The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

'Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. It’s part three 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. So far I have shared with you 9 simple steps to start your own tech business ((don’t miss part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ).

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deal architect

AUGUST 26, 2013

'I was reading this Wired quote about Dieter Rams'' philosophy about product design: "It doesn’t draw attention to itself; it merely allows users to accomplish their tasks with the maximal amount of efficiency and pleasure. At its best, it is.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2013

'Every entrepreneur wants to know how they can improve their odds on the road to success, and why some entrepreneurs seem to be able to squeeze success out of even a marginal business case. Most experts agree that is has lot to do with your level of passion, determination, and innovation, modulated by a strong focus on reality, common sense, and street smarts.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 26, 2013

'Remember the Tamagotchi craze of the 90s, where millions of children – and admit it, adults too – were hooked on these little egg-shaped virtual pet simulation devices that required the user to take various actions to keep their pets alive? If you do, well that was really a silly little toy, because it did virtually nothing aside from showing people a little peek into what it was like to be a responsible pet owner.

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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

AUGUST 26, 2013

'As many of you know, mentoring women in startups and STEM careers is important to me, so I’m very pleased to be a part of the Startup Phenomenon: Women program, a one-day event in Macky Auditorium at CU-Boulder. The speaking line-up for the day is really outstanding. It includes author Amanda Steinberg, founder and CEO of DailyWorth; Margaret Neale, management professor at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business; and Michele Weslander Quaid, chief technology officer (federal)

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 26, 2013

'In this episode of On A Roll, Mike Michalowicz explains how to increase loyalty from customers by making them do some of the work.

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Mucker Lab

AUGUST 26, 2013

'We’ve all seen or even put together a presentation that included some version of the following slide: (FYI, I found these slides on slideshare, I’m not commenting at all on the quality of the overall pitch or the company itself. I’m just using them as an example). Evidently, entrepreneurs love putting these competition matrix slides together cause it took me all of 5 minutes to find a few examples.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

AUGUST 26, 2013

'I was just named as one of the Top 50 Innovation tweeters by Innovation Excellence. A tweeter is one who uses Twitter. It’s a fairly informal sort of top 50 list — I don’t think there is a great deal of analysis around content or reach, but still, it’s nice to be recognized. I crossed the 10,000 follower line about a month ago, and weirdly, it felt like a real accomplishment.

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A Crowded Space

AUGUST 26, 2013

'… as an asset class. (Note: for this article I am referring to equity crowd-funding exclusively. Not Kickstarter-type pre-orders). Crowd-funding has a lot of potential at a high level. It promises increased efficiency in the marketplace as worthy startups may be able to raise money faster and simpler than through traditional channels. However, crowd-funding faces an inherent quality challenge that may be insurmountable.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 26, 2013

'A good partnership deal can take your business to the next level, and no business is too new or too small to start looking towards the future and considering potential partnerships. To find out exactly how other business owners are navigating partnership deals for their young businesses, we asked a panel of successful entrepreneurs to share their best tips and tricks.

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 26, 2013

'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Utz Baldwin knew that one day regular people would be able to control their home electronics with their smart phones—regular people meaning not James Bond or the very wealthy. Having spent decades designing and installing connected home systems for rich people, he waited until the technology and […] The post Ube Wants to Provide Automated Home Systems for the Everyman (or Woman) appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 26, 2013

'This past week, I had the pleasure and honor to present to John Morris'' Woodland Hills, California Vistage Group. For those that don''t know it, Vistage is one of the world''s largest CEO and business owner organizations, with more than 17,000 members in 15 countries. This is an impressive group - leaders of companies with average sales revenues of $32 million and competing and prospering in industries that run the gamut - from services and manufacturing, to construction, retail, and real esta

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 26, 2013

'Why Outbound Marketing Has Never Been More Effective written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing The rallying cry of inbound and content marketers everywhere is that outbound marketing, you know, things like advertising, cold calling and overt promotion are evil. photo credit: The Eggplant via photopin cc.

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Rob Go

AUGUST 26, 2013

'Over the past couple years, there has been an emerging bifurcation in the seed investing market. We’ve noticed this both in the industry broadly, as well as in the companies that we have invested in or seriously considered. Essentially, there are 2 flavors of seed rounds that are emerging (EXCLUDING seed extension rounds, which are a whole other story).

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Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 26, 2013

'This is a blindpost based on the James Altucher article, Five Things Entrepreneurs Should Never Do. Per the blindpost rules I did not read the article before I wrote this, but rather used the title and wrote my own post. Five things entrepreneurs should never do: 1. An entrepreneur should never think that failure is a bad thing. Failure is part of the game when you’re an entrepreneur.

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Scott Edward Walker

AUGUST 26, 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. I love this post via @bfeld : Being A Great CEO (“it’s incredibly hard… But, if you get it right, it’s magical.”) bit.ly/15PDpp2.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 26, 2013

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 26, 2013

'by Barry Sloane, President and CEO of Newtek Business Services. Running a business is a 24 hour job. If you’re not at your computer, you’re most likely on your phone. And just like you, the rest of the world is doing the same thing. A mobile site can be seen and used easily on devices such as tablets and smart phones. What’s more, it does not have to be a completely different site from your original web page.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 26, 2013

'If there is one thing coaches love, it’s clichés. There is practically a book of coaching catchphrases that every coach and manager breaks out for pep talks. If you’ve played a sport, you’ve heard quite a few. However annoying these seemingly repetitive catchphrases are, there’s a method to the madness. The thing about clichés—what keeps them alive and overused in all facets of life—is that there is always a truth to them.

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