The Next Web
JANUARY 23, 2014
'Timo Rein is the cofounder & CEO of Pipedrive , and was previously the cofounder of Vain & Partners - the leading Sales Training company in the Baltics. If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance that you’re an American, and that means you don’t know how good you have it. Nowhere in the world offers the kind of business climate that is so conducive to innovation, creativity and success for the aspiring entrepreneur.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 23, 2014
'by Julie Miller and Brian Bedford, co-authors of “ Culture Without Accountability: WTF? What’s The Fix? “ Are you accountable? If you’re like most people, your answer to that question is an automatic “Yes” or maybe even an indignant “Of course, why are you even asking me?” After all, you don’t believe that you’re above the law or lie about your behavior like Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.
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The Next Web
JANUARY 23, 2014
'Prerna Gupta is an author and futurist. She previously served as the Chief Product Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at Smule , where she remains an advisor to the Board of Directors. This post originally appeared on the Clarity.fm blog. Marketing is often treated as a bad word in Silicon Valley. To many, it connotes bloated budgets and the use of psychological trickery to make up for the fact that your product sucks.
SiliconHills
JANUARY 23, 2014
'By LESLIE ANNE JONES Reporter with Silicon Hills News If you want a hamburger, there are thousands of reviews available online for Austin joints. But until recently, if you wanted a business software package – which might cost a thousand times more than a gruyere-smothered Angus patty – it was much harder to find aggregated […] The post TrustRadius Aims to be the Yelp of Business Software appeared first on SiliconHills.
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
deal architect
JANUARY 23, 2014
'I like to vary the events I go to each year to get more of a industry and geographic diversity and am looking forward to some new ones over next couple of months (or ones I have not been to.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 23, 2014
'American Express loves to charge large fees on their product. I have met many employees of Amex , and the golden rule is to charge a fee. They want affluent customers, and affluent customers can afford fees. How very 1980s of them! However, sometimes the fee can be justified. The real question is whether you would normally purchase the benefits offered by Amex.
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SiliconHills
JANUARY 23, 2014
'By KEITH CASEY Special Contributor to Silicon Hills News Before I go any further, let me state that I loved working for Twilio. It’s cool technology but more importantly the passion, intelligence, and the ability of the senior leadership and just about everyone else is amazing. I walked in and felt like everything we did […] The post Keith Casey: Developer Evangelism Has Been Both the Best and Worst Job in My Career appeared first on SiliconHills.
The Next Web
JANUARY 23, 2014
'The startup community has a particular appreciation for reflective posts from founders, particularly those that recap failings and difficult experiences, as we’ve been reminded recently by an excellent post from Chris Poole, who founded 4chan, about the closure of his newest venture. Along that line, Startups Anonymous is a new site that aims to help foster more communication and provide a ‘safe’ place for founders to blog about their experiences.
SiliconHills
JANUARY 23, 2014
'BY CHELSEA McCULLOUGH Special contributor to Silicon Hills News Welcome to buzzword bingo. These are the terms and phrases that are prolific in headlines, tweets, panel discussions and conversations. Topping Forbes’ list in 2014 is the word “disrupt.” The Wall Street Journal recently penned a piece “Disruption Is the New Normal,” where they describe the […] The post Going Through the Big D: We’re Talking About Disruption appeared first on SiliconHills.
The Equity Kicker
JANUARY 23, 2014
'Dharmesh Shah, founder of Hubspot , just published a list of 12 things he will teach his toddler about work. As well as having an amazing company and being super-smart, Dharmesh is also an all-round nice guy. Number 7 on his list is a piece of great advice that many people forget: 7. See ‘boring’ as a springboard to success. What appears to be the boring thing to do is almost always the responsible thing to do.
SiliconHills
JANUARY 23, 2014
'By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Geekdom, the collaborative co-working space in downtown San Antonio, kicked off a new speakers event Thursday called The Master’s Series. “Our goal is to pummel you with amazing information,” said Lorenzo Gomez, director of Geekdom. The first speaker, Christie St. Martin talked about social media tips and […] The post Social Media Tips and Tools for Startups appeared first on SiliconHills.
VC Adventure
JANUARY 23, 2014
'Act like the leader. Simple advice but I see companies not do this all the time. You’re the leader in this space – act like it. Don’t be ashamed, bashful or defensive about it. This doesn’t mean beat the “we’re the biggest player in town” drumbeat all the time. It means leverage that fact and all that goes along with it to do things that the industry leader does – highlight customers, talk use cases, get more press, hold a user conference.
SiliconHills
JANUARY 23, 2014
'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News It will be a SXSW pitch competition with a media twist. ATI/Silicon Hills Startup Pitch, sponsored by Silicon Hills News, Austin Technology Incubator and Central Texas Angel Network, will give 10 Austin companies a chance to pitch in front of investors and the media to determine two […] The post It’s All About Your Startup Story: SXSW Pitch Contest by Silicon Hills, ATI and CTAN appeared first on SiliconHills.
VC Adventure
JANUARY 23, 2014
'This is a public service announcement for all entrepreneurs and investors. Remember not to take yourself too seriously. At least not all the time. In that vein, the following Real Life Conference Call reminds of us the pain of trying to hard. And we’ll end this morning’s video fest with my other alter-ego from Sesame Street – Animal – doing his thing on the drums, looking just like I do when I try to play them.
Mike Michalowicz
JANUARY 23, 2014
'When sales comes easy, and you don’t need to scratch and claw to get it, you will not be ready for when sales dry up. And it will dry up. It always does. Ironically, it is during these easy-peasy times when you need to sell harder than ever. When business is good, you need to scratch and claw the most. because when the sales do dry up, all of your weak competitors will close their doors.
Babbling VC
JANUARY 23, 2014
'Mark''s post on what you should look for when picking a VC saw a lot of play the past couple of days. As usual, Mark writes extensively about what he feels he would do when deciding which investor to work with. As usual, his posts give great and thorough advice. Unfortuntely, in this case, I think he''s taking the wrong approach to the problem. Further, I agree that I, along with a ton of other VC bloggers, often make this mistake. .
Austin Startup
JANUARY 23, 2014
'Developed by Austin native ByteSized Studios, Atomic Fusion: Particle Collider has players (a.k.a. Physicists) explore all the elements in the Periodic Table though frantic arcade gameplay.
Early Growth Financial Services
JANUARY 23, 2014
'I don’t think I need to make the case for raising capital for your startup. For many companies, bootstrapping will only get your company so far…and then, in order to grow bigger, faster, it’s likely that you’ll need some additional capital from an outside investor. But you already know that. What you may not know is that there are good times to focus on fundraising and, well, not so good times.
VC Adventure
JANUARY 23, 2014
Act like the leader. Simple advice but I see companies not do this all the time. You’re the leader in this space – act like it. Don’t be ashamed, bashful or defensive about it. This doesn’t mean beat the “we’re the biggest player in town” drumbeat all the time. It means leverage that fact and all that goes along with it to do things that the industry leader does – highlight customers, talk use cases, get more press, hold a user conference.
Jeff Hilimire
JANUARY 23, 2014
'It’s easy to talk about how the iPhone isn’t the best phone anymore – in fact I’m going to post soon about my love affair with the Nexus 5 – but one can’t deny the impact that device made on our world. Consider this flyer for Radioshack from 20 years ago. You remember Radioshack, it used to be THE place to get consumer electronics.
Business Plan Blog
JANUARY 23, 2014
'A New Funding Source for Startups. Crowdfunding is the greatest funding revolution of the new millennium. It opens up opportunities for services and products, which a generation ago, would have never seen the light of day. Starting a business with unlimited funds is not difficult at all. Those who are lucky enough to win the lottery, inherit money or retire with a substantial nest egg can easily start their own business (if they are willing to invest those personal funds).
Berkonomics
JANUARY 23, 2014
'Some businesses are built around a single idea. And sometimes that idea is just too small a slice of the big picture to be interesting to investors. There was a recent investor event where I was keynote speaker, on stage only after several panels of experts had wowed the audience with their predictions and observations. One of the panelists made a point that resonated with me.
Duct Tape Marketing
JANUARY 23, 2014
'Using Visual Media to Boost Your Marketing 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 Clayton Wood – Enjoy! Visual media is emerging as a very important and powerful tool in online marketing. A survey released recently shows the presence of images as one of the deciding factors for clicking on search results.
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