View from Seed

AUGUST 20, 2014

'One question that I’m often asked is, “How should I think about the composition of my seed round?” In other words, how many investors and what type (angels, seed funds, larger funds, etc.) make an ideal seed fundraise? For context, of our 37 investments at NextView , ~20% were with angels only, ~40% were with seed funds and angels, and ~40% were with some combination of larger VCs, angels, and seed funds.

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deal architect

AUGUST 20, 2014

'I formally invited SAP to provide a 10 page, unedited column to include at end of the book I am writing - how things will be different with its new management team. The book model shows customer spend at a.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 20, 2014

'by Stefan Haubold, Global Managing Director and co-founder of Carmudi. There are certain words every entrepreneur should toss out of his or her dictionary. Or at least never utter among its employees to keep the engine of growth running. The idea is to communicate the right thing at the right time in the right spirit. Take it from my experience at Carmudi , a highly fast-paced startup.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2014

'Post by Sarah Milstein & Eric Ries, co-hosts for The Lean Startup Conference We’ve found more than half the speakers for The Lean Startup Conference , and we’re pretty excited about them. Ranging from Ben Horowitz, Mitch Kapor, Laura Klein, Cheryl Contee to entrepreneurs you probably don’t know but who ha ve valuable stories to share, this year’s speakers — and mentors like Tim O''Reilly and Erin McKean — will help you become a more successful entrepreneur.

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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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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 20, 2014

'As the world of online business develops, countless companies are using innovative ideas as profitable marketing strategies. From freelance marketing, to online trading, to customized music… many companies are taking the lead. The following five are a handful of businesses that have developed concepts into extremely lucrative pay-offs: Fiverr – Low-cost Services.

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Rembrandt Communications

AUGUST 20, 2014

'It’s not just about SEO keywords and BtoB content! There are many ways to get your marketing messages across such as mobile, Web, social, phone, live events, and more. But one thing remains constant among all of these mediums – content! There are many communications going on so how do you organize all of this […]. The post What’s In Your Editorial Calendar?

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The Next Web

AUGUST 20, 2014

'This post originally appeared on the Crew blog. It often takes an outsider’s perspective to learn about new opportunities, whether they take the form of flaws, bugs, or unique use cases. The most valuable opportunities often come from customers themselves — the people who are hands on with your product every day. For those just starting-up, or starting to realize that your product and community teams could improve their communications, here are six reasons that your entire team needs to be list

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 20, 2014

'Much of the world is the midst of a green revolution, and a great deal of this eco-conscious focus is squarely on businesses. Obviously, mega-corporations can contribute the most to the health and safety of people and the environment, but small businesses can make green changes that will ultimately positively affect their profits and their reputations.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2014

'“All truth is found in the cash account.” – Charlie Bahr, Management Consultant. What is cash flow? As the name suggests, cash flow is simply the money that flows in and out of your business. However, it is arguably the most important aspect of your business. And, it’s a good way for outsiders to track your business’s performance. Josh Kauffman, author of The Personal MBA, explains it in simple terms: “The Cash Flow Statement is straightforward: it’s an examination of a company’s bank acc

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Gust

AUGUST 20, 2014

'You certainly don’t need a full executive suite if it is only a few co-founders. However, in my experience every organization needs one person on whose desk the buck stops. You can call this the President, or General Manager, or Executive Director, or Chairman, or Man in the Moon…but it has to be one person who is at the very least the tie-breaker, and ultimately will make the hard calls.

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Start Up Blog

AUGUST 20, 2014

'While I’m a firm believer we can achieve more as entrepreneurs than we can as employees, there are some damn good lessons we can learn from corporates. One such thing that large companies tend to do is strategy planning. Annual or quarterly events, where time is taken out to sit down and plan the future. So my question is this: When is the last time you did this for your most important startup: Your household?

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 20, 2014

'By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News One of the leading causes of death among trauma patients is the failure to control bleeding. Innovative Trauma Care, known as iTraumaCare, a medical device maker with its U.S. headquarters in San Antonio and also based in Edmonton, Canada, has come up with a solution. It makes […] The post iTraumaCare’s Clamp Stems Bleeding and Saves Lives appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2014

'Polygraph Media today announced it has acquired Offergraph, the predictive marketing technology company founded by Ian Karnell, Jeremi Karnell, and Dr. Edo Airoldi.

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 20, 2014

'Graham Weston, Chairman, Cofounder and CEO of Rackspace, led a team of “Rackers,” the name Rackspace employees call themselves, to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at Rackspace’s headquarters in San Antonio. Weston also pledged to donate to Als.org for every employee participating in the challenge. “You’ve probably heard of the Ice Bucket Challenge, which […] The post Graham Weston and Rackspace Do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 20, 2014

'How to Sell to a Prospect You Can’t Even See written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Tom Martin. For the last few years I’ve been telling business owners that sales and marketing has changed so much because buying has changed so much. photo credit: andres.thor via photopin cc.

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Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 20, 2014

'If you’re a fan of Good Will Hunting (and let’s be real, who’s not?), then you’ll probably really enjoy this story in Boston Magazine about how the movie was made. Ben and Matt went through a LOT to find a way to get the movie done their way, and many aspects of their journey are similar to the journey that a startup goes through.

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entrepreMusings

AUGUST 20, 2014

'The cutting edge education technology company (Querium) , where I run client services and operations, has submitted a a Future 15 session idea for our CEO, Kent Fuka. Here’s an overview: Ask any math instructor and they’ll tell you that while it’s nice to see a student’s answers to homework and test questions, what they really want to see is how the student got that answer.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 20, 2014

'My partner Dharmesh Raithatha wrote the post below on the Forward Partners blog earlier this week. I’m reproducing in full here because it’s a great explanation of our solo-founder hypothesis and how we work more generally. —————————-. Are you a solo founder with an idea? We believe that we can help you create a successful e-commerce company better than anyone else.

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The Startup Toolkit

AUGUST 20, 2014

'I hear this question a lot, and I don’t know the answer. But I’m currently going through it myself, so maybe you guys can help me ;). Some time ago, I decided there was an opportunity for a niche product to help self-publishing authors promote and sell their books. Based on what I’d learned from the microISV folk (e.g. Patrick McKenzie , Rob Walling ), I fired up Google Keyword Planner to investigate.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 20, 2014

'It popped in my mind like many of me “genius” thoughts, while in the shower. I distinctly remember the moment, because as the thought came to me as stinging shampoo got in my eye. and simultaneously the hot water ran out. In retrospect it was a clear sign: My “genius” idea was ridiculously stupid. But I was living the retrospect part of the story yet, I was still in genius mode.

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