Thu.Dec 12, 2013

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5 myths about the marketplace that mobile strategies busted

The Next Web

'Navin Chaddha and Tim Chang are Managing Directors at Mayfield. In the era of mobile, social, and the sharing economy, we’re seeing the emergence of next-gen mobile-enabled marketplaces in every ecommerce category, from fashion ( Poshmark ), to health ( Brighter and HealthTap ), lodging ( Airbnb and HotelTonight ), transportation ( Uber and Lyft ), and real estate ( Zillow ).

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Angel Investors vs. Angel Groups

Business Plan Blog

'Angel Investors vs. Angel Groups. What is an angel investor? It is a high net-worth individual who invests his or her own money directly into promising startup businesses in return for mostly equity share of the company. Angels are often former or current entrepreneurs themselves, as well as business professionals and corporate leaders. There are a few reasons why angels make investments, and those are to gain a return on their money, to participate in the entrepreneurial process, and to give b

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7 Startup Co-Founders To Avoid And Keep Your Sanity

Startup Professionals Musings

'Most entrepreneurs who start a company alone soon come to the conclusion that two heads are better than one – someone to share the workload, the hard decisions, and the costs. In a moment of crisis, you may be tempted to take on the first person expressing interest as a co-founder. This would be a mistake, and could easily cost you your startup. If you think about it, you should realize that not everyone is ‘ideal partner material.

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Angel Investors vs. Angel Groups

Business Plan Blog

'Angel Investors vs. Angel Groups. What is an angel investor? It is a high net-worth individual who invests his or her own money directly into promising startup businesses in return for mostly equity share of the company. Angels are often former or current entrepreneurs themselves, as well as business professionals and corporate leaders. There are a few reasons why angels make investments, and those are to gain a return on their money, to participate in the entrepreneurial process, and to give b

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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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Tips For The Startup CEO

YoungUpstarts

'by Stacey Thompson. Big and successful companies, more often than not, start as very small and scruffy startups running off a little money and a lot of dreams. Also, at the head of these ambitious ventures is the founder, taking on the tasks of the CEO, president, and even a few other executive positions rolled together in one hyper-stressful package.

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Are Your Customers Part of Your Product Development Team?

Small Business Force

Every entrepreneur wishes they were as prescient or creative as Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, or Larry Page and Sergey Brin, founders, respectively of Apple, Amazon and Google. That they could accurately predict or (in Jobs' case) dictate customer needs. Unfortunately, most entrepreneurs are just ordinary schmos. But while they might not be able to predict needs or requirements, they do have a way to, at least, get a feeling for or anticipate customer needs.

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Sometimes You Have To Roll A Hard Six

Feld Thoughts

'Techstars is rolling out a short video program with some of the entrepreneurs and mentors favorite quotes. I recorded a few of them recently – my first one is up. I’m a huge Battlestar Galactica fan and think Commander William Adama has amazing leadership lessons for any entrepreneur. If you don’t know what “ rolling the hard six ” is, it’s a classic example of a high risk / high reward scenario.

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Don’t Let The Holidays Pass You By…

Rembrandt Communications

'December is here and that means you are probably BUSY! There is a lot of year-end work to do before the holidays, and things can get hectic. But don’t let that ruin your fun and festivities this month! With this in mind, here are a few tips to think about: Remember. It’s a special time. […].

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10 Optimization Experts Share Their Favorite Google Analytics Reports (Copy Them!)

ConversionXL

'One of the key things Google Analytics helps us do when optimizing a website is identify conversion uplift opportunities. Traffic is precious, and we don’t want to waste any of it on tests that don’t result in learning or uplifts. That’s why we want to have good data for: A) which pages have uplift opportunities and. B) specific page issues.

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YouTube revenues forecast to hit $5.6bn this year

The Equity Kicker

'eMarketer are predicting that YouTube revenues will hit $5.6bn this year, 50% up on last year (reported in the Guarian ). Here are some other relevant facts: Projections of YouTube’s revenues are increasing over time – in May Morgan Stanley were predicting $4bn. The growth is coming from young people who are watching most of their television online – this is a good example of a behaviour from a fringe group that is likely to become mainstream.

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How to Gain 100% Control of What the Media Says About You

Growthink Blog

'Publicity is an extremely powerful form of marketing. Not only is it free, but it gives you and your business great credibility. Specifically, when potential customers hear about you in the media sources they read/watch/listen to, it gives you incredible legitimacy in their eyes. And perhaps most importantly, it gets customers to find you and purchase your products and/or services.

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The Smart Step To Make When You Do Not Know What To Sell Yet

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

'The Best Product Test When You Do Not Know If People Will Buy… In the last few years I have paid a lot of attention to the world of startups, in particular technology companies. During this time two concepts popped up as mantras of every new tech entrepreneur -. "Lean" and "Minimum Viable Product" Eric Ries, author of the … Read the rest of this entry » The post The Smart Step To Make When You Do Not Know What To Sell Yet appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.

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Dell Partners to offer Dropbox for Business on Dell’s Cloud

SiliconHills

'Wonder why Dropbox expanded to Austin and opened an office here earlier this year? One big reason could be Dell. Dell and Dropbox announced a partnership Thursday at Dell World to create Dropbox for Business using the Cloud. Dell, which went public earlier this year, is hosting Dell World at the Austin Convention Center through […] The post Dell Partners to offer Dropbox for Business on Dell’s Cloud appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Circle Media Merges with S3i Media

Austin Startup

'S3i Digital and Circle Media, Inc. today announced its merger. The merger combines S3i Digital’s well-known sports marketing and technology expertise with Circle Media’s core competencies in big data, social commerce and marketing.

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The New Dell is More Entrepreneurial and Innovative

SiliconHills

'At Dell World, Michael Dell unveiled his new, private innovative and entrepreneurial technology company. The centerpiece of its strategy is the Cloud. The Round Rock-based company no longer has to adhere to the demands of the public stock market. As a result, Dell said the company can invest in new startups and take a long […] The post The New Dell is More Entrepreneurial and Innovative appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Words of Wisdom from Chris Dixon

Scott Edward Walker

'To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “ Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we share a favorite video of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we present Chris Dixon , a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and a brilliant entrepreneur. In this very interesting presentation at the Startup School (about six weeks ago), Chris shares the following solid nuggets for entrepreneurs: Entrepreneurs are in the “good idea

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Just Innovate, says Visionary Elon Musk

SiliconHills

'By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News At Dell World, Elon Musk discussed how he’s changing the world through electric cars and space exploration. Musk is a true leader, a risk taker and a visionary, said Michael Dell in his introduction. “A passionate believer in technology and innovation to lead society forward,” Dell said. […] The post Just Innovate, says Visionary Elon Musk appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Using Media Relations to Boost Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

'Using Media Relations to Boost Your Business written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is Maggie Patterson – Enjoy! photo credit: stuartmiles. Content marketing. PR. Blog posts. Social media. Email marketing. It’s enough to make any small business feel overwhelmed when it comes to figuring out marketing.

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Seven Companies to Pitch to Michael Dell at DellWorld

SiliconHills

'Dell’s first Pitch Slam takes place Thursday afternoon at Dell World in downtown Austin. Dell chose six companies from regional pitch events and a final company via an online pitch contest to pitch their businesses to Michael Dell, Shark Tank’s Daymond John and the UN Foundation’s Resident Entrepreneur Elizabeth Gore. The event is being livestreamed […] The post Seven Companies to Pitch to Michael Dell at DellWorld appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Empathy in Everyday Life

Venture Chronicles

'Last night I was leaving my office in Denver to head to the airport to come home. It was 7:10pm and my driver was waiting for me at the corner of 17th and Arapahoe. I patiently waited at the light and then stepped into the crosswalk. bam. A car turning left hit me and the one thing I remember is “hey my bag is rolling across the street” followed by “holy s**t I just got hit by a car” A couple of young women crossing the street ahead of me ran to help, picking up my stuff

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Show, Tell and Tacos at Austin TechBreakfast

SiliconHills

'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Austin TechBreakfast is a little bit of everything. It’s a little “show and tell” as founder Ron Schmeltzer describes it, with intervals for “I need a job…a developer… a cofounder… an investor… ” The monthly morning meetup, one of eight founded by Schmeltzer in cities from Baltimore to Palo Alto, […] The post Show, Tell and Tacos at Austin TechBreakfast appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Fun with Markov Chains and Clojure

Diego Basch

'Markov chains are a simple concept. Start with a state (e.g. a word, a location on a map, a musical note) and move to another one at random. Repeat until you have a chain of states that you can use for something. The key is that you don’t choose randomly from all possible states, only from those that have some probability of following the current state.

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The ultimate partnership

Jeff Hilimire

'Last night I celebrated the recent sale of Engauge with my three Spunlogic partners, Raj Choudhury , Danny Davis and Raghu Kakarala. We had so much fun talking about the good old days, reminiscing about our biggest successes and failures, and catching up with each other on what we’re all up to today. As I drove home, I reflected on how amazingly lucky we were to have found each other and how so many of the entrepreneurs I talk to are searching for the right partner(s).

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You Don’t Need To Believe In Karma

Mike Michalowicz

'You don’t need to believe in karma. It believes in you.

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Year-End Startup Accounting Checklist

Early Growth Financial Services

'As we find ourselves hurtling towards the end of the year, there are a number of things you should be staying on top of in order to best manage your company finances and position your small business for greater success in the new year. Your year-end thought process should take into consideration the following: Payroll. Make sure that you’re filing all of your forms and making payments.

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Include your labor value in your plan.

Berkonomics

'Investors love it when entrepreneurs draw little or no money from their startups. It extends the cash available for research and other necessary fixed costs and gives the fragile, young company more “runway” to get to breakeven. But when forecasting the ultimate viability of a business, many times an entrepreneurial founder uses a low, unsustainable salary rate for him or herself in order to show early breakeven.

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‘Responsible’: The Most Overused Word On LinkedIn Member Profiles In 2013

YoungUpstarts

'Think that the word ‘responsible’ is the most accurate description of your professional career? Well it so happens that almost everyone else does as well. According to online professional social network LinkedIn , that word is the No. 1 most overused buzzword in its members’ profiles for 2013 across the world. This is the fourth year that LinkedIn has released its annual list of overused buzzwords, The top buzzword last year and in 2011 was ‘Creative’, while it was R

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Working Outside the System

Bryce Dot VC

'Fred posted his talk from Le Web yesterday. It’s a good one in which he covers a lot of ground on how USV invests and specific sectors they’re interested in. I’ll spare you a full transcript of the talk, but I want to highlight a single point he made while discussing a trend that they, and we, are very interested in: Health and Wellness.

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