Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Many entrepreneurs fantasize about days longer than 24 hours, convinced that their new venture could change the world, if they just had more time. They don’t realize that a more viable solution is to get more done per existing hour, rather than creating more hours. We all know at least one person who is always “very busy” and works plenty of hours, but generates few significant results.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 7, 2015
by Mark McDonald, co-founder and co-CEO of Appster. While there is no bullet-proof way to validate your app idea before you launch, getting a face time or any kind of interaction with potential user base can be incredibly helpful. Understanding your users and the problems they face, is an essential element of building a successful product. Depending on what you’re trying to learn, here are some possible ways to reach out. 1.
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Start Up Blog
OCTOBER 7, 2015
The Brooklyn, the Golden Gate, the Sydney Harbour… name a bridge leading to a major city and anyone who drives over it during peak hour will know the pain. In fact driving on any major roadway towards a Central Business District is generally a horrible experience. I read this article today about Australia blowing its luck as the lucky country largely due to traffic and transport issues.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Nature and nurture together shape successful entrepreneurs. And it’s possible to balance work and family when doing a startup. Family relationships influence founders and their startups. That was the message from the two latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111. Daniella Yacobovsky , co-founder of online jewelry retailer BaubleBar , and Jane Moritz. a food entrepreneur who owns Challah Connection , an ecommerce site specializing in Jewish gift basket
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
The Equity Kicker
OCTOBER 7, 2015
As regular readers will know Forward Partners invests in companies at idea stage, when there is literally nothing more than an entrepreneur and a plan. I’m frequently asked how we can do that and hope to make great returns given the risks of investing at this stage. The answer to that question has many parts, not least that we have a product and growth team with a lot of experience helping entrepreneurs turn their ideas into great companies, but the one I’m going to focus on today is
This is going to be BIG.
OCTOBER 7, 2015
After checking out The Information's "open dataset" on diversity in venture capital , I felt pretty disappointed. It didn't include the most important statistic of all--the results! Who is actually building a portfolio whose founders reflect the diversity of the greater population? I went back and calculated the number of companies in the first Brooklyn Bridge Ventures portfolio who have at least one founder who is female, from an underrepresented minority group, or LGBT.
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YFS Magazine
OCTOBER 7, 2015
We aren't always logical when it comes to prices. Consumers tend to overvalue the first piece of information they come into contact with.
Up and Running
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Author Paul Downs. Paul Downs was a writer for the New York Times’ “You’re The Boss” blog, and has owned and run his own small business for nearly thirty years. Now, he’s written a book about his experiences and is eager to pass on his hard-earned wisdom. If you’re considering diving into entrepreneurship, enter the giveaway at the end of this article.
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 7, 2015
By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News TripChamp, a company that saves organizations thousands on airfares through access to unpublished fares as well published ones, won a free trip to pitch at Oslo Innovation Week’s 100 Pitches competition October 16. TripChamp was one of six Austin companies to pitch before the panel of judges […] The post TripChamp Wins Trip to Oslo appeared first on SiliconHills.
YFS Magazine
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Here's a look at practical ways you can create a productive, stylish office that is designed to grow alongside your business.
crowdSPRING Blog
OCTOBER 7, 2015
When perusing our galleries here on crowdSPRING, we see some amazing work submitted in the projects. Today, we noticed this gem submitted in this logo project. Let us start the slow clap for happymunmun. Check out more great work on happymunmun ’s profile page. Nicely done, happymunmun, nicely done! Related posts: Fresh from the SPRING: uniquemind. Fresh from the SPRING: ReesQ.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 7, 2015
How To Steal The Show Every Time written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Michael Port. Life is pretty much a performance. You perform when you meet someone. You perform when you network. You perform when you interview for a job. You perform when you pitch a deal. And you certainly perform when you get up on stage and give a speech.
Jeff Hilimire
OCTOBER 7, 2015
White papers are popular among corporations and firms to describe an issue and illustrate a remedy that could meet that need, such as a solution, assistance or method. Designed to suit the wants of a certain crowd, a whitepaper provides information on the topic buy custom essays cheap to history, describes the challenges the audience faces and provides the writeris recommended action plan’s benefits.
View from Seed
OCTOBER 7, 2015
At NextView, we’ve long had a set of ethos or guiding principles behind all we do, which includes internal work as a team, external work as investors, and the lens through which we view seed-stage startups and their founding teams. The ethos we mention most often is authenticity — we firmly believe that the best companies are borne out of authentic passions, experiences, and relationships.
ConversionXL
OCTOBER 7, 2015
You like to think that you’re a completely rational person making completely rational decisions, right? It’s nice to think that you haven’t made any major life decisions based on how you were feeling. Well, you have. Many times. Consider the irrational power of “free”. In an experiment , people would rather accept a free $10 Amazon gift card than buy a $20 gift card for $7.
View from Seed
OCTOBER 7, 2015
At NextView, we’ve long had a set of ethos or guiding principles behind all we do, which includes internal work as a team, external work as investors, and the lens through which we view seed-stage startups and their founding teams. The ethos we mention most often is authenticity — we firmly believe that the best companies are borne out of authentic passions, experiences, and relationships.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 7, 2015
By Will Reynolds, CEO of SecureDocs. Starting a business does not have to be particularly expensive. Many companies are successfully bootstrapped from the outset and the list of major expenses fairly predictable, for example salaries and office rent. However, there are other items that can often get overlooked, or put off to a later date, that you may want to consider early on.
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Selecting a logo is a big decision because it establishes the brand of your company. For entrepreneurs and business owners it is sometimes not an easy and simple process. We decided to ask some entrepreneurs and business owners how they decided a logo for their business and any tips they had for other business owners. # 1 – Balancing the Elements of the Brand.
Brandanew
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Last year this day, October 7th, 2014, we registered the Brandanew domain name and got a placeholder and social media handles. The site and background work took another few months before the official launch in March 2015. We’ve had several milestone moments since, and there’s a lot to look back at when connecting the dots and when someone’s asking us, so, what’s your brand story?
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