deal architect

OCTOBER 4, 2014

'Sure as the sun rises in the east, Larry Ellison tweaked SAP in his OOW keynote on Sunday. And sure as you are born, SAP fans are up in arms. Honestly, what should bother SAP fans more is he waited.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2014

'As a startup advisor, I see many aspiring entrepreneurs whose primary motivation seems to be to work part time, or get rich quick, or avoid anyone else telling them what to do. Let me assure you, from personal experience, and from helping many successful as well as struggling entrepreneurs, that starting a business is hard work, and doesn’t come with any of the benefits mentioned.

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Gust

OCTOBER 4, 2014

'There are many wonderful ideas, and they are not necessarily easy to come up with. So congratulations on having thought of one! However… “Having value” and “Being fundable” are two completely different things. What the more experienced responders here are saying is completely accurate: while a good idea is usually a necessary ingredient for the formation of a good company, it is not sufficient by itself for any serious investor to fund.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 4, 2014

'George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures, a growth consulting, advisory and executive staffing firm based in Chicago. What fuels a startup’s success? Is whether you are “driven to win” or have a “fear of failure”? I think both sides of this argument are pretty self-explanatory, but let’s just make sure we are clear on what we are talking about here.

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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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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 4, 2014

'Weekend Favs October Four written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr or one that I took out there on the road.

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