Thu.Oct 24, 2013

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Web-Based Worthworm Helps Determine PMV For Startup Investment Purposes

YoungUpstarts

'One of the challenges for investing in startups has always been the lack of an established way for founders and investors to actually measure and decide on the valuation of the startup concerned. But newly launched Worthworm ( www.worthworm.com ) aims to do exactly that – the web-based system was designed to help develop a realistic process to determine pre-money valuation (PMV) for early-stage ventures seeking investment from angel investors and the like, facilitating negotiations betw

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The Internet of Small Supplies

deal architect

'Lee, our leather repair guy, has mended and polished countless shoes and bags and heels and soles for our family over the last couple of decades.

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[Infographic] Best Business Climates Of The World

YoungUpstarts

'Did you know that the many of the best cities around the world for business is actually in the Middle East? In fact, Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates are amongst the top five cities in the first world (based on the Human Development Index) that have the best business climates. On the other hand, much of Europe is languishing in recession – Portugal, Spain and Greece bring up the rear as three of the five cities with the worst business climates.

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Wellesley’s New Human-Computer Interaction Lab

Feld Thoughts

'Amy and I just underwrote the renovation of Wellesley College’s new Human-Computer Interaction Lab. The picture above is a screen capture of the Wellesley College home page today (called their “Daily Shot” – they change the home page photo every day) with a photo from yesterday when Amy did the ribbon cutting on the HCI Lab.

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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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Making PayPal Work for Your Business

YoungUpstarts

'How much do you know about PayPal? If you’re a business owner, it’s time to get familiar with the website and the features it has to offer. Find out how to use PayPal to improve your online business with some tips below: Online or Offline, Take Your Business Anywhere. Why choose between and online business or an in-store business when you can have both?

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Google Ventures are doing some cool stuff

The Equity Kicker

'Here at Forward Investment Partners we believe that being a good VC is all about adding tangible value to our portfolio companies, and a lot of that value will be operational. Google Ventures are thinking the same thing and I love this video which describes their ‘Design Sprint’, a process/tool which they make available to their portfolio.

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10 Ways Self-Promotion Drives Entrepreneur Success

Startup Professionals Musings

'Too many entrepreneurs I know still believe that that their great idea will carry the startup, and they may even minimize their own value, especially if they have introvert tendencies. Yet most investors agree that the “idea” is worth nothing alone, and it’s the entrepreneur execution that counts. That means that selling yourself is more important than selling your idea.

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Big Data’s Just a Lot of Noise…Unless You Can Visualize It Panelists Say

SiliconHills

'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News When you get right down to it, all the data in the world doesn’t really make a difference unless you can process it. And the most effective way for people to process giant waves of data (they keep inventing new words to describe the quantity) is to […] The post Big Data’s Just a Lot of Noise…Unless You Can Visualize It Panelists Say appeared first on SiliconHills.

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BloomNation: Disrupting the Telegraph Industry

Mucker Lab

'- The main competitor used to have the word “telegraph” in its name. - The incumbents in the industry were funded in 1910, 1934, and 1976. - The industry is an oligopoly. - Customer satisfaction is low but have no other alternatives. - Competitor’s partners have message boards dedicated to b g about their monopolistic practices. - Green screens are the state-of-art. - $35B is at stake.

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IT Award Winners at InnoTech Austin

SiliconHills

'InnoTech Austin recently recognized four of the city’s “best and brightest” in the field of Information Technology. The annual technology conference presented the 16th annual Austin IT Executive of the Year Awards hosted by AITP & SIM on Oct. 16th at the Austin Convention Center. The awards recognized IT leaders in the private, public, sector […] The post IT Award Winners at InnoTech Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Why You Should Plan for Niche Domination

Business Plan Blog

'Plan for Niche Domination. What is all this dialogue about “Niches” and who should really care? Why should your next business plan focus on finding and developing a niche? Seldom do two people from the same discipline (sales, marketing, research, etc.) define niches the same way or agree to the value of pursuing the domination of a niche (if the idea ever comes up).

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Gravitant Announces $10M Series B Round of Funding

Austin Startup

'Gravitant, the leading software company in the enterprise cloud brokerage and management market, today announced it has raised its $10M Series B funding round led by new investor Corsa Ventures. Existing investor S3 Ventures also participated.

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9 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Text Message Marketing

Duct Tape Marketing

'9 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Text Message Marketing 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 Justin Mastrangelo – Enjoy! photo credit: Anna Bryukhanova. When we talk to businesses and non-profits about text message (SMS) marketing, there are a few misconceptions that commonly come up.

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Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Cyriac Roeding

Scott Edward Walker

'To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “ Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we share a favorite video of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we present Cyriac Roeding , co-founder and CEO of shopkick and a brilliant entrepreneur. In this interesting five-minute clip (courtesy of Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner ), Cyriac shares some solid nuggets for entrepreneurs, including the following: “I rea

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10 Tips for Crafting Your Executive Summary

Early Growth Financial Services

'Your executive summary is essentially the cover letter to your business plan: its goal is to get the reader to check out your business plan and, hopefully, to set up a meeting. Think of your executive summary as the halfway point between your elevator pitch and your business plan—you have about 2 pages (give or take) to communicate your value proposition and get you to the next stop on your startup journey.

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"Do not let the VC merchants and their stooges tell you what success looks like. Do not accept that."

Bryce Dot VC

'“Do not let the VC merchants and their stooges tell you what success looks like. Do not accept that this path has to go through their 10:1, or 100:1, lottery funnel. You do not have to pick up their shovel and dig gold only where they have marked the X.

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The Atlanta Tech Village, NPR and Serendipity

Jeff Hilimire

'This morning I was lucky enough to be interviewed on NPR talking about Dragon Army, the Atlanta Tech Village and Atlanta’s technology scene. Why was I able to get this press? Easy, because I work at the Village. I’ve talked ad nauseam on this blog about how much I love working at the Village, and people probably think I’m on the payroll (I’m not), but working here for two months has made me realize what a great place this is for entrepreneurs and the Atlanta’s tech

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The Product Management Revolution

Seeing Both Sides

'The art of Product Management continues to evolve. I''ve enjoyed spending time with many VPs of product in the last year since I co-authored an HBS note on the role of the Product Manager to develop more insights, materials and case studies on that revolution. Earlier this week I taught a seminar on product management to MIT Sloan students as part of their " Sloan Innovation Period (SIP) " curriculum.

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Entrepreneurs do not easily retire.

Berkonomics

'This is the final posting in this cycle. Purchase two years of these insights in a single book, ADVANCED BERKONOMICS, for yourself or as a gift. Here are links to help you find copies: HARD COVER book directly from Berkus.com, signed by Dave (with gift inscription if requested): [link]. SOFT COVER book directly from Berkus.com, signed by Dave (with gift inscription if requested): [link].

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The Danger Of Quoting Price Ranges

Mike Michalowicz

'In this episode of On A Roll, Mike Michalowicz explains how quoting price ranges set both the vendor and the client up for disappointment. Instead of quoting price ranges, quote a single price.

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Fixing immigration for startups: What the US government can (and should) do right now

The Next Web

'George Arison is the founder of Shift , a platform to bring convenience and trust to the used car market. He also co-founded Taxi Magic and formerly held a product manager position at Google. Before following in love with technology, George spent five years in politics, running campaigns and writing a book. At the beginning of the year there were high hopes that Congress would pass comprehensive immigration refo rm.