SiliconHills

AUGUST 7, 2013

'More than 90 percent of technology startups fail, according to a 2012 report from the Startup Genome Project. The researchers studied tech startups and found that most fail “due primarily to self destruction rather than competition.” “For the less than 10 percent of startups that do succeed, most encounter near death experiences along the way.” [.] The post The Post-Mortem on Grapevine, a Short-lived Tech Startup appeared first on SiliconHills.

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deal architect

AUGUST 7, 2013

'A sad truth in our industry is CIOs don''t often get fired for not being innovative. But they do get fired for major data or security breach or business continuity failure. In spite of that it is a bit concerning.

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Venture Chronicles

AUGUST 7, 2013

'This is the 4th installment in the Startup Lessons series I have been writing in the wake of my experience with Get Satisfaction. We are getting into the topics that are much more specific to Get Satisfaction, therefore I have an obligation to redact certain details that are confidential however in the spirit of shared learnings I will cover as much as I feel is appropriate.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 7, 2013

'by Jessica Martinez. Those darn idealistic college students are at it again by starting businesses with a new kind of goal in mind—creating something that matters! College student turned millionaire stories have been quite popular in the business and startup world but what about those college students who are starting something that could help millions?

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2013

'Although every startup is unique, there are certain common avoidable mistakes that can lead to legal complications which jeopardize the long-term success of the business. I’m not suggesting that every startup needs a lawyer, but you should definitely pay attention, and not be afraid to consult legal counsel if any of these raise qualms for you. Like other environments, most legal issues don’t result from fraud, but from ignorance on specific requirements, or simply never getting around to doing

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 7, 2013

'by Jonathan Erwin, CEO of Red e App. “Bulletin Board First!” “Chain of Command First!” Recognize these terms? Probably not. No one does, because they don’t exist. The actual catch phrase (or, slightly less charitably, buzz word) that has most recently begun to pop up throughout the innovation and technology entrepreneurial landscape is: “Mobile First.” Mobile First means think mobile, think often, think small screen.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 7, 2013

'Who is more successful? Bill and Melinda Gates or this father and son: Over the past thirty years, Dick Hoyt and his son Rick have completed hundreds of races, including more than sixty-five marathons, more than two hundred triathlons, and six Ironman races. This is an amazing feat for anyone, but when you take in to account the fact that Rick was born a non-speaking spastic quadriplegic with cerebral palsy, it’s downright miraculous.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 7, 2013

'I’ve been thinking a lot about human – computer love recently given my obsession with Battlestar Galactica. It evolved from “can Cylons have feelings?” to “can Cylons and humans love each other?” to “what changes when Cylons become mortal?” So – when I saw the trailer for Her, I thought – yup – this is our future, and we’d better start getting our minds around it.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 7, 2013

'Over several decades of building businesses, working with employees and in some cases partners, I’ve learned a few things about what people want when they do something well. When somebody on your team presents you with some surprise good news, the results of a job done well, or a task accomplished with extra merit, you really need to react quickly, and well.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 7, 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. This month marks yet another full plate of Israeli startup acquisitions by multinational corporations like Samsung, [.]. [[ This is a content summary only.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

AUGUST 7, 2013

'Tweet If you are on my newsletter you will have seen the edition I sent out Monday explaining how I met with Ed Dale last week , the Australian internet marketer and part of the founding team behind MagCast (although he is calling it Digital Publishing Blueprint now).

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Up and Running

AUGUST 7, 2013

'What makes a leader successful? Great leaders have a certain quality about them. These qualities of leadership inspire confidence and hard work. It simultaneously instills a “we’re all in this together” kind of camaraderie and a faith that someone is, indeed, steering everything in the right direction. It is leadership, and it’s not as innate, as unachievable, as you might think.

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Leadership Entrepreneur Employee Founder 83

Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2013

'Congratulations to the team (Dhruv, Flip, and Joe), and to DFJ Mercury for being smart enough to be an early investor. I''ve never been happier to be proven wrong.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 7, 2013

'This story is part of Bplans’ “How I Did It” series—true stories of real businesses getting started, solving problems and finding success. Read the previous story here. Donnie at Inboundable : “I converted my job into a customer by offering to provide the same service from home, for 50 percent of the cost. I then went out and found one more person willing to pay for the same service, and I was ‘officially in business’.”.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 7, 2013

'People Don’t Share Brochures, They Share Stories written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Marketing podcast with Jonah Berger. We don’t always think of something that’s contagious as such a good thing. When it comes to marketing these days, however, it’s a very good thing. Getting something catch on or “go viral” is one of the most powerful forms of marketing. photo credit: ~ Pil ~ via photopin cc.

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