VC Cafe
AUGUST 21, 2014
'Most times when I finish a meeting, I think to myself “that was such a great meeting. I’m so excited for what happens next” If your meetings aren’t ending like this, then you’ve just wasted everyone’s time. Here are a few lessons I learnt from having hundreds of business meetings in Australia, Chile, and the USA.
This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 21, 2014
'No one wants to be *that* founder--the non-technical founder poking around developer meetups asking for a unicorn with a Github account. It''s not that there aren''t great technical people willing to take a lot of risk to join a small team--it''s just that there are *so many* people out there looking for them that it''s hard to figure out who to take seriously.
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David Teten
AUGUST 21, 2014
'The world rains sugar on my children. The bus driver offers my child bubble gum. The teachers offer a cupcake for every birthday party. The school vending machine is full of junk food; so is the one at the Y. At camp, the counselors offer candy and a freeze pop at the end of the day.and craft activities like decorating a cookie or making a gingerbread house.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 21, 2014
'It’s popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. The common reason given is that this prevents any competitor from stealing their idea and beating them to market. In my view, this paranoid approach costs them much more than the risk of being open.
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
AUGUST 21, 2014
'According the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 60 percent of American photographers are self-employed freelancers running their own businesses. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that this number will grow in coming years, as salaried positions in the field dry up and more companies turn to freelance photographers to meet their needs. If you’re hoping to build a career in professional photography , starting a photography business might be for you.
Up and Running
AUGUST 21, 2014
'Why do so many businesses fail? According to a recent Forbes article , at the surface level, they simply run out of cash. It’s easy to get things wrong when you’re starting out and the article points out that 8 out of every 10 businesses fail within the first 18 months. Other factors that can contribute to a collapse include poor customer service, poor management, and unclear knowledge of the marketplace.
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Version One Ventures
AUGUST 21, 2014
'A community can make or break a marketplace. I owe much of the success of my former company, AbeBooks , to the passionate community of book lovers that came to our site. Considering more than 1/3 of Version One’s portfolio are marketplaces, I appreciate just how much a strong community can be one of the most powerful differentiators and growth drivers for marketplaces.
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 21, 2014
'Amy and I take a week off the grid every quarter. It is one of the things that has kept me sane and us together over the past 14 years. This morning I saw a great short clip from the Today Show that got forwarded around on the US becoming a no vacation nation. They include an interview with Bart Lorang discussing FullContact’s Paid PAID vacation policy.
The Next Web
AUGUST 21, 2014
'Johnathan Leow is the author of “The Crowdfunded Kit.” This post originally appeared on his blog. I commonly get asked what is the best crowdfunding website for your startup. In order to answer this question, we’ll have to first answer another question: Which crowdfunding model suits your project best? When I first started out, the only thing I knew about crowdfunding was that you have to put down a cash pledge in exchange for a nice reward.
The Equity Kicker
AUGUST 21, 2014
'As you can see from the chart above only 3% of mobile app developers are making more than $100k per month/$1.2m per year. Assuming the same power law applies as monthly revenues scale further it’s a fair guess that only 3% of that 3%, i.e. 0.1%, are making $1m+ per month or $12m+ per year. That’s one in a thousand making enough to be interesting as a VC backed startup.
The Next Web
AUGUST 21, 2014
'Andrew Fullerton is the VP of Sales at Emarsys. Digital marketers face a big question in today’s world – is it more important to acquire new customers, or retain and nurture their current customer base? It’s a conundrum companies have faced for years. Should marketers go out looking for new leads and improve sales prospects or develop a loyal and valuable customer?
Up and Running
AUGUST 21, 2014
'Method, the popular cleaning products company, is a registered benefit corporation in the state of Delaware. Image via methodhome.com. I recently wrote a post on social enterprise, discussing what it entails, and what some of the legal structure options are for a business when the focus is on a social mission. The benefit corporation option is one such legal structure.
Berkonomics
AUGUST 21, 2014
'Sean Ellis, the marketing guru behind DropBox and other successes, advises clients that “The most important question on a survey is, ‘How would you feel if you could no longer use this product?’” He goes on to quantify the response. If more than forty percent of the respondents say they would be “very disappointed,” the product should go viral and be a great success.
Up and Running
AUGUST 21, 2014
'One of the most important things a startup can do is make sure that they are keeping track of their data. In this webinar, we take time to discuss the different metrics that startups—and established businesses—should be tracking. Tracking metrics and making sure you know what’s going on with your business is crucial; it enables you to determine if your assumptions about your business are correct, if your financial and marketing strategies are working, and ultimately allows you to make the
Version One Ventures
AUGUST 21, 2014
'A community can make or break a marketplace. I owe much of the success of my former company, AbeBooks , to the passionate community of book lovers that came to our site. Considering more than 1/3 of Version One’s portfolio are marketplaces, I appreciate just how much a strong community can be one of the most powerful differentiators and growth drivers for marketplaces.
Duct Tape Marketing
AUGUST 21, 2014
'How to Get More Customers for Free This Week Through Google written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. It’s guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest post i s from Erik Larson – Enjoy! . You’re getting frustrated. You see neighboring businesses, competitors, and everyone else get customers through their door, and you’re getting nothing.
ConversionXL
AUGUST 21, 2014
'Reducing churn is critical to the success of your SaaS company. David Skok, who is a must read for all startups , explains that as a SaaS company grows, the size of the subscribers/customers/users who no longer do business with the company will also, organically, grow. This equates to a loss of revenue, which requires more and more signups from new customers just to replace what you are organically losing every month.
Early Growth Financial Services
AUGUST 21, 2014
'Sounds nice, but what exactly is a startup growth engine? In our recent webinar, Chris Bechtel, CMO at BlueDeer, LLC, and Gadiel Morantes, Partner with EGFS, explained how building a growth engine combined with using Eric Ries’ lean startup principles to acquire customers in the most efficient way possible can build successful companies. Chris started with Deloitte & Touche’s description of a startup growth engine as a systematic process that requires organizational infrastructure to consis
Austin Startup
AUGUST 21, 2014
'Come to The Dogwood tonight, August 21st from 6pm - 8pm for Austin Tech Happy Hour!
Mike Michalowicz
AUGUST 21, 2014
'Every entrepreneur wants to see their business grow. And why wouldn’t you, right? It means more customers, more sales, and ultimately more money. But there is a risk. If you grow too big, too fast, the competition will catch on. That puts a lot of additional pressure on you, because no longer do you just need to woo your customers, you need to fight the competition too.
VC Cafe
AUGUST 21, 2014
'A month from now, 70 people in the London tech industry will be (hopefully) on the last leg of a 320km (200 miles) cycle ride from Paris to London. What made these ‘geeks’ get off their laptop and get on their bikes? A combination of wanting to do good and yearning to be part of a strong startup community in London. Since we started Techbikers in 2012, 120 techies cycled from Paris to London and we’ve raised over 100,000 pounds for Room to Read , creating 3 schools, 4 libraries and 3,000 schola
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 21, 2014
'by Justin Beegel, CEO of Infographic World and the author of “ Infographics For Dummies “ The evolution of technology and the rapidly changing landscape of social media has made life interesting and difficult for marketing and advertising executives. There is a ton of opportunity to be sure, but in the new world of 140 characters or less, the ability to communicate in succinct and compelling fashion has never been greater.
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