YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 26, 2013
'by Pabla Ayala, cofounder of pFunk Media Is your holiday gift-giving list becoming longer and pricier than your current wallet can handle? Make extra cash to help with those expensive holiday costs and maybe even help you put some money back in your wallet so you don’t start the New Year off broke! Here are 10 online platforms that want you to show you the money: 1.
Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 26, 2013
'A bunch of my tech friends have asked me to suggest a book to read over the holidays. My unambiguous recommendation is The Circle by Dave Eggers. I think it’s one of the best books I read this year. I’m an unabashed Eggers fan. My favorites of his are A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story and Zeitoun.
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Steve Blank
DECEMBER 26, 2013
'This post is part of our series on the National Science Foundation I-Corps Lean LaunchPad class in Life Science and Health Care at UCSF. Doctors, researchers and Principal Investigators in this class got out of the lab and hospital talked to 2,355 customers, tested 947 hypotheses and invalidated 423 of them. The class had 1,145 engagements with instructors and mentors.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 26, 2013
'by Mark Potter of Namecheap.com. Hiring a new employee is a big decision, especially if you have a small company. Mistakes can be time-consuming, costly, and damaging to the business. They can also be easy to make – particularly if you don’t know what you’re looking for. The first step to avoiding a hiring mistake is to be prepared. Knowing the common pitfalls of recruitment is key to avoiding them.
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
SiliconHills
DECEMBER 26, 2013
'By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News A new industry is brewing in Austin in a back room at Scholz Garten where dozens of people meet regularly to talk about Bitcoins. They are pioneers in the crypto-currency marketplace, founded in 2009 with the birth of Bitcoins. The industry is in its infancy, but gaining […] The post The Bitcoin Industry Takes Root in Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 26, 2013
'Since the recent recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. I believe the days of the “job work” mentality are thankfully waning, with more people looking to get satisfaction by making the world a better place, rather than just tolerating brain-numbing work to fund enjoyment elsewhere.
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Early Growth Financial Services
DECEMBER 26, 2013
'Originally published in VentureBeat. In entrepreneurial communities, there are a lot of preconceived notions about who angel investors are and what they do. Our clients are all successfully funded early-stage companies that have worked with a wide range of investors. This gives us some real insight into the truth about angel investors. Here are what I see as the five most common misconceptions around angel investing: 1.
Berkonomics
DECEMBER 26, 2013
'Guest Post by William Fisher. Dave’s Note: William Fisher is CEO of Quicksilver Software, a software and Internet game development company in Southern California. Bill has survived multiple cycles in the game industry, and writes here his thoughts about his longevity in a volatile niche. I think the number one factor in my endurance is building strong relationships with members of my team, so that they are supportive when things go badly, as they sometimes do in this business.
Mike Michalowicz
DECEMBER 26, 2013
'The fundamental underpinning for life itself is trust. If people didn’t have trust, they wouldn’t even get-up in the morning. Think about it. Your employee trusts the floor is going to hold them up when they get out of bed. They trust their car won’t explode as they drive to your building. And ultimately, your employee trusts you and your leadership of your company.
Business Plan Blog
DECEMBER 26, 2013
'10 Steps to Success With Angel Investors. Raising funds from business angels may be difficult, time consuming and even frustrating but for the right founder with the right project it may be the preferred option. Your chances of success are likely to reduce the more you stray from the 10 guidelines discussed below. 1. Establish a group of angels who have indicated an interest in investing the opportunity to form an angel group. 2.
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