YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2013

'If you’re a small business achingly stuck with an outdated IT infrastructure that’s hindering your opportunities for growth, you may be in luck. Microsoft has launched the Get2Modern SME IT Makeover Contest , where small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore will stand a chance to modernize their operations with free Windows 8 Pro notebooks and tablets, one-year Office 365 Small Business Premium subscription (for up to 20 users) and migration services from an authorized Microso

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

MAY 14, 2013

'It’s no secret that that I see the opportunity for Bitcoin to disrupt multi-billion-dollar markets and dramatically cut transaction costs for people around the world. We are in the early stages of innovation in this ecosystem, and Lightspeed wants to encourage that innovation. So today, I am thrilled to announce that Lightspeed Venture Partners will anchor the newly created Boost BitCoin Fund.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2013

'By Robert D. Smith, author of “ 20,000 Days and Counting: The Crash Course For Mastering Your Life Right Now ”. Ideas are the cure to any problem. So often we mistakenly think things like more money or time are the solutions we need. Well, money doesn’t magically appear on its own, and it’s impossible to find more than 24 hours in a day. An idea, however, can give you what you need in order to make more money or spend your time more efficiently.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 14, 2013

'When I was in Rio a few months ago for the Global Entrepreneurial Congress, I did a talk called “ Day1 ” that Endeavor puts on. It’s a 20 minute presentation about “your day 1″ – a profound moment that impacted your entrepreneurial journey. I decided to talk about a number of Day 1′s that I’ve had. I’ve always felt that with the dawn of each day is a new chance to “try again to be the best that I can be.” So my Day 1′s vary

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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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YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2013

'by Lori Campbell of PressTheWord. Mobile websites are more than a passing fad. They are now a necessity for anyone hoping to do serious business on the internet or wanting to provide maximum exposure for a business. If you are looking to setup your own mobile site, below are a few tips that will help you design and setup your site. 1. Check out the Competition.

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Mike Michalowicz

MAY 14, 2013

'The Glory Day Pic. If that picture from 25 years ago, when you looked “amazing,” doesn’t work in landing a trusting long term relationship on match.com, why would anyone in their right mind post a picture of themselves from 25 years ago on their business website? Pictorial Misrepresentation. Way too many owners, entrepreneurs, authors, gurus, experts, management teams, anybody, everybody, post old “great” pictures of themselves on their sites.

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VC Cafe

MAY 14, 2013

'I had a great pleasure to host Don Dodge at Campus last month for our one year anniversary to speak with the venture community in London about Campus, startups and Google. Don is a senior developer advocate with years of experience as an influential Microsoft startup evangelist (like Guy Kawasaki did [.]. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!

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Mike Michalowicz

MAY 14, 2013

'Jumping onto a social media platform before you understand it is like ordering dinner off of a menu written in a language you don’t speak. You might think you’re ordering a cheeseburger with bacon, but you’re really ordering sautéed grasshoppers in chocolate sauce with a side order of pickled cow’s feet. The experience can be the same with social media.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 14, 2013

'Business systems, business systems, business systems.why is everyone always going on and on about systems in your business? Well, it''s simple really. If you don''t have a business system, and your entire operation relies on you personally performing certain actions, then you really don''t have a business. You may be a really busy and even profitable self-employed, independent contractor, but you do not have a business.

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SiliconHills

MAY 14, 2013

'By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Austin has one of the nation’s most active angel networks through the Central Texas Angel Network, known as CTAN. Last year, CTAN, with 100 members, invested about $8 million in 28 companies, including 13 new companies and 15 portfolio companies. Every angel investor is doing it because [.] The post How to Get Money from VC and Angel Investors appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Up and Running

MAY 14, 2013

'The world is quickly becoming a smaller place and it’s making more sense for companies to uproot and locate elsewhere, reducing staffing and production costs. Relocating your business isn’t a light decision though, no matter how much more cost-effective it may be. If you are considering moving your company to another country, we’ve outlined a list of things for you to consider, ensuring you make the most of the opportunity. #1 Rules and Regulations.

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SiliconHills

MAY 14, 2013

'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News As an investor, Brett Hurt, co-founder of Bazaarvoice and partner with Austin Ventures, wants to see a couple big changes in Austin startups in the next ten years. Both of them along the lines of “thinking bigger” as he explained in his Monday RISE session, How to [.] The post Brett Hurt on How to Raise Money from Angels and VCs appeared first on SiliconHills.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 14, 2013

Were you surprised that the Boston Marathon bombers were caught on video? You shouldn’t have been. How about a meteor falling in Russia ? Or a pizza delivery guy urinating on a customer’s door after receiving too small a tip? Then there’s that plane crashing on a Russian highway. All these phenomena are part of an ubertrend I call Voyeurgasm – and it’s changing our lives and maybe even your future.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 14, 2013

'I’ve said repeatedly that building a vibrant community is the most important objective of any business these days. photo credit: Mourner via photopin cc. While this may sound like some social media laced feel good sentiment it’s actually quite practical. Making your business customers, prospects, suppliers and partners feel like important members of a bigger community simply makes long-term business sense and is the key to long-term growth in ways that you not have even considered.

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Business Plan Blog

MAY 14, 2013

'S uccessful entrepreneurs not only have visions in their minds, they also translate their abstract visions into concrete financial projections. Financial projections enable entrepreneurs to set targets for their goals, control costs and predict problems. Balance sheet, profit-loss statement, and cash flow statement are the 3 main parts of financial projections and should be included in any business plan : Balance Sheet.

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Rob Go

MAY 14, 2013

'Right after OMGPOP released DrawSomething to rave reviews (and traction), I was catching up with my friend Nabeel Hyatt and chatted a bit about the game’s meteoric rise. I joked that the success was eerily well timed with him joining Spark as a Venture Partner, although of course, the development of the game was well in the works before then.

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Early Growth Financial Services

MAY 14, 2013

'Originally published on VentureBeat. The pursuit of funding can start to feel like the startup journey itself—an endless cycle of pitching, relationship building, research, analysis, and proving your business model. If you take a smart approach to the process, however, the exhausting process can be a lot more fruitful. The key is to frame the funding process as an intensive business development effort: tapping into your ecosystem, staying up to speed on industry happenings, being an advoc

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 14, 2013

'The FT had an article over the weekend about the job creation in China that has come off the back of Alibaba’s amazing success. According the Chinese Ecommerce Research Centre in the last year alone the Chinese ecommerce industry created more than 12m jobs directly and more than 12m indirectly, and Alibaba controls over half of the market, implying they deserve credit for 7m new jobs last year.

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VC Cafe

MAY 14, 2013

'As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. This edition doesn’t [.]. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MAY 14, 2013

'Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Your bootstrapped startup is finally off the ground. You’re able to spend $6000/mo on AdWords to drive leads. Sure the conversion rates could be better, and sure it’s not the best ROI on Earth, but on the balance it’s making money. You don’t have a huge budget, but you can plough some of your winnings back into advertising.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2013

'Startups provide leadership in the market. Entrepreneurs provide leadership to their startup. There are many styles of leadership, like dictatorial, laissez-faire, and democratic. One that I hear discussed more these days, in this age of relationships, is called “servant” leadership. What is servant leadership? The servant leader serves the people they lead through mentoring, direct assistance, listening, and acting on their employees input.

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Start Up Blog

MAY 14, 2013

'There has been a lot of talk lately about the mobile revolution. A shift which is here to stay which will forever change communications, commerce and culture. But most people are wrong about this revolution. Yes, mobile living is here, but it’s not about that piece of technology which lives in our pockets. No, the mobile phone is a symptom, not the cause.

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