YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

'by Melissa Thompson, CEO of TalkSession. 2014 will be a formative year for new business owners and early-stage entrepreneurs. For those would-be entrepreneurs debating the startup leap? There is no time like the present. For current founders, in our hyper-pressurized worlds of being incubated, accelerated, and constantly switching modes between pitching and executing, how do we successfully navigate the labyrinth to success?

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The Next Web

JANUARY 21, 2014

'Josephine Sabin is the Marketing Manager for DesignCrowd. Being a freelancer is one of the most flexible jobs in the world, especially since it means being your own boss and creating your own hours. But of course, there are plenty of challenges. Whether you’ve already started your freelance journey or you’re a freelance wannabe, these awesome tips will help you get on top of your freelancing career and become a master of your own success!

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

'by Andrew Sobel, author of “ Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others “ It seems like we’re all just a click away from communicating with the most influential people in our industries. We can get “linked in” to potential employers across the country. We can be Facebook friends with former colleagues we haven’t spoken to in years.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 21, 2014

'Following Google’s acquisition of Nest last week Venturebeat published the following list of Google’s top ten acquisitions by value: Motorola Mobility – $12.5 billion, 2012. Nest Labs – $3.2 billion, 2014. DoubleClick – $3.1 billion, 2007. YouTube – $1.7 billion, 2006. Waze – $966 million, 2013. AdMob – $750 million, 2009. ITA Software – $700 million, 2011.

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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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SiliconHills

JANUARY 21, 2014

'BY SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Last year, Congress introduced the Startup Visa Act to provide visas to foreign entrepreneurs who have U.S. backing and whose businesses are expected to provide certain levels of employment, revenue, or capital investment. If the the legislation ever passes, it may make things a lot easier, said […] The post Opportunities and Obstacles in America’s Visa Options appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Eric Friedman

JANUARY 21, 2014

'Sometime last year Google changed the way folks access the “apps” within Gmail and Google Apps for Business accounts. My summary of the change; everything now takes two clicks instead of one. The official response shows the feature, and the product forums tell us ”…simpler design lets you focus on your in product experience but switch to other Google products when you need to.” Here is the new design decision that has resulted in folks actually asking me what ha

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 21, 2014

'If you have to ask if you can afford it, you can’t. If you think you can afford it, you still can’t. If you are sure you can afford it, you shouldn’t. If you absolutely can afford it and your business will dramatically benefit for it. Get it.

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The Startup Lawyer

JANUARY 21, 2014

'Occasionally, angel investors will send extensive due diligence requests to a startup way too early. By way too early, I mean an angel investor sends your startup an 8+ page due diligence request — without having made any sort of “commitment” to invest. This is problematic for a number of reasons. First, this could be […].

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Up and Running

JANUARY 21, 2014

'Whether running an Etsy store, a food cart, a photography business, or working as a freelancer, many entrepreneurs start their businesses as a “side hustle” while still working full- or part-time jobs. It’s a smart way to test the waters before pursuing entrepreneurship full-time. If you’re one of these people, the time will come when that side business grows large enough for you to consider ditching your day job altogether.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 21, 2014

'Outbox announced in a blog posting today that they were shutting down the Outbox service and pivoting to something new and (hopefully) better. Their messages to customers contains a hint of the quality of these entrepreneurs, and a peek into the kind of strategic business thinking and attention to metrics that every startup should aspire to.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 21, 2014

'The founders of the mailbox disruptive service, Outbox of Austin, announced in a blog post that the service is shutting down. “We announce today that we are ending the mail service, shutting down the Outbox brand, and focusing our team and resources on a totally new product,” according to the post by Evan Baehr and […] The post Austin Mail Disruptor Outbox is Shutting Down appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 21, 2014

'5 Operational Tips Every Startup CEO Should Know and Follow written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing It is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is Morgan Sims – Enjoy! Starting a company from nothing is an exciting and nerve-wracking experience. From a staff of 5 founders to 500 employees, there are several things startup CEOs should know and practice while growing their companies.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 21, 2014

'Spanning Cloud Apps announced that it more than doubled the size of its workforce last year and its revenue and customers quadrupled from 2012. The Austin-based startup now has 40 employees, up from 16. It plans to double its workforce this year. The company also moved into new headquarters last year at 823 Congress, four […] The post Spanning Cloud Apps Set to Double Its Workforce in Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 21, 2014

'Like you, I use a lot of free web services today. I play free games on my Nexus 5 and iPad Air, and I use Gmail and Google Calendar, among other free tools. I thought it would be an interesting exercise to take inventory on the things that I actually pay for. So… Here are the web services that I do pay for and why: For fun ($19.31/month). ————————————————– Google Play Music - I pay $7.99

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 21, 2014

'Biofuel researchers have figured out how to make fuel from switchgrass, algae, corn, soy, canola oil, plants and paper. All of those biofuels are tough to scale to meet the demands of filling up millions of gas tanks on a daily basis. But now the innovative researchers at the University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell […] The post UT Researchers Make Biofuel from Yeast and Sugar appeared first on SiliconHills.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 21, 2014

'This post originally appeared on the Flippa blog. Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you’re probably considering selling your app to someone else, hopefully for large sums of money. Or at least you’re thinking about it but you’re not sure if you want to let your baby go. Either way, selling an app is literally as simple as putting a listing up and watching the bids grow.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 21, 2014

'The University of Texas at Austin has named its first Dell Medical School dean. It’s Dr. S. Claiborne “Clay” Johnston, who currently serves as associate vice chancellor at the University of California, San Francisco. Johnston is “a practicing neurologist who specializes in preventing and treating stroke. He will begin March 1 at the Dell Medical […] The post Dr.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 21, 2014

'Yaniv Tross is the CEO of Tross Creative House , a creative agency for tech, based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Have a great idea and thinking about crowdfunding it? Think again. Your idea, as great as it is, is simply not enough. Crowdfunding is an extremely bad name for this process. Well, it’s a good name from a marketing point of view, but it’s misleading.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 21, 2014

'This is an unusual VC post – we’re asking for help around a new metric we’re tracking but it’s in an area where we’re not experts: underrepresented founders. We’re hoping to learn from those who have spent more time on issues of diversity and inclusion. “What’s on your dashboard?” It’s one of the questions we ask startups during the fundraising process and post-investment to help them collect the information needed to run their business.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

'By Victoria Treyger, Kabbage. Everyone has great dreams of working for themselves but there are important steps to starting a business that you need to know in order to move your dreams to reality. Owning your own business means a lot of things, including freedom and flexibility. But starting your own business also means a lot of hard work, especially at the beginning.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 21, 2014

'A/B testing is fun. With so many easy-to-use tools around, anyone can (and should) do it. However, there’s actually more to it than just setting up a test. Tons of companies are wasting their time and money by making these 12 mistakes. Here are the top mistakes I see again and again. Are you guilty of making these mistakes? Read and find out. #1: A/B tests are called early.

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VC Adventure

JANUARY 21, 2014

'One of the most annoying things about being an angel investor is filling out the same Accredited Investor Questionnaire over and over again. I’ve made about 200 angel investments and over 50 VC fund investments at this point since 1994 and I’ve filled out some version of this form at least 250 times. A few weeks ago Fred Wilson made an open request for A Web Service For Qualified and Accredited Investors.

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