Wed.Dec 25, 2013

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Bah, humbug

deal architect

'My nephew who travels quite a bit – even more than I did when I was his age – is over for the holidays and was describing his experience using Delta miles.

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Every Entrepreneur Needs Holidays To Rest And Relax

Startup Professionals Musings

'It’s been a challenging business year, but I hope you are all taking some time off this long holiday weekend, to celebrate with the family. Even those of you who are not Christian and see Christmas as just another day should still enjoy the holiday spirit, take a break from work, and enjoy your loved ones. Yet there will be some entrepreneurs can’t seem to make the decision to take a break.

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Keeping Healthy On The Job

YoungUpstarts

'by Ken Myers, founder of Longhorn Leads. When you are young it can feel like you are invincible. You have the energy to keep going all day long and make the most of your day. However if you keep up too hectic of a schedule without having your health in mind it can lead to a big crash. Here are some ways you can stay healthy and on the ball: Take your lunch (and snacks).

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Don’t Fight Depression

Feld Thoughts

'As 2013 comes to an end, I feel some relief that what has been a difficult and confusing year is almost behind me. I mark the year boundary with my birthday (12/1) so December is an “unwind” month for me. Amy and I are at our house in Keystone with a variety of friends swinging through, working some, reading some, exercising, and just hanging out.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

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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What is the maximum amount of money a pre-revenue mobile Internet startup can expect to raise from the VCs?

Gust

'To start with, a pre-revenue mobile company cannot expect to raise anything from “the VCs” Venture capital funds invest in only one out of every 400 companies seeking funding, so the odds of your particular startup getting funded are astronomically against you. Next, venture capital funds invest primarily in later stage companies that have already shown significant indications of success (known in the industry as “traction” ) Of the roughy $20 billion invested eve

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Go Big, It’s The Easiest Path To Success

Mike Michalowicz

'It’s not rocket science: Big challenges lead to big accomplishments; the bigger the challenge, the bigger the benefit. You know the drill. You don’t have to be reminded to think big – you hear it everyday on Oprah. So, what’s the hold up? What’s stopping you from going for the pie in the sky? What? Why are you looking at my blog like that? How the heck would I know why you have lead shoes?

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