Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Many new entrepreneurs are so excited by their latest idea that they can’t resist contacting every investor they know, assuming the investor will be equally excited and want to contribute immediately. Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. Both of these approaches are a waste of your time and theirs.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

by Andy Roe, General Manager of SurePayroll, Inc. Startups are often focused on innovations and new technology, trying to find a niche in the market that hasn’t been filled or delivering a product/service unlike anything else. That’s why the formation of companies like Uber and Airbnb (and the unicorn startups of the future) is exciting for both consumers and the founders of the company.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News Six years ago, Jenny Fleiss founded Rent the Runway with Harvard Business School classmate Jenn Hyman. Today, the New York-based company has more than five million members and 500 employees. And to scale their venture, Fleiss and Hyman have raised $114 million in venture capital from Bain […] The post Rent the Runway’s Project Entrepreneur Launches Venture Competition appeared first on SiliconHills.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

The Entrepreneurial Mind : Ryan Pruitt-The Frothy Monkey TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious. The post Meet the Owner of One of My Favorite Coffee Shops appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.

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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

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

How to Track Your Social Media Efforts written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit: pixabay. If your small business is taking advantage of social media to engage with customers in hopes of growing your business, how do you know if your efforts are paying off? The truth is, it can be hard to tell if all the work you’re putting into growing your social media following is worth the investment.

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