave an interview with Small Business Digest and answered many of the FAQs of startups. Throughout the interview, Sabrina details the challenges of starting and running your own business and the benefits of having a business plan.

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Turn “broadcast” into “engagement.”

Berkonomics

'We all know that the world of marketing has turned upside down these past years through the power of the Internet. College professors teaching marketing must be having a real challenge keeping up with the new channels of communication, the relative values of advertising buys in this new world, and explaining how to make the most out of these cheaper and more powerful channels.

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Mentoring With LivePlan: Success Story

Up and Running

'From left to right: David Calderon, Ismael Kotob, Maricela Sandoval, Mike Roessler. Earlier this year, the California Business and Entrepreneurship Centers partnered with the world’s leader in business planning, Palo Alto Software , to provide any California community college instructor who taught entrepreneurship (or high school instructor affiliated with a Youth Entrepreneurship Program) with a free copy of Palo Alto Software’s “Start, Run & Grow Your Business” turn-key entrepreneurship

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More Words of Wisdom from Marc Andreessen

Scott Edward Walker

'To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our series “ Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week we share a favorite video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we again present Marc Andreessen , one of my favorite investors (as a result of his raw intelligence and extraordinary vision). In this fascinating interview by Dave McClure , the founding general partner of 500 Startups , Marc shares some solid nuggets for entrepreneurs, incl

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3 Day Startup San Antonio Accepting Application

SiliconHills

'3 Day Startup San Antonio is taking applications for its next program, which will take place on August 9th and run through August 11th on the 10th floor of Geekdom at the Weston Centre in downtown San Antonio. The deadline to apply is July 21st at midnight. The 3 Day Startup program is a three [.] The post 3 Day Startup San Antonio Accepting Application appeared first on SiliconHills.

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8 Tips for Making Real VC Connections

Early Growth Financial Services

'“How can I connect with investors?” is one of the most common questions I hear from early-stage entrepreneurs. “Connect” is a good word to use. If you’re looking for funding, you don’t just want to “meet” investors, shake their hands and give them your quick pitch. You want to “connect” with them, to really make a deeper connection So how do you do this?

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Parlevel Systems Brings the Internet to Vending Machines

SiliconHills

'By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News With so many things connected to the Internet today, it’s sometimes surprising when certain machines get left behind. In this case, it’s our old friend the vending machine. To this day, many vending machine owners have to guess when to go out and refill machines and hope [.] The post Parlevel Systems Brings the Internet to Vending Machines appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Pari Passu or F.U.little guy

Professor VC

'Mike Markkula presenting Steve Jobs with first investment in Apple I recently watched an excellent documentary on PBS, Something Ventured: Risk, Reward, and the Original Venture Capitalists. It is the story of the founding of the venture capital industry in Silicon Valley and features many of the iconic companies created including Apple, Intel, Genentech and Cisco.

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Bigcommerce Raises $40 Million from Revolution Growth

SiliconHills

'Bigcommerce, a site that lets anyone create an online store, raised $40 million from Revolution Growth. Steve Case, co-founder of the Revolution Growth fund and founder of America Online, will also join Bigcommerce’s board. The Austin-based company, founded by Eddie Machaalani and Mitchell Harper in 2009, has raised $75 million to date. Bigcommerce’s software has [.

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The secret to learning anything…

Jeff Hilimire

'Einstein wrote this to his son: That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice that the time passes. I couldn’t agree more with this. If you’re passionate about something and it brings you enjoyment doing it, there’s no limit to what you can learn or how much you can achieve.

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An MVP is not a Cheaper Product, It’s about Smart Learning

Campus Entrepreneurship

'Reblogged from Steve Blank: A minimum viable product (MVP) is not always a smaller/cheaper version of your final product. Defining the goal for a MVP can save you tons of time, money and grief. Drones over the Heartland. I ran into a small startup at Stanford who wants to fly Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) with a Hyper-spectral camera over farm fields to collect hyper-spectral images… Read more… 811 more words.

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Twitter Link Roundup #189 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

'Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Boyfriend’s BestFriend App | Student Startup

Campus Entrepreneurship

'Capital One Cross Campus Challenge has some great #student entrepreneurs out there. The idea below is one that one of my students floated a couple years back, she didn’t go after it. Glad to see this team from Hofstra and their Boyfriend’s BestFriend app won the grand prize.

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Shut Up & Social Listen

Duct Tape Marketing

'Shut Up & Social Listen written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is Shay Wright – Enjoy! At any given moment, there are literally millions of different conversations happening online, and some of these conversions could actually be related to your specific product or brand.