A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 18, 2015

A big, profitable company seems like the hardest thing for a small company to compete against. They have everything: money, brand, momentum, existing customers, press, product teams, distribution channels, expertise, market insight, analysts, sales offices, product features, and, by definition, a working business model. All a little startup has is a decent idea and extremely greasy elbows.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2015

by Andy Roe, General Manager of SurePayroll, Inc. As a startup founder, choosing office space is easier said than done. You need somewhere to hang your hat, but at the same time you can’t make a quick decision and hope for the best. You have to consider whether the space is functional, affordable and advantageous for attracting business and talent. Answering these questions will ensure that you are on the right track: What kind of company do you want to have?

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 18, 2015

One of my favorite things in the world to do is lay on my couch and read. Last night I finished Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance. I didn’t expect to love it because I’m usually disappointed by biography written about people who are still alive. I loved it and couldn’t put it down. I started it Sunday afternoon.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2015

By Rob Nelson, Founder and CEO at Grow. Netflix is revolutionizing the entertainment industry. With over 65.5 million subscribers globally, Netflix may overtake viewer numbers from the major television networks by 2016. The company plans to expand into Japan, China, Portugal, and Spain by the end of the year – marking only the beginning of their international expansion strategy.

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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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YFS Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2015

If you are looking to stand out in the social media world, you don’t have to come up with something unique or creative. You just have to be willing to put in the time.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2015

by Anthony Caliendo, author of “ The Sales Assassin: Master Your Black Belt in Sales “ Sales can be complicated! Whether you’re a career sales professional or just starting your first sales job, being a good salesperson can be frustrating and complex. Different factors contribute to sales complexity: being able to find the right lucrative opportunity. having access to the right resources. selling the right product or service that appeals to businesses and consumers. developing effect

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2015

Remote working is a concept that is becoming more and more popular with lots of different companies and workers. It works for a number of reasons for both the employer and employee – it aids flexibility, less office space is required and there’s no need for a commute – being just some of the main advantages. However, many employers and employees also may be concerned about network safety and security when working this way.

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YFS Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2015

You can either play it safe or become successful, but you can’t do both. Entrepreneurship can be a dream come true, but you must know these truths.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2015

Though a quick ad, like the one in the video, can barely touch on it, the Ford Transit has immense storage and organization power which today’s diverse small businesses can take advantage of. If you want to Work Smart with Ford Transit, like the amusement company owner in this campaign, take a look at how he maximizes his space in the Transit. Not only does the robust Transit engine (one of three possible engines you can choose from) have significant towing power, the inside is spacious and equi

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Up and Running

AUGUST 18, 2015

Now that we’ve looked at advertising in Part 1, it’s time to consider the situations in which you may be directly contacting your customers to advertise or market your products, and collecting their information to do so. Collecting customer information will be done in different ways online and offline, and has a number of different legal and privacy issues tied up in it that you need to consider.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2015

by Cameron Johnson. The world is made up of many different people, and with all those people from many different walks of Earth, comes vastly different personalities. When creating a sales pitch for different personalities, it is common to find that there will be many benefits to follow, namely an increase in sales. Creating different pitches for varying personalities is synonymous with finding the correctly fitting shoe; when the two match, there is a confidence that a good decision is being m

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 18, 2015

Welcome to the second annual issue of Silicon Hills News’ print magazine focused on the expanding Life Sciences industry in Austin and San Antonio. It’s truly amazing to see the growth in this industry locally during the last few decades. And to know that Texas is one of the leading states overall in the biotechnology […] The post Silicon Hills News’ Second Annual Life Sciences Issue Now Available appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 18, 2015

This is likely the most misunderstood concept circulating in modern day society. Being in control means that all the elements of your life are easily managed by you. Effectively you have all the dials of your life laid out in front of you and can turn them up or down as you wish. Being in control means you have direct influence over your health, income, relationships, job, family, spirituality, and emotions.

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Babbling VC

AUGUST 18, 2015

There have been multiple angles when it comes to reporting on wearables. They were all "dying" after a report came out last year. Now again, people are arguing that the days are numbered for wearables. Unfortunately, two years in a row people are getting it wrong and will continue to do so. . Let's start off with a definition. For me and the purpose of this post, I am referring to "wearables" as encompassing anything you wear to either track fitness, get notifications or measure health, etc.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 18, 2015

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Early Growth Financial Services

AUGUST 18, 2015

Originally published on Inc. LinkedIn is bigger than ever as a business tool. Are you actually making the most of it? Eleven entrepreneurs offer their best advice. LinkedIn is a powerful social network—not just for making connections, but for sharing content, recruiting talent, and keeping customers in the loop. We asked 11 successful founders from the Young Entrepreneur Council to divulge their favorite hacks to get more out of LinkedIn. 1.

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Venture Chronicles

AUGUST 18, 2015

I purchased an Amazon Dash button recently. It’s a clever product concept and an example of a headless device that will be a major theme in the emerging Internet of Things movement. The Internet of Things represents a massive shift in how we will consume services. I would assert that we will reorganize the existing Internet around three functional Internets: The Web: This is what we know today.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 18, 2015

Today’s WSJ features a blistering critique of the recently shuttered Moxie Center for Student Entrepreneurship at UC San Diego’s School of Engineering. The tagline for the center was dream, design, develop and Ken Kuang’s WSJ piece , Teaching Entrepreneurs to Dream , mocks the center, its results, and higher education’s approach to entrepreneurship.

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Brandanew

AUGUST 18, 2015

The days when offices banned Facebook fearing the loss of productivity are not so far back. And it’s most interesting to now see the same firms on Facebook sharing status updates and actively building their fan following. The scenario has changed drastically within a few years as the far reaching potential of social sites is being experienced and explored.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2015

This summer I had the extreme pleasure of watching one of the funniest, funnest and most insightful documentaries in a long time: Supermensch. If I had one wish for all startup employees it would be that you watch this film. It’s not for everybody: it condones sex, drugs and rock & roll. But please read on before deciding. Supermensch (I won’t give anything away here other than high-level, obvious storyline of film) is about the life of Shep Gordon, one of the most revered talent

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