deal architect
JULY 29, 2013
'Two large agencies, Publicis and Omnicon, announced a merger yesterday. Famous brands such as BBDO Worldwide, Leo Burnett and Saatchi & Saatchi will be part of the new empire. With merged revenues of $ 23 billion, it will become the.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 29, 2013
'Entrepreneurs often get the advice from their lawyers and friends to always get a Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA or CDA) signed before disclosing anything about their new venture. Most investors and startup advisors I know hate them, and refuse to sign them. Who is right? Let me try to put this question in perspective. If you are totally risk-averse, then push to always get signed NDAs.
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YoungUpstarts
JULY 29, 2013
'by Meng Weng Wong, co-founder and social engineer at JFDI Asia. You’re supposed to demo the business, not just the product. The investors who come to Demo Day might nod politely when you talk about the features of your product. But they’ll sit up and pay attention when you talk about the customers and revenues of the business. You’re in dialogue with the marketplace.
Mike Michalowicz
JULY 29, 2013
'In this episode of On A Roll, Mike Michalowicz explains why you need to excel at the little things. Customers don’t notice the big things you do right, because they expect you to do it right. It’s the little unexpected things that can wow a customer. Focus on being the world’s best at the little things.
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
YoungUpstarts
JULY 29, 2013
'Or, the smart geek’s guide for using technology to become annoyingly productive compared to the average Joe. That’s right, there are ways that a person can leverage technology in order to help manage our day-to-day tasks – whether it’s dealing with a deluge of emails, scheduling online meetings and appointments, managing your social media channels or booking travel arrangements – there’s an app (or three) for that.
The Next Web
JULY 29, 2013
'Marco Gomes is the founder of social media advertising company Boo-box , which reaches 60 million people in Brazil monthly with ads from clients like Google, Unilever, Volkswagen and Microsoft. He’ll be speaking at our upcoming TNW Conference Latin America , which takes place on 28 and 29 August in São Paulo, Brazil. In the run-up to the conference, we caught up with Gomes to find out about what it’s like to do business in Brazil, how foreign companies should approach the market, and what we ca
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Eric Friedman
JULY 29, 2013
'Over the past few months many new folks have joined my team (sales & revenue). I keep reminding others that have been around awhile that being open to questions in the early days of someone starting sets the tone for the future. I ask that new folks to ask as many questions as possible, and anyone should feel free to answer. Doing so encourages a culture that asks questions and communicates.
The Equity Kicker
JULY 29, 2013
'I just read a great post on Quora which contends that every startup needs a great product picker – i.e. a person with a Steve Jobs like ability to know what customers want and what is going to make a product successful. I couldn’t agree more. Here at Forward we look for great products with a compelling customer value proposition (a compelling value proposition is one where the customer benefits are significantly greater than the cost).
SiliconHills
JULY 29, 2013
'The year-old San Antonio startup TrueAbility, which tests people for their technical aptitude, closed on $2 million in funding led by Austin Ventures. The company, founded by former Rackspace employees, also received money from the Cloud Power Seed Fund 2013, a special San Antonio fund set up to invest in TechStar Cloud companies. TrueAbility previously [.
Up and Running
JULY 29, 2013
'In an economy where the markets are swinging up and down, one of the most valuable commodities you can possess is space, especially in and around cities and towns. But all too often we waste space, not really using every spare foot to its maximum capacity. If you have an office the chances are you have lots of extra room, even if you don’t realize it yet.
SiliconHills
JULY 29, 2013
'Want to know about the future of home automation? Then check out WigWag, an Austin-based startup that has created a home automation system based on smart sensors. The sensors can adjust lighting depending on the time of day and automatically start the coffee pot in the morning or turn up and down the thermostat. “WigWag [.] The post WigWag Wants to Help You Make Your House Smarter appeared first on SiliconHills.
Duct Tape Marketing
JULY 29, 2013
'How to Become a More Productive Writer written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing photo credit: darkmatter via photopin cc. You might note that the title of this section doesn’t mention becoming a better writer. Here’s what I know – if you become a more productive writer, if you start to see the benefit of consistently sharing your ideas through your writing, you’ll become a better writer.
SiliconHills
JULY 29, 2013
'Austin-based Bloomfire, maker of a web and mobile knowledge sharing app, made the list of 2013 Hot Vendors in Social Business in a report by Aragon Research. Aragon Research focused on vendors who are driving forward with solutions that socially enable a business process or function. They named five vendors to their 2013 list — [.] The post Bloomfire Named a 2013 Hot Vendor in Social Business appeared first on SiliconHills.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
JULY 29, 2013
'What Motivates You Enough To Work On A Friday Night… You know the power of a deadline right? On Friday night I was in my short term rental apartment in South Yarra Melbourne. It's a cosy modern little apartment, a little bit dark and small, but perfectly suitable for my month-long visit. Normally on a Friday night I avoid work.
SiliconHills
JULY 29, 2013
'Austin-based SolarWinds announced Monday that the software company plans to repurchase up to $50 million worth of its common stock. “This share repurchase reflects the confidence of our management team and board of directors in the long term growth strategy that we have laid out and are executing on for SolarWinds,” Kevin Thompson, the company’s [.
Austin Startup
JULY 29, 2013
'Famigo, a company providing safer experiences for children on mobile devices, today announced it has formed a strategic partnership with Mobile MUM, a provider of premium video content and educational apps for kids. Collectively, with the assistance of the developer community, Famigo can now ensure families, telecom carriers and OEMs have access to the newest child appropriate content available for mobile devices.
The Next Web
JULY 29, 2013
'Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. It’s part two of a series, cross-posted from his own blog , in which he draws on his experience to offer advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in Europe and beyond. You can follow him on Twitter, where he is @ChristianReber. Here’s part 2 of my series of blog posts about my learnings from starting 6Wunderkinder and creating Wunderlist.
Scott Edward Walker
JULY 29, 2013
'I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting articles, posts and podcasts relating to entrepreneurship and startups, M&A and legal issues. Below are my five most popular tweets for the past two weeks. Cheers, Scott. . Top 5 Tweets. love this RT @nabeel : On competitors. Startup CEOs read this today. bit.ly/122ip3h @tonystubblebine. “Airbnb was our first round of funding!
Jeff Hilimire
JULY 29, 2013
'I just finished the book, Superboys ( Amazon affiliate link ), which tells the story of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the original creators of Superman. It’s a fascinating story mostly because of how difficult it was for them to get Superman off the ground (pun intended, particularly because Superman didn’t even fly until years after he was created).
Venture Chronicles
JULY 29, 2013
'Back in June I wrote a post about my plunge into the world of Chromebooks. I thought it would be a good idea to provide an update on that experience and highlight the reasons why I am putting it on the shelve, or more precisely handing it over to my son… First the good, which is that it really is a viable alternative to Mac and Windows. Almost everything we use these days is browser based so running a sub-compact laptop that relies exclusively on a browser for applications is workable.
Steve Blank
JULY 29, 2013
'That he which hath no stomach to this fight, let him depart…We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. William Shakespeare, Henry Vth. There’s been a lot written about the individual characteristics of what makes a great founder , but a lot less about what makes a great founding team and how that’s different from a great founding CEO. I think we’ve been imprecise in defining three different roles.
Growthink Blog
JULY 29, 2013
'A joy of my work is that I get to connect often with smart, “out-of-the box” and impressive businesspeople that can be best described as "Investors – Entrepreneurs.” The most talented of these fine folks evaluate opportunities through the complementary perspectives of the two mindsets. As investors, they do so dispassionately - with the lenses of risk and reward, and of expected value.
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