Wed.Jun 05, 2013

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Why you should set up your Google+ local business profile

Up and Running

'With 70 percent of households using the Internet to gather information about local businesses and services, what are you doing about your online presence? I often search for local stores or service providers online and am routinely amazed at the lack of information and presence some prominent businesses in my community have online. But I get it, if you’re a small business owner and maybe a little bit of technophobe, the last thing on your mind is going to be spending the time and money on a web

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NYC: Regulatory nightmare for tech startups trying to conduct consumer friendly businesses

This is going to be BIG.

'New York City is a fantastic place to live--I''ve been here all my life. I wouldn''t want to live anywhere else. That being said, it isn''t necessarily the easiest place to live, but it''s worth it. That''s why I get excited when companies in my industry create businesses that improve the living experience of being here. The mobile phone has the potential to be incredibly transformative for the lives of NYC residents.

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Tips for a Successful Relationship with a Contract Developer

Business Plan Blog

'Finding the right contract developer can be a big undertaking, especially if this is your first time doing. This blog will provide you with some critical advice on how to develop an effective and efficient relationship with a contract developer. 1. Define the goals of your project. Before you approach any contract developers, you will need to understand and have clearly defined your project goals.

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The froth of innovation

deal architect

'I have been on a no-beer diet for a while now, and so my visit to Germany and Czech last week provided an even more pleasant reacquaintance with Bitburger, Pilsener Urquell and other golden nectars. And it hit me how.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

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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Learn the Laws of the Jungle for Business Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

'It’s a jungle out there. In 2012, total entrepreneurial activity in the United States hit its highest level since their survey started in 1999, according to Babson College. That’s the good news and the bad news. The opportunity for change is huge, with everyone taking a new look at the world after the recession, but the competition is also huge, since the cost of entry is at an all-time low.

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Digital Body Language

deal architect

'I had a chance to interview Steven Wood, co founder of Eloqua for The New Polymath 4 years ago. He had a comprehensive vision of how companies could mine the many online clues us consumers provide via web searches, social.

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YoungUpstarts - Untitled Article

YoungUpstarts

'Looking to launch or grow your startup? If you’re an entrepreneur with a startup based in Africa, Asia, the Middle East or Turkey, check out the the Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST ) Initiative’s GIST Tech-I Competition as part of its vision to help build entrepreneurial ecosystems across those continents by identifying, coaching, and funding the most promising technology entrepreneurs.

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Big Data Creating Big Opportunities for Entrepreneurs to Solve Big Problems

SiliconHills

'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News So here’s a sobering thought: According to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey there are 60 billion trillion stars in the observable universe. By the year 2017, according to Kevin Nowka, Director of Research for IBM, the total amount of data humans have generated will surpass that. Much [.] The post Big Data Creating Big Opportunities for Entrepreneurs to Solve Big Problems appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Tomorrow on TNW: Ask digital-telepathy founder Chuck Longanecker your entrepreneurship questions

The Next Web

'Streaming live on The Next Web, digital-telepathy founder Chuck Longanecker will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) Thursday, June 6th. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Council’s #StartupLab initiative, a virtual mentorship program, Chuck will appear live via video chat broadcast on this site. Chuck is the founder of the user experience design company, digital-telepathy.

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The Formula To Standing Out From The Competition

Mike Michalowicz

'Better doesn’t get noticed. There is too much noise and not enough time to notice better. Different gets noticed, but can be a distraction. We generally like what we already have, so different is only good when it replaces something that I don’t already like. But. Way better gets both noticed and is desired. The formula is simple: Be better by a factor of ten.

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A Slice of Silicon Hills Interviews Akimbo on Fast Cash

SiliconHills

'By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News What is the fastest way to share money with friends and family? Always carry cash? Use pre-paid cards? With an Akimbo Card account, users can share money with any other Akimbo card holder instantly by using either a mobile app or the Akimbo Website via the internet. [.] The post A Slice of Silicon Hills Interviews Akimbo on Fast Cash appeared first on SiliconHills.

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The Privilege of Investing in a Company

Rob Go

'I was talking to an entrepreneur the other day about fundraising. This company was not raising money, but had in the past and is quite successful. We talked about the psychology of how one presents themselves in the fundraising process. Some entrepreneurs just have “mojo” when they come in. It’s a fine line, but it’s important to come in with a sense of purpose and determination, coupled with confidence that the round is inevitable, coupled with humility and authenticity

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Three New Startups Demo at SA New Tech

SiliconHills

'By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News Peptalk Peptalk is a proof of concept project created by developers Richard Ortega, Michael Girdley, and Ryan Taner at AngelHack Austin last weekend. “Peptalk is essentially a personalized data alarm call,” said Ortega. After logging into your Google Account, the app pulls your information — particularly from [.

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Advice for the incoming class of Leadership Atlanta

Jeff Hilimire

'Yesterday I was an alumni volunteer at the 2014 Leadership Atlanta class orientation at Coca-Cola headquarters. Watching the 80 new class members get their badges for the first time, unsure of where the next ten months would take them, brought me back to my first day of Leadership Atlanta. I’ve shared my Leadership Atlanta experience with anyone that would listen and of course, on this blog.

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11 Factors to Consider When Hiring a Startup CEO

Early Growth Financial Services

'Originally published in GeekWire. Should startup founders ever hire CEOs to lead their companies? And if yes, what should they look for? Opinions differ. And Reid Hoffman’s recent entry on the topic sparked a lot of debate in the tech community. But if you’re thinking about bringing a CEO on board, needless to say, it’s not a hiring decision to take lightly.

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YoungUpstarts - Untitled Article

YoungUpstarts

'There’s an app for that. That rejoinder is often used half-jokingly by many to describe how prevalent mobile applications are now, but the truth is that they have taken over as the main reason why people today buy mobile phones. Among the popular mobile app stores, Apple’s App Store grabs the top most position with total available apps of around 850,000 and 50 billion total downloads.

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11 Factors to Consider When Hiring a Startup CEO

Early Growth Financial Services

'Originally published in GeekWire. Should startup founders ever hire CEOs to lead their companies? And if yes, what should they look for? Opinions differ. And Reid Hoffman’s recent entry on the topic sparked a lot of debate in the tech community. But if you’re thinking about bringing a CEO on board, needless to say, it’s not a hiring decision to take lightly.

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