Fri.Oct 25, 2013

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9 Tips To Business Success By Anticipating Problems

Startup Professionals Musings

'Creating a startup, or managing any business, is all about problem solving. Some people are good at it and some are not – independent of their IQ or their book smarts (there may even be an inverse relationship here). Yet I’m convinced that problem solving is a learnable trait, rather than just a birthright. Entrepreneurs who are great problem solvers within any business are the best prepared to solve their customers’ needs effectively as well.

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Social Networks and innovation content

deal architect

'What’s your favorite social network -Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Quora, Pinterest, other? Sorry I asked and started a debate :) That’s the new reality, is it not? People have vigorous views about how much they like one versus another. With the.

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[Africa] Nominations For Top35-Under35CEO Awards Now Open.

YoungUpstarts

'Africa may be home to mostly developing countries, but that doesn’t mean there’s little or no entrepreneurship on the continent. In fact, there are many unsung young African entrepreneurs struggling to make a difference – and Top35-Under35CEO Awards , an annual program that highlights and recognizes young African entrepreneurs, aims to use their examples to encourage and promote more entrepreneurship among young Africans.

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Scary, Month-End Sales Numbers? Time for Better Content Strategy

Rembrandt Communications

'Give Customers What They Really Want It’s Halloween so things are pretty scary out there. But if you are looking at low sales numbers as the end of the month grows near, that can be darn right terrifying! If this sounds familiar, I’ve got a few helpful tips for you. First of all, are you […].

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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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5 Tools Your Business Needs For 2014

YoungUpstarts

'Like it or not, we’re in the last few months of 2013. Whether you follow a calendar fiscal year, or use the US Government’s example and run your year from October to October, you’re either in the first quarter of the new year or the last quarter of an old one. That means it’s time to start thinking about how to improve your business for 2014.

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Love and Knowledge Conquer All

Feld Thoughts

'As we head into the weekend (which I need very badly), I thought I’d toss up a fun video that the gang at Name.com made recently. They’ve done some funny videos as part of their promotional campaigns (they are our domain registrar – good folks) and asked if Amy and I would do one that references our book Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur.

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Raising Capital to Get Easier – SEC Crowdfunding Proposal

Business Plan Blog

'SEC Crowdfunding Proposal. In September of this year, the SEC voted to overturn the ban on “general solicitation” that made it illegal for companies to publicly advertise that they are raising capital. While the lifting of the ban did open the private market to a broader pool of investors, it left many restrictions on the types of investors that companies could target and regulations on how to raise crowdfunding capital.

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HomeAway Joins Forces with Expedia

SiliconHills

'HomeAway, the world’s biggest marketplace for vacation home rentals, has struck an agreement with Expedia to offer its properties on the popular travel search site. The pilot is expected to launch early next year and it will include properties in the U.S. and Mexico, according to a news release. “This is a significant milestone for […] The post HomeAway Joins Forces with Expedia appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Place What You Want To Sell On The Right

Mike Michalowicz

'The left side of the human brain performs, among other things, story telling. Not just story telling to others, but story telling to ourselves. When you look at that pretty red sports car, its the left side of your brain saying “It will impress your prospects. The fuel economy is surprisingly remarkable. It shows the world who that rebel stuffed inside of you is.” The left side of your brain provides the story – the justification – for buying it.

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What Are the Best Tools for Note Taking at Meetings and Conferences?

Duct Tape Marketing

'What Are the Best Tools for Note Taking at Meetings and Conferences? written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Friday is “Question of the Week” day here at Duct Tape Marketing. Each Friday I’ll tackle a specific question I received via readers or in places where I’m speaking. Submit your question here and if we use it we’ll highlight you and send you a signed copy of Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit: Hades2k via photopin cc.

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Pivot3 Gets $14 Million in Financing

SiliconHills

'Pivot3 has closed on $14 million in venture capital. The Austin-based company plans to use the money to fund its growth next year. InterWest Partners and Mesirow Financial Capital Partners led the round, according to a news release. Other funders included Focus Ventures, Lightspeed Partners, Silver Creek Ventures, Northleaf Ventures and Wilson Sonsini.

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The most important aspect of creating a great culture

Jeff Hilimire

'(some of the team riding the elevator and somehow having fun doing it!). Our team of 11 at Dragon Army already seems like they’ve been working together for years. That’s what the CEO of a neighboring startup mentioned to me recently. Considering we’ve been a company for a little over a month – and in fact three of the team members started this week – I’ll take that as a sign that we’re on the right track to building a great culture.

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Connect at Central Gives More San Antonian’s Web Access

SiliconHills

'By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News Broadband Internet access is not something new to the tech world. We couldn’t live without it, but we may also take it for granted. In fact, 44 percent of Bexar County residents do not have access to broadband and 7.3 percent still use a dial up modem […] The post Connect at Central Gives More San Antonian’s Web Access appeared first on SiliconHills.

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An Early Entrant into Crowdfunding Finds Traction

The Entrepreneurial Mind

'The Entrepreneurial Mind : Phil Schmerling and InCrowd Capital. Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Tumblr Stumble Digg Delicious The post An Early Entrant into Crowdfunding Finds Traction appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.

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Leaving the past where it belongs

crowdSPRING Blog

'Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. John F. Kennedy. We know some people will feel somewhat nostalgic by having to leave their blue screens of death, frozen web browsers and broken websites behind. What once was considered standard, is now a mere blip in the traffic radar. Yes, I am talking about the Internet Explorer.

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Community Surprises

aweissman.com

'There are many examples of online communities, as well as many examples of ways to engage, promote and respect those communities. At USV we think about this a fair amount. But sometimes online communities can surprise you in unexpected ways. Sometimes in being the shepherd of a group of people and businesses you can learn about yourself too. Sometimes the way you interact with those communities takes different shapes than you would otherwise expect.

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Startup spaces: How to design your startup office for a productive workforce

The Next Web

'If you look at some of the latest startup offices, there seems to be a competition to who can have the coolest ping pong tables, kitchen, and big TVs displaying real time data. But are they essential to office productivity and culture? We spoke to some of the hottest startups to hear their experiences and tips for building a space that welcomes productivity, creativity, and keeps employees happy.