YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'By Brandon Moxam, Director of Brand Development at U.S. Lawns. When bright-eyed entrepreneurs set out to start their own businesses, they’re often stopped in their tracks by two obstacles: a lack of start-up capital and a lack of experience. Without proper funding and with little experience to demonstrate their credibility, it can be a struggle to achieve sustainable business growth and get their business off the ground.
Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'There is a moment during the exploration of a new relationship where a switch flips and the answer is “I want to do this.” With Mattermark , I remember the moment clearly – I was at The Kitchen in Boulder with the founders (Danielle Morrill, Kevin Morrill, and Andy Sparks) and my partner Seth. I had just put a garlic french fry in my mouth (if you’ve never had them at The Kitchen, they are epic) and looked over at Seth.
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YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'If you run a small or mid sized business, one of the most important things to your productivity (therefore success) can be how well you and your team are able to use the technology available to you. Enabling people to access the internal resources you have as a business, such as your company intranet, the contact records management database, the content management system for your website and online catalogue and any specialist business software you use is obviously a must when people are at the
Mike Michalowicz
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'How to improve your business productivity and save thousands of dollars on payroll each year. If you have a business with 10 employees making $10/hour, you will overpay close to $5,000 on payroll this year, according to the American Payroll Association (APA). UNLESS… you use an automated time tracker for employees, that is. Automated time tracking – meaning an automated time capture tool (think online) for your employees – that uploads directly into your accounting or payroll
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
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'Starting up a new business from scratch can be scary. You never know if it’s going to go well or not, but you can make sure you have the best chance by gathering everything you need first. Here are the 11 essentials we think startups shouldn’t be without: 1. A Website. A website is like an online storefront for your business. It never closes, and can be accessed at any time.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'Will your business end the year strong? Are your employees staying productive ? How will you get a jump on next year ? Amid these concerns, don’t forget to enjoy this season and share joy with others. Generosity is good for you and your business, and some of the most successful people have tapped into the power of giving. That’s why we’ve collected 13 quotes from great writers, speakers, and philosophers that emphasize the joy and importance of giving.
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Up and Running
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'2014 is on its way out. I don’t know about you, but as the year comes to a close, I love looking back to consider how the year unfolded. Did everything go as planned? What things were unexpected–good or bad? What did I learn from my experiences? Finally, what can I take with me to help me improve the next year? Here at Bplans, a lot of good things have happened over the last 12 months.
SiliconHills
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'In the Silicon Hills this time of year, tech companies go to great lengths to help out others in need. Among them, BigCommerce has been working with Partnerships for Children, which works with Central Texas foster children. This is the third year BigCommerce has partnered with the organization to provide toys to kids in foster […] The post BigCommerce Spreading Joy During the Holiday Season appeared first on SiliconHills.
The Equity Kicker
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'Regular readers will know that it’s the level of support we provide to our partner companies that makes Forward different from conventional venture capital – particularly at the idea stage. If you run the maths then we invest about as much again in support as we do in cash. Yesterday my colleague David Norris put the embedded presentation on Slideshare which details what that support looks like.
Mike Michalowicz
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'Sales are the backbone of any business. As an entrepreneur, you already know this. But you may not realize just how important how you deliver your sales message matters, especially when it comes to body language. Experts believe that we communicate more through our body language than we actually do by what comes out of our mouth. Because of this, it’s essential to make sure you are doing all you can to use this to your advantage.
Start Up Blog
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'Yesterday I went shopping to buy all our favourite foods for Christmas. I paid a visit to the supermarket, the bakery, the deli, the fruit & veggie store and accumulated many guilty pleasures. As well as all of those foods we rarely let our kids eat. Most times we go shopping our kids love to come to the door and inspect the bounty of what we have brought home.
SiliconHills
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'The employees at SpareFoot are a generous bunch. During Thanksgiving, they launched a food drive to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank. And during this holiday season, the SpareFoot employees collected nearly $1,000 to buy items for its first-ever “Operation Swag Bag initiative.” They came up with the idea after reading an article titled “The […] The post SpareFoot Employees Provide Swag Bags for Foster Children appeared first on SiliconHills.
Early Growth Financial Services
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'Guest post contributed by Marta Segal Block, Editor of GrouponWorks. We may think of social networking as a new Internet-driven thing, but the truth is that networking, the art of utilizing people you know to help you find what you need, much like matchmaking, has been around for a long time. What people frequently misunderstand about networking is that successful networking isn’t necessarily about what you can do for someone, or about your connections.
SiliconHills
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'FlightCar, the peer-to-peer car sharing service, launched in Austin on Dec. 16th. The San Francisco-based company also launched in Oakland, Calif. In a post on Tumblr, FlightCar calls both cities havens for hipsters. “Ranking high on every “Most Hipster City” list, Austin and Oakland are both well known for their vibrant millennial communities who squeeze […] The post FlightCar Launches into Austin’s Hipsterdom appeared first on SiliconHills.
SiliconHills
DECEMBER 23, 2014
'By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News During the holidays, some people look for a deeper religious meaning to the season. And now they’ve got a place to go to seek out answers. Shawn Bose and Justin Halloran recently launched Deily.org, an online community focused on religion. It’s not aimed at a single religion […] The post Deily.org Launches as a Platform for all Religions appeared first on SiliconHills.
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