Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'When someone asks me for the best way to fund a startup, I always say bootstrap it, meaning fund it yourself and grow organically. Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. Despite all the focus you hear on external investors, over 90% of startups today are self-funded.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
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YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'Thanks to the evolution of technology and the now ubiquitous social media, the world of recruitment in recent years has evolved so much so that the first impression that a candidate makes is not in the resume that’s sent to a potential hirer, but made on the Internet. Do you know, for example, that 94% of recruiters use or plan to use social media for recruiting?
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'Vlad Stan is the CEO and Founder of StartupKit. It was the winter of 2007 around Christmas time. I was about to receive one of the most beautiful presents I’d ever gotten. Many founders dream to build a company and make an exit. I was negotiating with Sanoma Hearst on an acquisition of the company I started seven years prior. The exit was a well-deserved gift after many years of hard work.
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
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'Ticketbis, a Spain-based online platform where users can easily and securely buy and sell tickets for every kind of event, such as concerts, festivals, theater plays, art performances or soccer games – earlier last month closed a round of funding worth US$6.6 million, making it a total of $12.7 million since its founding in 2009. The latest funding round led by Active Venture Partners , a European venture capital company with a presence in Spain, Germany and Scandinavia, is expected to h
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'This post originally appeared on the Crew blog. Are things going relatively well for you? Have people told you, you are doing a good job? Do you want to ruin all of that? Come with me on a journey of self-sabotage… Step 1: Diminish your success Take a success you’ve had in the past, any success large or small. Now tell yourself it doesn’t matter. Make up reasons for why it doesn’t count as a real success.
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The Equity Kicker
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'I saw this diagram on Twitter this morning (thanks @keiran0 ) and loved it so much I had to reproduce it here: There is a lot confusion out there as to what constitutes an MVP (Minimum viable product) and this cuts through to the heart of the matter. An MVP has to be good enough that some people will use it, which means that to an extent it needs to touch their emotions, be usable, and reliable, as well as having the minimum viable function.
Feld Thoughts
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'I’ve been thinking about the future a lot lately. While I’ve always read a lot of science fiction, The Hyperion Cantos shook some stuff free in my brain. I’ve finished the first two books – Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion – and expect I’ll finish the last two in the next month while I’m on sabbatical. If you have read The Fall of Hyperion, you’ll recognize some of my thoughts at being informed by Ummon, who is one of my favorite characters.
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'Strong media relationships matter in business. Small businesses don’t always have a dedicated PR department, or even a dedicated person to handle media relations and press. Therefore, it is not always as easy for small businesses to build media relationships because a small business owner must wear so many different hats. That doesn’t make connecting with media professionals any less important.
Mike Michalowicz
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'One of the challenges that all business owners face is how to share information and ideas efficiently among your staff. I had to learn this lesson the hard way. One of my businesses employed about thirty people, and my typical day saw roughly two meetings, each of which ran about an hour. I realized that my meetings were really more like hour-long lectures than impactful information exchanges.
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'Obtaining funding continues to be the biggest barrier to starting a business, while ineffectively managing cash flow is what causes most small business owners to close their doors. If you’re an entrepreneur, then you’re familiar with the need to obtain funding to start your business. As a small business owner, perhaps what’s keeping you from growing or getting your business into the black is a problem with managing your cash flow.
SiliconHills
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'The latest version of StoryPress officially launched Monday, said Michael Davis, the company’s CEO and founder. “We’ve relaunched as the Instagram of stories,” Davis said. The two-year-old startup originally began as an app for the iPad, iPhone and Android devices intent on recording family histories and biographies. But it has evolved into an everyday storytelling […] The post StoryPress Launches its Latest Storytelling App appeared first on SiliconHills.
crowdSPRING Blog
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'I’ve written and spoken often about how customer service for us is a marketing tactic and how we view our customer service as a part of our marketing department. It’s simple – great customer service begets great customer satisfaction which begets great word of mouth. But there’s is another layer to this strategy that is important to understand and, as a small company, it is important that we articulate our approach and live by it.
Hunter Walker
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'“By creating competition for task/project-based employment, online labor marketplaces lower average wages for workers. These platforms do increase demand so people can make same/more in total, but only if they work more hours (ie hourly wage down, utilization up).” Since Homebrew invests in marketplaces, I tend to encounter the above sentiment fairly frequently despite the fact that, in many cases, it’s just plain wrong.
Austin Startup
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'Announcing its product launch, new Austin-based software company ReIntent offers a fresh approach to lead cleansing and maintenance. In other words – an end to bad data or missing lead information for Sales and Marketing teams. “ReIntent’s mission is to solve marketing’s bad data problem for good,” said CEO Mathan Parasuram. He and partner Karthik [.].
SiliconHills
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'Silicon Hills News is providing these questions and answers as a follow on to Austin Mayoral candidate posts with the Austin Technology Council. Last week, the ATC featured this post from Mayoral Candidate Steve Adler. But Adler’s campaign chose not to answer the questions from Silicon Hills News. This week, the ATC features this post […] The post Q&A with Sheryl Cole, Candidate for Austin Mayor appeared first on SiliconHills.
Duct Tape Marketing
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'How True Authority Is Actually Gained written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. The idea of authority has gotten a great deal of attention in business circles the last few years. People who have amassed lots of fans and follows in social networks are seen to have authority. People who have lots of blog readers or who have carved out some niche of expertise are seen to have authority.
SiliconHills
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'TrueAbility, based in San Antonio, has teamed up with DigitalOcean, to launch the “Docker Puzzle Challenge” to test a competitor’s technical aptitude using basic Linux skills and Docker, an open-source technology to deploy apps. The challenge uses TrueAbility’s online technical skill assessment platform, which tests job candidate’s technical abilities by performing real-life tasks.
ithacaVC
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'Here is Part 2 of the post on Agronomic Technology Corp, continuing the interview that Deb Eichten did with the ATC management team. Thanks! From Licensing the Technology to Striving for Market Dominance: Part 2 of 2 part posting by guest blogger Debra Eichten, Entrepreneurship at Cornell staff, interview with the founders of Agronomic Technology.
SiliconHills
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'Austin-based HomeAway, the world’s largest online marketplace for vacation rentals, filed a lawsuit Monday against the city and county of San Francisco seeking to stop the city from enforcing a new short term rental law. HomeAway claims the law discriminates against second home owners and non-resident individuals advertising short-term rentals, and gives Airbnb, based in […] The post HomeAway Sues San Francisco to Stop the Enforcement of a Short-Term Rental Law appeared first on Sil
Campus Entrepreneurship
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'A nice, thorough piece by Anna Prior of the Wall Street Journal on what aspiring entrepreneurs can gain through their choice and management of their college experience. From the WSJ : Going to college and starting a business can be expensive propositions. Business owners loaded with student debt may end up in a big financial hole—their families may have tapped out their resources helping to pay for school, leaving them unable to contribute to the business, and the entrepreneurs themselves may f
Seeing Both Sides
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'Becoming an entrepreneur is illogical. If you were to calculate the expected value (i.e., the probability-weighted average of all possible outcomes) of being an entrepreneur as compared to living the safe life of a traditional executive, it wouldn''t even be close. On a purely rational, probablistic basis, the math for entrepreneurship doesn''t add up.
Scalable Startup
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'Here’s the first part of his note and his bio: Tom, I need a job. My background is corporate finance and I’ve worked for the best electronic parts wholesale, a top three cable company, and the #1 online bank (PayPal). And my response: Eric, I see a lot of people going through this, myself included. Times are worse than I’ve ever seen if you’re not already in a great position.
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