YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2015

'by Rob Bellenfant, founder and CEO of TechnologyAdvice. If you keep up with the news on project management and business strategy, you’ve probably come across the buzzword “agile” more than a few times. You may have also noticed that agile methodology — which was once thought to be only for software developers — is now being used just about everywhere, from construction to marketing, human resources, manufacturing, and even wedding planning.

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Up and Running

MARCH 5, 2015

'Is your company name hurting your business? When company names go bad. There’s a whole heap of problems that can scupper a business in its plans to develop and grow: poor sales, an interrupted supply chain, industry price-cutting or new competition, a marketing strategy that didn’t quite go to plan, HR issues, sudden increases in overheads, late payments—the list of potential pitfalls is long, and the cause of many sleepless nights.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MARCH 5, 2015

'Creativity, Innovation, and Economic Development — Embracing the Challenge. Better Questions Means Better Answers for Regional Economic Development. It’s about Attitudes, Projects, and Baby Steps. Economic Development is important and challenging work. Having just interviewed players in this field and surveyed some regional initiatives — it’s clear that innovative work is being done in regional economic development — by some.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 5, 2015

'Starting this Monday, March 9 th 4-6pm Pacific Time I’ll be on the radio hosting the Bay Area Ventures program on Sirius XM radio Channel 111 – the Wharton Business Radio Channel. Over this program I’ll be talking to entrepreneurs, financial experts and academic leaders in the tech and biotech industries. And if the past is prologue I guarantee you that this will be radio worth listening to.

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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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deal architect

MARCH 5, 2015

'I enjoyed this interview with Zach Nelson where he says we have come to the end of the beginning of the move to cloud computing. I also hope we are seeing the beginning of the end of a dark era.

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View from Seed

MARCH 5, 2015

'When entrepreneurs think about approaching VCs to cultivate a relationship for a round, they often try to match their company with the sectors in which the VC has invested in the past. That’s pretty rational. The investor likely knows more about the sector than the next person and theoretically has an inclination to invest in that sector again.

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The Next Web

MARCH 5, 2015

'A great website is the cornerstone of your business. If users can’t easily navigate it or see where you add value, you’re already losing money. But when it comes to updating your site, there are a lot of hidden pitfalls to be wary of. Curious how those who have “been there, done that” and emerged with beautiful websites fared, I asked 11 successful entrepreneurs from YEC the following questions: What is one overlooked problem I should anticipate when getting my entire business website redesigne

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2015

'by Donny Gamble Jr., founder of Personalincome.org. Tax season is upon us, and as we patiently wait for that glorious refund to arrive in our accounts we can’t help but think about the financial battle that over 40 million college graduates are facing: student load debt. Approximately $1.2 trillion of it. That’s right – Trillion. This handy video will give some perspective to the magnitude of that “little” word.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 5, 2015

'My mom sent me this today. It’s still possibly one of the funniest comedy routines I’ve ever seen. I saw it for the first time as a little kid and I remember rolling on the floor laughing. A brilliant demonstration of how complicated the English language can be, even in its simplicity. By about minute six, my guess is Abbott is feeling like most entrepreneurs do when they are tangled up in something.

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Up and Running

MARCH 5, 2015

'Okay, having a funny chef statue isn’t on the list. The restaurant business will see an uptick in sales this year—according to the National Restaurant Association, sales are expected to hit $709.2 billion in 2015. The report indicates that the recovering economy is making it easier for people to eat out more frequently. See Also How to Start a Successful Restaurant.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 5, 2015

'As my newest book, Startup Opportunities: Know When To Quit Your Day Job , has begun shipping on Kindle (order now and give me feedback, leave a review) I’ve been thinking a lot about writing lately. Startup Opportunities took 18 months to write and most of the slowness was me, not my co-author Sean Wise. It was an interesting struggle to get done which I’ll write about at another time.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 5, 2015

'Regular readers of this blog will know that I’ve been a long-time Android devotee. My Android phones have included the Nexus 4, the Nexus 5, Samsung Galaxy S Series devices and an HTC One. I also had a couple of Android tablets, although they were never as good as our iPads. I loved the phones though. Parity because I have a strong affinity for open systems, and partly for certain features, most notably swipe keyboards.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 5, 2015

'Downloaded Meerkat yet? It''s the new new thing. The app is five days old and getting in with all the right names in the Valley. (The company has been around for a few years, but this is a new product for them.). It''s so new, we don''t even know if people are using it a second time, yet already it''s been in the Wall Street Journal. (PS. Yuliya is really becoming an asset to the WSJ''s tech coversage.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 5, 2015

'Dave Sims, filmmaker and storyteller at Rackspace, has launched a Kickstarter to produce a 15 to 20 minute short film set in the Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California. “The film tells the story of a woman who while hiking in the remote desert stumbles upon an unconscious man, prompting a haunting story of […] The post Rackspace’s Videographer Launches Kickstarter for Short Film appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2015

'Negotiating an agreement, especially one that involves personal gain, is tough for the person personally involved. There is too much to lose to be objective, to be willing to walk when terms go upside down. It is my experience that you should have an expert negotiator with you or even in your place, whether from your board or an employee or outside professional such as an attorney – when the issue is personal.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 5, 2015

'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Texas Representative Tan Parker wants to make Austin the most competitive and easy place for any company in Britain to set up shop, according to UK Consul General Andrew Millar, speaking to a group of about 40 at the official launch of Austin Hackney United, a sister-cities […] The post Austin Hackney United Official Program Launches appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 5, 2015

'What are you working on right now? I want you to pause just for a moment and ask a question about it: “How do you double the results with half the effort?”. I know it sounds like an extreme question. But ask it of yourself anyway. In fact, ask it of all things you do. How do you double the results with half the effort? You will only ever get answers to the questions you ask.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 5, 2015

'Building Relationships Through the Customer Loop written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Today’s Guest Post is by Sam Balter – Enjoy! The customer journey is a simplified expression of the complex thought process of a customer looking to purchase something. A quick Google search for ‘customer journey’ brings up a myriad of complex diagrams full of hundreds of metrics.

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Rob Go

MARCH 5, 2015

'When entrepreneurs think about approaching VC’s to cultivate a relationship for a round, they often try to match their company with what the VC has funded in the past. It’s pretty rational. That investor should both know more about the sector than the next person, and should have an inclination to invest in that sector as well. I’ve tended to find that this doesn’t always work.

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Early Growth Financial Services

MARCH 5, 2015

'A couple of questions on Quora about whether there’s a “buyer wanted” listing service for startup owners who want to sell their businesses prompted me to write this post. To my knowledge, there isn’t one (yet), but the questions got me thinking. What can entrepreneurs do to increase the appeal of their startups for potential acquirers? People start businesses for lots of reasons: hopefully visions of a huge payout at exit aren’t the primary motivator to pursue entrepreneurship.

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Bryce Dot VC

MARCH 5, 2015

'One unique aspect of the Indie.vc terms is the option for founders to make cash distributions to investors from profits as a return on their investment instead of selling out or taking their company public to create a liquidity event. This is not a new concept in most other industries, but it hasn’t been widely adopted in tech. Within the Indie.vc model, founders who choose not to sell out or raise money from traditional VCs have the option to make cash distributions to investors.

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