deal architect

JULY 16, 2015

I told John Sumser he was brave to use the term “stack” in an HCM context because it has been hijacked by the infrastructure software folks (e.g. Red v. Blue), but reading his firm’s new report (you can buy it.

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Software 265

Up and Running

JULY 16, 2015

An employee at Red Wagon Creamery serves up a scoop. Heart of Chocolate. Raspberry Rickey. Smoked Salt Caramel #6. Blackberry Cheesecake. Ready to scream for ice cream? Since its founding in 2010, Red Wagon Creamery has made significant leaps with its from-scratch, local-ingredient, artisanal ice cream. Beginning as a small red cart in Eugene, Oregon, today Red Wagon Creamery has a downtown storefront, local retail distribution, and online ordering.

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Oregon Prospectus Southern California California 115

The Equity Kicker

JULY 16, 2015

What follows is a generalised model for startup team building. Every company is, of course, different, but using this model as a starting point will, I hope, be helpful. Team structure in early stage ecommerce and marketplace companies is a function of manpower and skills necessary to build the company and the founder(s)’ skillset(s). Companies with lots of cash sometimes add people more quickly, but that drives the burn rate up, often without a compensating increase in the chance of succe

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eCommerce Burn Rate Early Stage Hiring 96

Up and Running

JULY 16, 2015

The process of securing funding for your business—whatever stage you’re at or field you’re in—can be challenging and stressful. But, gaining a clear understanding of what options are available and how quickly you can access them at short notice can prove crucial to business development. A full awareness of what is possible gives you more flexibility in planning for the future, and generally a greater capacity to react quickly to challenging circumstances.

Angel Investor 91

Angel Investor Venture Capital Finance Finder 91

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

Startup

YFS Magazine

JULY 16, 2015

When it comes to content marketing, online video is becoming an increasingly important medium for business promotion.

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Video Marketing Sales 102

OnlyOnce

JULY 16, 2015

Everything Is Data. As our former head of People, Angela used to say during the recruiting process, “Everything is Data.” What she meant is that you can learn a lot about a candidate from things that happen along the way during an interview cycle, not just during the interviews themselves. Does the candidate for the Communications role write a thank you note, and is it coherent?

Employee 83

Employee Sales Management 83

Mike Michalowicz

JULY 16, 2015

As an entrepreneur, you probably know how crucial getting people to your site can be. And chances are, you have read a lot of advice on how to get people attracted to your site. There is a lot of information and advice on the best ways to build a following or keep people coming back to your site. Believe it or not, though, the key to building long term Web traffic is not found in gimmicky phrases or those that promise the deepest savings or best customer service!

Web 73

Web Naming Restful Customer 73

Berkonomics

JULY 16, 2015

Several times a month, I’d have lunch with one of my CEOs, and each time we’d find ourselves digging into the intellectual property developed by the company over the years, just to refresh ourselves about what the intended use was back then, and whether new developments or technologies might make these older ideas and patents relevant again. Since I have been involved at the board level with so many companies over the years, sometimes I can see connections that might be missed by a CEO with a s

Intellectual Property 66

Intellectual Property Internet Technology Email 66

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 16, 2015

5 Creative Ways To Build Your Business’ Brand written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. When we think about branding for business, we tend to consider only the most obvious examples such as our logos, names, perhaps the basic design and layout of our website. In doing so, however, we are neglecting all of the different customer interaction points through which we can establish our brand.

Social Media 57

Social Media Small Business Customer Naming 57

SiliconHills

JULY 16, 2015

SailPoint, which makes identity and access management software, Thursday announced it has reached an agreement to buy Whitebox Security, another software security company. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Whitebox Security, which has more than 70 customers, makes software that identifies and protects sensitive data against hackers and other breaches.

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Security Software Management Customer 56

Early Growth Financial Services

JULY 16, 2015

We had a lively webinar with Mary Juetten, Founder and CEO of TrakLight, on major mistakes that could sink your business. So you’ll have no excuses for making these, here’s a quick rundown of the session plus the full presentation deck to 10 Tips to Minimize Risk and Maximize Value. Business Risk #1 — Choosing the wrong form of legal entity Limiting your personal liability is one of the first things you should do.

IP 50

IP Valuation Founder Business Plan 50

Venture Chronicles

JULY 16, 2015

I was driving up Woodside Road last week and the KFC store had a huge “Hiring!” banner hanging on the front of the outlet. This caught my attention for two reasons. It’s well established that cost of living on the Peninsula is not amenable to the income generated by low skilled, fast food work. It just isn’t and raising the minimum wage or whatever you want to call it isn’t going to make a difference.

Design 40

Design Hiring Leadership Demand 40

Brandanew

JULY 16, 2015

Social Networks , when they first arrived in the scene over a decade ago, were dismissed by many experts as juvenile fads. They just grew too fast but did not know how to monetize. But marketers had a strange resource at hand, with access to millions of people. Some of them did wilt under the pressure of time and competition. However, some of them did not only sustain but thrived by figuring out the marketing potential of these networks.

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Social Media Media Social Network Campaign 168