The Next Web
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'Could $100,000 and the right developer skills make you an overnight billionaire? How much does it really take to build a product like Twitter or Instagram? With mobile development agencies and product incubators on the rise and more corporate “labs” spinning out each day, there’s no shortage of talent to help you build the next great Web or mobile app.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'By Bruce Hodes, author of “ Front Line Heroes “ I have run my own business and coached employees for years but the whole notion of calling meetings between employee and manager “progress meetings” is something I learned from Wayne. Wayne is the president of Keyne Insight, a firm dedicated to identifying and proving the concepts of execution management.
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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes. Welcome to Everything Entrepreneurship with Walter and Yaro , episode #8. This episode we focus on Q&A, with Colin Gray from ThePodcastHost.com asking us about his podcast hosting service and how it could be a viable business when hosting is so commoditized. Jared Easley from StarveTheDoubts.com sent me an email asking whether you could … Read the rest of this entry » The post How To Compete In A Commoditized Market Like Hosting, Should Yaro
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'We talk a lot about Customer Development, but there’s nothing like seeing it in action to understand its power. Here’s what happened when an extraordinary Digital Health team gained several critical insights about their business model. The first was reducing what they thought was a five-sided market to a simpler two-sided one. But the big payoff came when their discussions with medical device customers revealed an entirely new way to think about pricing —potentially tripling their r
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
deal architect
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'Jeff Bezos showed off to Charlie Rose on 60 Minutes the planned drone based home delivery while playing coy about availability. Om Malik and others speculate why the “pre-announcement”.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'by Brian C. Haggerty, founder of Brian Haggerty Speaks and author of “ Put That Cell Phone Down and Look Me In The Eye “ In business, your reputation is everything. You may have graduated first in your class, have earned a great many degrees or certifications, but if you lack the fundamental traits of character to establish a solid reputation, all of that is meaningless.
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YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'The annual Singapore International Foundation ‘s Young Social Entrepreneurs (YSE) program has seen some success over the years in helping inspire and enable youths of different nationalities to embark on social enterprises in Singapore and beyond. Some of the aspiring young entrepreneurs who’ve gone through the program have even secured funding to help them turn their ideas into an actual business.
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'If I was going to start a venture capital fund around a theme, I''d pick something a little different. Forget Enterprise, or Mobile. It wouldn''t be "networks" or any other standard classification of startup. No geographic focus. I''d start a fund around "Play". Play, it seems, is making a huge run and should be positioned for success for a long time.
Eric Friedman
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'I have been wanting to setup my own custom short URL for awhile and finally got around to setting up eric.mx. I was inspired by Mark Suster who uses bothsid.es. The process was simple; purchase your own short domain name and connect it to a short link service. My service of choice is Bit.ly , which allows you to do this for free and provides great stats – here is an example: [link].
Up and Running
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'Joe Fairless, founder of a consulting startup that failed due to lack of potential customers. Joe Fairless was an up-and-coming vice president at an ad agency in New York City. He was competing with the best of the best in business, but a few years into his fast-paced corporate life, his job wasn’t cutting it. “I wasn’t fulfilled,” he said. “I wanted out.
The Equity Kicker
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'This chart comes from the OECD who are widely respected for their forecasts. By 2060 they predict the Eurozone will be the fourth largest economy in the world after China, India and the USA. The USA will have fallen from first place to third. This change will bring profound shifts in global politics and trade rules. That’s inevitable given that China and India have very different ideas to the USA and Europe about what constitutes ‘fair’ trade. 2060 is still a long way off thou
Hunter Walker
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'Mattermark is a startup focused on analyzing private companies. While most of their data is only available via subscription, they’ve got a free daily newsletter that’s worth signing up for – do that here. Today’s newsletter listed the 25 fastest growing companies who’ve raised >$80m in investment capital. Mattermark notes that this is a potential “IPO List” for ~2014.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'If you are thinking about opening a franchise, be sure to watch our Google Hangout on “How to Choose a Franchise That’s Right For You” first. Palo Alto Software CEO Sabrina Parsons will host Joel Libava, The Franchise King and a long-time franchise purchasing consultant, for an hourlong chat on how to take the first steps towards successful franchise ownership.
SiliconHills
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'Nick Longo, founder of Coffeecup Software and co-founder of Geekdom, grew up in New York, really, really poor. He shoveled snow. He also sold briefcases from a warehouse on a corner in New York at the age of 13. He was hustling and making money. That’s where entrepreneurship started with him. He also served in […] The post Coffeecup Software Founder Nick Longo on Startup Grind San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills.
Jeff Hilimire
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'Well, Amazon is fast becoming the company that does the near impossible. I’m 80% through The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon and if there is one thing I’ve learned from it, its that Jeff Bezos thinks big. Very BIG. And this is no exception. I almost had to check the date to make sure it wasn’t April 1st.
Business Plan Blog
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'The Startup Toolkit Series: Guide To Raising Capital From Friends, Family & Founders. Every month, The Startup Garage will publish a free eBook in The Startup Toolkit Series. The first installment of this eBook series was Business Plan Basics. As a holiday bonus this month, we are publishing TWO eBooks in The Startup Toolkit Series. Guide To Raising Capital From Friends, Family & Founders.
The Startup Toolkit
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'The wonderful thing about failure on the internet is that nobody notices it happens. People notice your successes. They share and talk about your victories. Your failures just get skipped, ignored. It’s scary to ship stuff. For sure. But it’s harmless. Unless you’re a celebrity, nobody pays attention to your mistakes. That’s one of the greatest assets you have.
Austin Startup
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'December 5th at Molotov sponsored by Google Fiber.
Duct Tape Marketing
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'How to Honor Your Most Important Relationships written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing One of the things that technology has surely enabled is the ability to build a truly global network. photo credit: weeviraporn via photopin cc. People we call thought leaders and influencers can quite easily build a community following that numbers in the hundreds of thousands.
The Next Web
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'Yair Geva is a partner at Herzog Fox & Neeman , one of the leading Israeli law firms that has helped facilitate some of the major exits and deals in Israel within the past few years. This year marked a turning point in the Israeli-Chinese economic relationship, particularly in the Israeli-Chinese hi-tech cooperation. China is looking beyond natural resources; in Israel, Chinese companies are finding the technological advantage and innovative spirit that can help them compete in their domest
Mike Michalowicz
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'In the olden days – you know, the 80s and 90s – if you wanted to do business, you had to live and work close enough to population centers so that you’d have an ample pool of clients. Thanks to Skype, that’s not so for Wendy Kenney, President of 23 Kazoos Marketing and PR. She and her four dogs live in beautiful – and remote – Alaska, while she runs a successful business with clients all over the US.
Early Growth Financial Services
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'Originally posted in LifeHack. Ask The Entrepreneurs is a regular series where members of the Young Entrepreneur Council are asked a single question that aims to help Lifehack readers level up their own lives, whether in a area of management, communication, business or life in general. Here’s the question posed in this edition of Ask The Entrepreneurs: Failure can be pretty devastating but it’s part of business.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 2, 2013
'I’m not much of a television person, but my family loves one of the popular “reality” shows, called “ So You Think You Can Dance ,” so I’m sort of forced to watch it every week. Over time, I’ve concluded that even startup entrepreneurs can learn a few things from this one. Of course, you must ignore the pomp and circumstance of the TV staging. I’m on the selection committee of our local Angels group, so I know that every CEO approaching our group for funding goes through ten minutes of creative
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