Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 23, 2013
'There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. Yet, according to many sources , over 90 percent of all businesses are started and grown with no equity financing, and many others would have been better off without it.
deal architect
DECEMBER 23, 2013
'Businesses have long used staffing firms and outsourcers for their talent needs. In recent years they have started to try out crowdsourcing sites. Over the last couple of years I have cataloged a number of providers who are focused more.
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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
DECEMBER 23, 2013
'Ho Rudolph — fog is thick tonight. Can you ride point? For the children. – Why is this email [link] ? Ho Santa, Oh damn, it’s going to be like that. All those years of name-calling, ostracized, excluded, and now, with NO NOTICE whatsoever, no “Hey Rudoph, how’s it going, how’s that new Klondike strategy of yours coming along,” and now you NEED me?
deal architect
DECEMBER 23, 2013
'I recently wrote about the Magazine Renaissance. Over the next 10 days I am running a series from a scan of over magazine issues on New Florence of best of 2013 and things to look forward to in 2014. They.
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, 2013
'So you’re taking your idea to the internet, and creating a web startup. Congratulations! You’ve done the hard work of developing your team, testing your prototype, and getting your initial seed funding. Now all you have to do is launch your startup and start shipping your products or services. Here are seven must-haves to help you successfully get your web startup off the ground: 1.
Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 23, 2013
'My newest book, Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors , will ship at the end of the month. As a result, I’m activating Operation Pre-order today. Between now and Sunday, if you pre-order a copy of Startup Boards on Amazon , you will be entered into a random drawing. If you need immediate gratification, the Kindle version of Startup Boards is already shipping.
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The Next Web
DECEMBER 23, 2013
'Rahul Varshneya is the co-founder of Arkenea , a company committed to helping entrepreneurs and businesses build, market and monetize their mobile apps. Building a mobile app startup is the “I want to build an Internet startup” of the late 1990s. The only difference is, this time, there is no bubble waiting to burst. At least not so, in my opinion.
The Equity Kicker
DECEMBER 23, 2013
'Happy Holidays everyone! I hope you had a great year, and thanks for reading The Equity Kicker. I’m going to leave you with a short video and some thoughts on empathy, which Google defines as: noun. 1. the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Empathy is a great thing to possess. In my book one of the greatest. It makes you stronger and kinder as a human being, and in many professions it makes you better work.
The Next Web
DECEMBER 23, 2013
'Nathan Parcells is co-founder and CMO of InternMatch , an online platform connecting the best intern candidates and employers. Connect with Nathan and InternMatch on Facebook , LinkedIn , and Twitter. It’s no secret that the field of computer science is booming. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that 70 percen t of all new jobs across STEM fields during this decade – which includes everything from engineering to the social sciences – will be in computer science.
The Equity Kicker
DECEMBER 23, 2013
'Pandodaily just published an analysis of The 20 most viral companies of the last decade. Only six of them are deemed ‘winners’ in the sense that they are still valuable properties today. Several more of them had good exits before ultimately flaming out, so in a way they won, but not in a way that is very replicable. So the big takeaway here is that, seductive as it might be, a spurt of amazing viral growth and becoming everybody’s darling often doesn’t get you very far.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 23, 2013
'Kari DePhillips (left) and Joan Barrett are the co-founders of The Content Factory. Photo credit: Randy Smith. How much money is your startup wasting? A lot of budding business owners make a decision or two that depletes startup funds quickly. To stretch every dollar to the max, startup duo Joan Barrett and Kari DePhillips talk about areas where they lost a few bucks when they launched their digital public relations firm, The Content Factory.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
DECEMBER 23, 2013
'Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes. In this Christmas flavoured Everything Entrepreneurship #11 episode, Walter and I head into a long discussion about email and how you can best outsource and automate this very important part of your online business. During the episode I mentioned an article from the archives of EJ where I covered how I came up with … Read the rest of this entry » The post Outsourcing And Automating Your Email And Customer Service Process appeared first on Entrepre
Duct Tape Marketing
DECEMBER 23, 2013
'Is It Time to Dismantle the Marketing Department? written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing I’ve worked with two very successful businesses recently and, in both cases, they came to me because they said “they just didn’t get marketing” and had to do something about it. photo credit: Berkeley Unified School District via photopin cc.
Jeff Hilimire
DECEMBER 23, 2013
'Well, its that time of year again and I’ll be taking a break from the blogging business. I have to say this year has been a great year for me to have a place to share what I’ve been experiencing ( selling Engauge , starting Dragon Army , etc) and I thank you guys for going on this journey with me. I have a ton of blog posts ready to write and while I won’t be posting over the break, I’ll certainly be working on these posts as I’m excited to get what’s in my h
The Next Web
DECEMBER 23, 2013
'Len Kendall is the founder of CentUp. Prior to starting a company he worked in PR where he helped put out fires and manage digital communications. He will probably regret this post sometime in the future when he screws up and doesn’t follow his own advice. Two separate billion dollar companies have faced fire drills in the last three months. Most recently, Target was a victim of a data breach that potentially exposed millions of customer credit cards to international thieves.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 23, 2013
'Lucinda Cross says her first business failed because she had no business plan. Six years ago, Lucinda Cross was a single mother of two with a dream to start her own business. She decided to jump in. She started a virtual marketing assistance business and planned to make it big. She rented office space in New York City on Park Avenue, preparing for big clients to knock down her door, even though she wasn’t quite sure how she would attract those clients. “My business plan was to wing
Mike Michalowicz
DECEMBER 23, 2013
'1. Miracle On 34th Street. What You’ll Learn: The greatest lesson in salesmanship that no one follows. The Entrepreneur’s Lesson: Santa Claus, working at Macy’s, goes out of his way to help customers often encouraging them to shop elsewhere for the best deals. Instead of losing customers, Macy’s becomes overwhelmed with customers seeking Santa’s help.
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