Hunter Walker

MAY 4, 2014

'Now that our seed fund Homebrew has past its first anniversary , people often ask what has surprised me during my year as a VC, or what am I liking/disliking about my new profession. My answers are actually bland, largely because I had a pretty good handle on what the initial 12 months would bring and a great partner in Satya Patel. One question I did spend time on before we started Homebrew and throughout the year is “What mistakes do new VCs usually make and how could I avoid these comm

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

'Even when your startup is a one-man show and lots of fun, a “business” needs some discipline and controls to keep it from being defined as a hobby by investors, and assure some financial return. Like it or not, you are now entering the dreaded realm of specifying and documenting “formal business processes.” The right question is “What is the minimum that I need?

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deal architect

MAY 4, 2014

'No I am not reversing course on my decision to not write about SAP on this blog. That decision had nothing to do with any individual executive but with broader customer issues I believe SAP has been unwilling to address.

Software 218

Software Customer 218

YoungUpstarts

MAY 4, 2014

'By David Wimer, business advisor and author of “ Insight: Business Advice in an Age of Complexity “ No one likes to think about the impact of a crisis in their business, but as entrepreneurs we must. When you become an entrepreneur, there are some significant economic implications for your spouse and your heirs. Here are some simple steps that you can take right now to protect your family in case of your death or disability: 1.

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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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Gust

MAY 4, 2014

'Barack Obama meets Mark Zuckerberg, photo via Wikimedia. Entrepreneurs are all about firsts, and the most important is you making a great first impression – on investors, customers, new team members, and strategic partners. Poor first impressions can be avoided, but I’m amazed at the number of unnecessary mistakes I see at those critical first introductions, presentations, and meetings.

Entrepreneur 172

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Affiliate .Net 172

The Next Web

MAY 4, 2014

'Brian Honigman is a marketing consultant, a professional speaker and freelance writer. This post originally appeared on the Adknowledge blog. Many marketers have experienced it: presenting a case to superiors for a larger budget or defending how they spent the existing budget. At times, it can be a difficult process with lots of push back and discussion, while other times it’s an easy conversation due to the success of your spending decisions or widespread internal buy-in.

Mobile 167

Mobile Marketing Social Media Design 167

The Next Web

MAY 4, 2014

'Girish Mathrubootham is the CEO of Freshdesk, a SaaS based customer support software. Some may know me as the CEO of Freshdesk, but I like to introduce myself as a Support Guy who went on to become a CEO. Thirteen years ago, I started my career as a pre-sales engineer offering support to complex tech projects. A few years later, I became a Product Manager and directly oversaw the customer support and pre-sales teams for several years before deciding to launch Freshdesk.

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Customer Engineer Web Sales 162

Mike Michalowicz

MAY 4, 2014

'More referrals mean more business. It is that simple. There are many traditional approaches to getting more referrals, and they work. In fact, at the end of this article you will see my three favorite blogs posts on referral basics. But there is one approach, no one has shared before until… drum roll… now! The technique is called if-would. Instead of following the traditional pattern of asking for referrals AFTER you provide a service or product to a client, you must ask BEFORE.

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Customer Product 96

The Next Web

MAY 4, 2014

'Yoshi Tuk is a freelance journalist. Maria Golovanova is an international Communication and Media student with a passion for online marketing, journalism and travel. Do you often receive useless notifications from the apps on your phone when you are asleep, taking a shower, or some other random inconvenient location and time? Every Saturday morning, I wake up to a ton of notifications inviting me to check out the latest sales or use coupons for discounted coffee, or some other ridiculously unne

Social Media 148

Social Media Marketing Media Web 148

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 4, 2014

'In his new book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century , Thomas Piketty argues that the gap between the wealthiest members of our society and the poorest has widened significantly over the past decade. Much of this increasing discrepancy is accounted for by the global recession that began in 2008, but much of the blame lies with the policy-makers in the world’s great capitols.

Small Business 89

Small Business Government Demand Leadership 89

Start Up Blog

MAY 4, 2014

'There’s a lot of things I’m not good at, getting free media coverage for my startups is not one of them. Every project I’ve ever worked on I’ve managed to get major mainstream media coverage for it. I recently wrote a post for the crew at Pollenizer on the Sammartino methods in getting how to get media coverage. I call it: How to media hack your startup to awareness.

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Media Startup Entrepreneur Management 63

Tim Keane

MAY 4, 2014

'@TStillWTC #TheEntrepreneurialJourney. [link] Come join us for coffee: [link].

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