deal architect
APRIL 8, 2014
'The concept of 2 (or 3) Tier ERP is certainly not new. Platinum (now Epicor), J. D Edwards (now Oracle), and more recently NetSuite have for decades gone to large, typically multi-national companies and convinced them to adopt their software.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 8, 2014
'Many employers may focus their efforts on hiring a team with similar mentalities, educational histories, or skills knowledge. But a diverse team offers varying perspectives and a multitude of skillsets — often equating to better performance, a great brand image, and growth in an organization. Earlier we looked at how human resource practitioners could look at how to incorporate diversity in workplaces , and one of the best ways to do it is to start at the recruitment stage.
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deal architect
APRIL 8, 2014
'I get way too many PR pitches where I am offered to talk to an exec of a vendor or one of its partner firms. When I ask instead to speak to some customers the answer is some variation of.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 8, 2014
'by Andrew Sobel, coauthor of “ Power Relationships: 26 Irrefutable Laws for Building Extraordinary Relationships “. You’re a master at the work you do. Unfortunately, you’ve got one client (or maybe more than one) who’s so hard to deal with you can’t get to a place where you can prove your value. Sound familiar? It should. From time to time, we’ve all struggled with a client who seems indifferent, constantly questions our judgment, or calls our cell phone demanding attention on a Saturday nig
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
Version One Ventures
APRIL 8, 2014
'Image via CrunchBase. Look across virtually any industry and you’ll see great examples where traditional spaces are being disrupted by software, access to data, and massive online communities. The net effect is powerful: it empowers all of us (no matter who we are or where we are) to learn more quickly, make better decisions, and operate more efficiently.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 8, 2014
'by Robb Begg, CMO at Introhive. The problem with the obvious, old school metrics: Clicks do not equal Consumption. For years click-throughs have been the most important metric for marketers, but the intense attention paid to clicks has also slowly revealed some of its biggest problems as a measurement of audience attention. There’s increasing evidence that while people may click, they didn’t necessarily read or watch your content and they almost certainly didn’t read or watch the whole thing.
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Feld Thoughts
APRIL 8, 2014
'Raj Bhargava (CEO of JumpCloud ) and I have been talking about how startups can leverage DevOps and Agile more. We created a conference on DevOps last year for our portfolio companies and it was a huge hit. DevOps is a movement that we are deeply interested in from multiple perspectives. It’s integral to almost all of the companies we invest in and many, especially in our Glue and Protocol themes, are DevOps driven companies.
The Equity Kicker
APRIL 8, 2014
'This chart is taken from a presentation to DemoLabs by Helen Greiner, founder and CEO of CyPhy works and formerly of iRobot. It’s a capability timeline for drones. At Forward Partners we invest in the ecommerce ecoystem and one of the sub-areas is innovative product companies building their brands online. I’m interested in the way drones and robots are changing the economics of manufacturing and enabling innovative product companies by enabling greater precision at lower prices, thr
Mike Michalowicz
APRIL 8, 2014
'We derive only about twenty percent of the value out of eighty percent of the things we use. The email marketing system you purchased? It can do so much more than just big old email blasts. That CRM you are using? You’re barely scratching the surface of what it can do. That networking group you joined, you are barely networked with two people when you could be connected with one hundred.
SiliconHills
APRIL 8, 2014
'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News At a restaurant like Swift’s Attic, when someone is an especially good customer—perhaps because they come in a lot, host big parties or drink expensive Bourbon– you don’t reward them with a punch card good for a free muffin. You might send out a complimentary appetizer, said […] The post Mahana Helps Restaurants Roll Out the Red Carpet appeared first on SiliconHills.
Jason Ball
APRIL 8, 2014
'Last week I was asked what I look for in Founders/CEOs by some LPs (limited partners, the people that actually give VCs the money they invest). I gave them three characteristics that I think are critical to success: 1) Tenacity. Starting a company is hard. If anyone could do it successfully, everyone would be a successful multi millionaire/billionaire entrepreneur.
SiliconHills
APRIL 8, 2014
'Thank you to all of our Kickstarter backers for making the first print edition of Silicon Hills News possible and to all of our advertisers a big thank you. The magazine was a huge success at South by Southwest Interactive in March. On April 18th, we’re hosting a celebration at Ino’z in downtown Wimberley. We’ll […] The post Silicon Hills News’ First Print Magazine appeared first on SiliconHills.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 8, 2014
'Managing the Curve of Expectation written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Expectations are almost everything. Meet them and people are mostly happy. Exceed them and they are mostly overjoyed. Fail to meet them and sometimes nothing else matters. The key of course lies in properly setting them in the first place.
SiliconHills
APRIL 8, 2014
'By JAIME NETZER Reporter with Silicon Hills News Boxer’s motto is, “Email isn’t broken, it’s just unfair.” It’s about an overload problem, says Boxer CEO and co-founder, Andrew Eye. “People are all frustrated by overload, and they tend to pick a scapegoat,” he says. “Email is a convenient scapegoat, people say it’s old, it’s broken, […] The post Boxer Aims to Simplify Email Management appeared first on SiliconHills.
Jeff Hilimire
APRIL 8, 2014
'The Dragon Army team is super pumped about releasing Robots Love Ice Cream at midnight tonight on iOS (Android coming later in the month). Actually, it is launching in a few hours in Somoa and will roll out across the globe as midnight hits in each time zone. One of our super talented artists has been sharing his excitement in the Atlanta Tech Village for the last week or so. .
Rob Go
APRIL 8, 2014
'I was as surprised as the next person to hear today that Fred Destin was going to be leaving Atlas to return home to the UK with his family. I’m sure it was a tough decision, but one I can understand given someone who has lived abroad for most of his life. Even though Fred was always obviously not a local Boston-guy, he had a tremendous impact on the tech community here that will be sorely missed.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 8, 2014
'Think Like a Marketer, Sell Like a Superstar written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. As some of you may have heard I have a new book coming out May 15th. The title is Duct Tape Selling – Think Like a Marketer, Sell Like a Superstar and I’m conducting a free webinar for my readers on April 16th to kick off some of the content.
Venture Chronicles
APRIL 8, 2014
'The lynch mob mentality that put Mozilla’s CEO out of a job has been well covered and while shameful at every level, I didn’t expect to comment on how badly Mozilla stumbled on this… but here I am. What really got under my skin is the self-righteous indignation expressed by those calling for Eich’s ouster. The guy paid a price no one should have to pay for exercising the right we all carry to express our views in the form of political speech, yet that is impossible when
Early Growth Financial Services
APRIL 8, 2014
'Originally published in All Business It’s a Catch-22: to start your business you need capital, but in order to raise capital, you need to have a business. For those of us who don’t plan to raise venture capital anytime soon, is debt (like a bank loan) the right route to take? To find out, we asked eight successful entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) the following question: Q.
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