The Next Web

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'Jeremy Rappaport is a writer at Fueled , the leading iPhone application developers and masters of mobile design in New York City. This post was originally published on the Fueled blog. What exactly is the “Internet of Things”? It’s a popular phrase used to describe a category of physical devices like home -monitoring devices, lamps, watches and cars that now connect to PCs, tablets, and smartphones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'I still get business plans, looking for an investor, that say all too clearly that the primary “use of funds” will be to do research and development (R&D) on some promising new technology, like superconductivity or cancer cures. Entrepreneurs forget that investors are looking for commercial products to make money, rather than R&D sunk costs, so investment hopes are sunk as well.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'In June this year, N.R. Narayana Murthy pulled a Michael Dell when he called time on his two-year-long retired life and retook charge at Infosys, the Indian information technology (IT) giant he had founded three decades ago in a small apartment with six others. The reason? An SOS sent out by shareholders and those in the top tier of the IT major after it reported the weakest of annual earnings for 2013.

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deal architect

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'Chris Murphy at Information Week The 1.0 version was: “See you, IT chumps. I got my iPhone, Dropbox, and Google Docs, and I’m out of here.” Consumerization 2.0 sets a higher standard: “Hey, IT, can we build a zippy app.

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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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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'by Ashley Ward. Coworking spaces are popping up all over suburban cities like Los Angeles, New York and San Diego. A place for like-minded entrepreneurs, coworking spaces allow individuals to partake in an office-like environment, without the corporate office feel. Entrepreneur and female inspiration Felena Hanson has taken this need and created a space for women to develop their business dreams in the comfort of a spa-like environment, Hera Hub.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'In my mid-20s I was part of an amazing experience called Birthing of Giants. It was a gathering of 60 entrepreneurs over four days (for three years) who were all under 40 and founders of companies with more than $1m in revenue. It was the first time I discovered my peer group and while I was young (24 years old) and small ($1m in revenue) I felt like I immediately fit in.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'Just under two months ago, Occipital launched their new Structure Sensor on Kickstarter. Over the course of 45 days, it raised more than $1.2M to become the 6 th most funded tech-category project ever on the site. Kickstarter backers aren’t the only people who are enthusiastic about Occipital’s new creation. Two of the technology world’s biggest names have now added the Structure Sensor to their roster of award-winning new technology products for 2013 and 2014.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'by Braden Becker. You’ve put time, effort and investment into your startup. It’s about time people know about it. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a tool that will attract warm prospects to your website. Rank for relevant keywords in your industry and you’ll earn organic leads without tapping into your advertising budget. Basic SEO principles will get you started, but it takes a committed effort to stay atop search rankings.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Serial entrepreneur Bryan Menell and speaker Thom Singer knew each other in seventh grade back in Los Angeles. But they’ve made a pact never to tell anyone anything about those days, so there’s no point in asking. Monday night, they celebrated the launch of their book at […] The post ABC’s of Entrepreneurship Book Launches appeared first on SiliconHills.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'Small business owners face a unique set of opportunities and challenges in our economy. There are many local resources available that can help with a variety of entrepreneurial needs, from networking and training to securing a small business loan or business line of credit. Many of these services are offered at low or no cost to help foster economic development in specific regions.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'"The point of marketing is to make selling superfluous." This is a great quote from management guru Peter Drucker. What it means is that if you do a great job in marketing, sales will be easy. Likewise, there are other things you can do to improve your sales without having to resort to aggressive sales tactics. This article details such strategies. 1.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'Steve Denning is one of my favourite writers on the future of capitalism and management. As part of an article about the New Centre of Gravity of Management yesterday he reiterated what is fast becoming a cliche amongst the entrepreneurs I talk to, namely, that all the best business are ‘purpose’ or ‘mission’ driven. Making money (for shareholders) is the result of having a mission to help customers, not a goal in itself.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'A few days ago, my son and I replaced an old, leaky faucet in our laundry room. We planned on 90 minutes, but we ran into a problem and ended up spending more than four hours to replace the faucet. Our struggle with the faucet reminded me about the importance of having and using the right tools for every job. This is especially true when it comes to running a business (more on that below).

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'Do you want to know what your top clients and prospects really need from you? Do you want to know the biggest problems or opportunities they face? Do you want insider access to them? It’s easy. Become a journalist. Write an article for your website or offer to write one for an industry trade rag. Then contact your top clients and prospects to ask for an interview for the article.

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Rob Go

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'I gave a quick talk today at the Future Forward conference on “How VC’s Win, and How Things Are Changing” It’s a topic I’ve been thinking about a lot. My observation is that the Venture Capital business has changed significantly in the past 10 years because of much greater capital efficiency at the early stages, and much greater transparency around the process of fundraising and the performance and value of investors.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'Why Networking With Bloggers Is an Essential Marketing Tactic written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing photo credit: ekai via photopin cc. The term blogger outreach came into vogue a few years ago when PR firms realized that the popularity of many blogs had outstripped that of traditional mainstream media sources.

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Jeff Hilimire

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'Just some quick stats that you might not have been aware of about the social and mobile gaming industry… Average age of a mobile gamer is 28.2 years old. The average social gamer is 39 years old. 54% of social gamers are male vs. 46% are female. 2/3 of mobile gamers are less than 45 years old. Mobile gamers make up 22% of all US gamers. 87% of boys with access to mobile devices play games on them, compared to 80% of girls. 25% of adults hear about new games through social media sites. 50%

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Early Growth Financial Services

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'Originally published in The Next Web. When it comes to pitching investors on something, the presentation is often more pivotal than the product itself. It’s not something that can sit atop a conference table; it has to be explained, demonstrated and experienced. That’s a lot of pressure on a meeting that lasts only a few minutes, so you have to make it count.

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aweissman.com

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

'One way to build something big is to build something big. Like a pyramid. Or a multifaceted bank. Or a university. Another way is to build something that is architected to be full of small pieces, small things, small units. Khan Academy is one of these "build small things" that became big services. Another is Quizlet. These services, among others, have probably done more to advance knowledge for millions of people than anything else in the last decade.

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