Thu.Mar 20, 2014

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Want to Work for a Startup? 10 Questions to Ask Your Interviewer

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The expansive role of the Chief Digital Officer

deal architect

'Five years ago when I was writing about GE for The New Polymath, one of their executives casually described someone as “analog, not digital ”. It was meant to be unflattering and I knew then the term “digital” would be.

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Want A Better Startup? Hire Diverse Interns.

YoungUpstarts

'by Nathan Parcells , co-founder and CMO of InternMatch. Picture this: You’re a growing startup – home to innovative thinkers who have similar backgrounds, educational experiences, and interests. To stick with your level of growth, you hire like-minded professionals who will readily snap into your company culture, both personally and professionally.

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The Power of One

deal architect

'I have heard Dave Duffield of Workday say in all the companies he has started he has never felt as much customer unanimity than at Workday since all of them are all on the same release and have plenty to.

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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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Brimful of Escher – How To Make More Space For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

'Have you ever heard of MC Escher? No, he’s not a hotshot rapper, but an artist famous for his paintings of impossible constructions. Stairs fell into one another and buildings that are architecturally impossible somehow looked feasible when Escher put pen to paper. The man was, to put it simply, a genius. With buildings that could go on forever, space was of no consequence to him.

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Spring Tips to Spend More Time Having Fun

Rembrandt Communications

'Get ready to take a break and enjoy the season! Spring is finally here, and that means you will probably want to spend more time doing fun things outside. But if you are a small business owner, it can be difficult to get away from the office in order to enjoy yourself. With this in […].

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New investment: Upverter, a cloud-based platform for the hardware revolution

Version One Ventures

'Image via CrunchBase. Over the past few years, numerous innovations ( Arduino , Raspberry Pi ) have made it easier for anyone to develop hardware. Faster prototyping and cheaper manufacturing are empowering a new generation of hardware experts to gain hold in an industry once ruled by large corporations. We are at the beginning of a new hardware revolution , and at Version One, we believe that platforms are key to accelerating this revolution by commoditizing and simplifying all the steps need

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Amazon’s leadership principles

The Equity Kicker

'I’m a big admirer of Amazon as a company (and a holder of their stock). That admiration comes in large part from their relentless focus on good execution and their leadership principles are another good example. First I like that they are clear that everyone at Amazon is a leader – so the principles are for everyone. Secondly the list is a good one.

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10 strategies to get more smartphone sales

The Next Web

'By now, many of us have spent thousands of dollars making sure our customers can access our websites and products on just about any device. We get it: mobile is here and it’s here to stay. But for some e-commerce businesses, having a mobile presence isn’t necessarily translating into more smartphone sales. Is it a technology problem or something else?

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Secrets to Yawn-Free Board Meetings

OnlyOnce

'Secrets to Yawn-Free Board Meetings. [This post first appeared as an article in Entrepreneur Magazine as part of a new series I''m publishing there in conjunction with my book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business ]. The objective of board meetings should always be to have great conversations that help you and your executive team think clearly about the issues in front of you, as well as making sure your directors have a clear and transparent view of the state of the business

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Revenue Doesn’t Matter, Business Health Does

Mike Michalowicz

'Please don’t ever again tell me how “big” your business is. I could care less. I don’t get excited about the number of employees you have. You lose my attention the moment you tell me about how many new clients you landed. And I could give a crap about how much revenue you pulled in last year. What I do care about is how healthy your business is.

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The successful company lie

Start Up Blog

'When anyone is looking for a new job, the company they worked for starts to matter more than ever. Society seems to have a default position to want to employ people who come from big name companies. When assessing potential employees the first thing we look at is where they have worked before. The thinking being that if they have worked for a successful company, then they are part of that success.

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The Austin Chamber Releases Hot Trends and Topics from SXSW

SiliconHills

'Now that the madness of South by Southwest Interactive has subsided, it’s time to reflect on all the lessons learned from one of the world’s largest technology conferences. And the good folks at the Austin Chamber of Commerce have been busy crunching numbers and making sense of all the data and talks at SXSW. The […] The post The Austin Chamber Releases Hot Trends and Topics from SXSW appeared first on SiliconHills.

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If you’re wondering what we’ve been up to at Dragon Army these past six months…

Jeff Hilimire

'So, what have we been doing at Dragon Army for the past six month?

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Seven Tips To Successfully Crowdsource Video Projects

YoungUpstarts

'by Nick Pahade, CEO of Poptent. These days, with the near-prerequisite to include digital, social and mobile components to B2B marketing campaigns, it’s more important than ever to produce high-quality video content to deliver your message in a memorable way. While it’s often a challenge to do that with in-house resources, crowdsourcing is a highly affordable alternative.

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Three things you need to have when raising money.

Berkonomics

'Here’s more advice from professional investors for aspiring entrepreneurs. Each of us has a list of things we look for early on when identifying whether we want to go to the next step in analyzing a plan. Come to think of it, these are good for challenging any business plan. First: You must address a big market, large enough to allow a new entrant to have a shot at making a dent with a great product or service, and growing to a size that will make the company valuable at the exit.

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When Startups Don’t Follow Their (Financial) Plan

Early Growth Financial Services

'Why spend time creating a financial plan if you don’t use it to guide your business? If creating a financial plan is one of the single most impactful steps entrepreneurs can take in creating a thriving business, following it is critical to making sure a business stays on course. A good financial plan literally serves as roadmap to establishing and growing your startup.

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Why It Might Be Time to Start Taking Gifs Seriously

Duct Tape Marketing

'Why It Might Be Time to Start Taking Gifs Seriously written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is from Danny Groner – Enjoy! Photo credit: shutterstock. You’re probably familiar with gifs. You see them in stray articles on social-media-minded sites like BuzzFeed.