YoungUpstarts

MARCH 2, 2016

by Matt Janaway, owner of Outreachly.uk. Are you concerned about the speed of your website? There are many site owners who never even consider speed and uptime as factors for achieving more traffic and conversion. The truth is that the thousands of dollars that you’re investing into online branding and marketing can burn to ashes right before your eyes if your website takes too long to load or is unavailable.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 2, 2016

815 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY - A former turn of the century era bank building that will soon house creative folks. Don't you just hate it when you own an old building made like no one makes buildings anymore in an up and coming area--and you've got no cool startupy/creative/tech tenants in it yet? I know, I know--we've all been there. Well, have no fear, I've got your solution right here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2016

To build a startup, entrepreneurs need a laser focus on providing an innovative solution to a real problem. Once they achieve that initial traction, the focus needs to change for quicker growth. Most entrepreneurs dream of achieving the exponential expansion of a Google or Amazon, but few investor pitches I see outline any strategy beyond simple marketing to make this happen.

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Brandanew

MARCH 2, 2016

Unless you’ve discovered a gem with little or no competition, Content Marketing for your brands can be hard, purely because you’re competing with everyone. From the mommy bloggers to self styled fashion gurus to the Vogues of the world – in case you’re a fashion brand are all your competition. Does that mean you create unending amounts of content?

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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

MARCH 2, 2016

Image credit: Goal oriented from Shutterstock. Starting your first ever business is a time that’s packed with excitement and fear in equal measures. Quite frankly, the best way to focus on the first aspect is to remove the latter. And the most effective method to achieve this is through careful planning. In truth, your business ventures will almost certainly involve a sense of trial and error.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 2, 2016

The movie Code: Debugging the Gender Gap is being screened at the Boulder Theater on Friday, March 4th at 10:00 am followed by a Global Town Hall at eTown at 1pm to discuss the movie. Amy and I are sponsoring the event along with NCWIT – please join in for what I expect will be an awesome documentary and lively discussion. The post Friday’s BIFF Screening of Code: Debugging the Gender Gap appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 2, 2016

Regular readers will know that I’ve been meditating for three years now and it’s an important part of my life. Meditation helps me deal with stress, make better decisions, keep my energy levels up and feel happier. For a while I was a bit of a meditation zealot, but I stopped that because it wasn’t helping people. The learning curve for meditation is too steep and the benefits too unclear for most people to make it a habit.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 2, 2016

There are particular times that it’s a good idea to consider refinancing your home, whether you’ve been considering it or not. When market rates are ideal or there are offers by banks looking to attract new customers with low interest rates with lock-in periods, you could save a bundle if you act at the right time. On the other hand, there are also times when it’s an ill advised idea to refinance, if only because you potentially could be missing out on benefits and better market rates that pop u

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Up and Running

MARCH 2, 2016

If you are reading this, I’ll bet you’re not the average person. You are a person yearning to thrive and make a real change. After all, that is what an entrepreneur does, but something may be holding you back. On the other hand, something is also prompting you to get going doing the things you know you’re capable of doing. And that something just may be the group of people you are surrounded by.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 2, 2016

If you cannot afford, or do not have the skill-set to run, a dedicated private server, then the chances are that you are using web hosting in your business. There is nothing wrong with this, as they both have their advantages. However, they do come with some security problems for a business, particularly any business involved in finance. Last year we had the Dridex virus that enabled millions to be stolen by hackers from bank accounts, and who knows what this year will bring.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 2, 2016

How do people view search results? The answer to this questions brings great insight to those trying to make money on search marketing, whether SEO or PPC. We conducted a new eye tracking study to find out. . There have been a few eye-tracking and mouse-tracking studies done on search behavior in the past. Of course, you’re probably familiar with the F-Pattern uncovered by NN/g years ago.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 2, 2016

My friends at Oblong have been involved in some very cool new installations of their Mezzanine product in different vertical markets. They are suddenly seeing a lot of interest from hospitals and health care systems. A recent new installation is the Mercy Virtual Care Center , which is the world’s first virtual care center. If you are at HIMSS this week in Las Vegas, go visit Oblong at booth #10725 on the show floor and see the future of collaboration in action.

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OnlyOnce

MARCH 2, 2016

I’ve written a bunch on this blog and in Startup CEO , about Agile Development and the Lean Canvas and Lean Startups in general (see a really old post on Agile Development from 10 years ago when we first adopted it here , and one on Agile Marketing here ). The basic premise of all of this is that there is an old way to build software products and businesses, and a new lighter way loosely based on Toyota’s lean manufacturing principles.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 2, 2016

If you want to get all the juice out of an orange, you first squeeze it. Then you twist it. Then turn it and twist it more. If you are really working that orange over, you will put some real leverage and weight into it until that last final drop comes out. And that last drop is often the sweetest. Apply this same concept to your ideas. When you have a new idea, start twisting it and turning it.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 2, 2016

South by Southwest just announced Wednesday morning President Barack Obama will participate in a keynote conversation at SXSW Interactive. The president will speak on Friday, March 11th. He will participate in a fireside chat with Evan Smith, Chief Executive Officer of the Texas Tribune. In addition, First Lady Michelle Obama will give the opening keynote […] The post President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to Speak at SXSW appeared first on SiliconHills.

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YFS Magazine

MARCH 2, 2016

Increasingly, designers are turning towards biophilic design for office space planning, so why is it so important?

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SiliconHills

MARCH 2, 2016

By CHRIS VALENTINE Special Contribution to Silicon Hills News Startup enthusiasts and innovation seekers around the world are preparing themselves for the week-long whirlwind of conferences, pitch competitions, panels, and networking events that make up SXSW Interactive. With so many event opportunities for you to choose from, it’s best to prepare ahead of time and […] The post Top 10 Things to do at SXSW Startup Village appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Start Up Blog

MARCH 2, 2016

The internet is filled with How To advice. Which proves how important it is in building the life you want. But it has a simple flaw we ought remember: How to advice is disposable. How to’s are a set of tactics which need to change as the world around us changes. This means we need to constantly re-assess what we know, and ask if it is still relevant.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 2, 2016

RealMassive, a commercial real estate data marketplace, Wednesday announced it has settled a copyright infringement lawsuit with CoStar Realty Information Inc. for $1 million. “We are glad to have this lawsuit resolved,” Craig Hancock, Chief Executive Officer of RealMassive, said in a news release. “CoStar’s claim that we deliberately added its photos to our database […] The post RealMassive Settles Lawsuit with CoStar Realty for $1 Million appeared first on Silicon

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Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2016

It’s that time of year again. The streets of Austin are decorated with the banners that declare SXSW is officially on the horizon. Continue reading on Medium ».

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SiliconHills

MARCH 2, 2016

South by Southwest just announced Wednesday morning President Barack Obama will participate in a keynote conversation at SXSW Interactive. The president will speak on Friday, March 11th. He will participate in a fireside chat with Evan Smith, Chief of the Texas Tribune. In addition, First Lady Michele Obama will give the opening keynote at SXSW […] The post President Barack Obama to Speak at SXSW appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 2, 2016

What does ‘diversity’ mean at a new startup and how can I pay attention to it? Is it even appropriate to prioritize diversity when you’re just trying to figure things out? Is there some magical number of employees at which diversity should start? These were well-intended questions we heard repeatedly from founders over the past three years – both in the Homebrew portfolio and more generally.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2016

On Monday this week, I saw thousands of Health IT professionals descend on Las Vegas for the the annual HIMSS Conference. Oracle has… Continue reading on Medium ».

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YFS Magazine

MARCH 2, 2016

In the end, your twenties are for learning, while your thirties are for earning.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2016

On Monday this week, I saw thousands of Health IT professionals descend on Las Vegas for the the annual HIMSS Conference. Oracle has… Continue reading on Medium ».

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Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 2, 2016

This post is so terrific, I had to share it. Of all the qualities that I want my kids to have, empathy is at the top of the list. Too many of us who are privileged in so many ways (and EVERYONE reading this is), forget about those who aren’t and have little to no ability to see the world through their eyes and experiences.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 2, 2016

Why You Must Increase Your Negative Reviews written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Jay Baer. Okay, I’ll admit, the headline for this post probably seems a little odd, so let me explain. No one likes or wants negative reviews, but the fact is, that’s how you get better. In a perfect world, everything your business does makes the customer smile, but I don’t know too many businesses that live in that world.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 2, 2016

This is not a post about politics, but let me start with something I’ve noticed over the past few weeks in the presidential race, which is Hillary Clinton’s shift from using “I” to using “We” in her speaches. Bernie Sanders has been using plural language for pretty much the entirety of his campaign and it’s been an effective tool for him to make audiences feel that they’re in this with him.

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