Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

'I wrote this on my flight home from f.ounders & web summit in Dublin, Ireland late last year. I think I was too hung over to finish it, hit publish and move on. So here is attempt two now that the alcohol is mostly out of me. The Magic of the Irish. Scenes from my counter-top on my last night in Dublin. I recently returned from a 5-day visit to Ireland, my first time back in 10 years and the start of what I hope will be a more regular travel schedule there.

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deal architect

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

'When I present at events I have been known to ask corporate technology executives such as CIOs and CTOs in the audience to stand up so I can applaud them. I have long believed our industry gives way more credit.

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

'I love Zoo Atlanta and am currently on the marketing advisory council where I meet quarterly to help the marketing team plan their strategy. It’s an honor to be included and probably my favorite aspect of being on that council has been the opportunity to become friends with Raymond King, the Zoo’s CEO. Raymond and I are also both on the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Board and at the last meeting I was asking him about his process for staying productive and thought, I need to blo

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deal architect

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

'Technology which has gone into the construction of the Olympics facilities and preparing the athletes for the events The engineering and construction feat at Sochi Elite auto designers at the Games Snow “manufacturing” Technology to help athletes compete better Compensating.

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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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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

'In my new book, Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors , in addition to decomposing and explaining a lot about the functioning of board meetings, I also describe my ideal board meeting. I had four of them this week. That’s a lot of board meetings in a week, but my weeks tend to either be “lots of board meetings” or “no board meetings” as I generally bunch them up.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

'Justin is the Product Manager for Industry Mailout. He’s passionate about building products that delight customers, and also blogs on justinjackson.ca and tweets via @mijustin. “Making sales” feels kind of sleazy, doesn’t it? For a lot of us, our feeling about sales stems from a bad experience with a salesperson. The problem is, most salespeople are selling someone else’s product; they’re not directly invested in the product itself.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

'Ilya Pozin is the founder of Open Me and Ciplex. He’s also a columnist for Inc, Forbes, and LinkedIn. The chances of your startup failing are perilously high. Most entrepreneurs think it can’t happen to them, but in fact recent research from Harvard Business School lecturer Shikhar Ghosh finds approximately 75 percent of all startups go under. Why?

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

'Yesterday I posted charts showing that from a top down market size perspective there is a big opportunity in ecommerce. Today I’m quoting a VentureBeat article which takes the bottom up approach, looking at the characteristics of companies that have recently enjoyed a lot of success, characteristics I believe the next generation of successful companies will have in spades.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

'When a business increases it’s webinar attendance by 1000% & net $40,000 in the first 3 sessions, you should probably listen to what they’re doing right. This week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Lars Lofgren - Growth Manager of KISSmetrics.com , whose job is specifically to get more leads for his software company. Over the course of the next 20 minutes Lars & I will dive deep into KISSmetrics processes so you can learn: The up-front investment that helps them ge

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SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

'By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News At the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. an exhibit contains artifacts and information about the invention of Ethernet. The invention turned 40 years old last year. Its inventor, Bob Metcalfe, now professor of innovation at the University of Texas at Austin, is focused on creating […] The post Nine UT Companies Pitch in Silicon Valley appeared first on SiliconHills.

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The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

'Some financing rounds close on one specific day. That is, all investors fund the full investment amount of the financing round on the same day. This is usually the case when a financing round has a small number of investors who can coordinate with the startup on a closing date (wires, exchange signature pages, etc.). […].

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

'There comes a point in every business when the owner realizes they need advice and wonders, “Should I hire a consultant?”. And, as with most things in life, the answer is, “It depends.” Whether you’re starting a new company or growing an existing business, hiring the right consultant can be a cost-effective way for your small business to leverage specialized knowledge.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

'Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

'I often hear the popular notion that successful entrepreneurs are built from a single heroic insight or a single innovation. This is just plain wrong. The business world is a symphony of players and elements that only works when everything interconnects harmoniously. Continuous innovation and continuous learning are required for any sustained connection and success.

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