Up and Running

JANUARY 26, 2015

'Welcome to Day 1 of our 5 Day SWOT Analysis Challenge! Sign up for our daily updates during the challenge and complete your own SWOT Analysis. Click here to join the challenge for FREE. Invite others to take the challenge! Share this article on Facebook or Twitter and use the #SWOT hashtag. As an entrepreneur, you want to know your business inside and out so you can make informed, money-making decisions.

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deal architect

JANUARY 26, 2015

'This continues a series of columns from practitioners I respect. The category "Real Deal" describes them well. This time it is Bruce Richardson who joined Salesforce in 2011 as the Chief Enterprise Strategist. He may be best known for his.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2015

'In the beginning all businesses are just people playing out an idea. It’s never the other way around – there is no idea so big that it doesn’t need people to make it succeed. Investors know this, hence the saying “Bet on the jockey (founder), not the horse (idea).” A great jockey is a great role model. Like it or not, everyone looks to the entrepreneur as the jockey role model in a new business.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2015

'If you fancy yourself as a bit of an entrepreneur, see how many of these things on our list you’ve done or plan to do during your business venture: 1. Stay focused on their vision. First and foremost, it’s important that the vision of the business is at the heart of everything you do to ensure that you’re as likely to reach it as possible. Having a vision and a clear-cut plan is so important in giving you something to work towards, too. 2.

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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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Up and Running

JANUARY 26, 2015

'A lot of people are drawn to franchising. If it’s right for you, it can be a road map to profitable business ownership. You can get in on a great idea or successful business that has a track record of success and a strong brand, and still run the business yourself. Franchise expert Joel Libava defines a franchise as “a type of business that is owned and operated by individuals (franchisees) but that is branded and overseen by a much larger—usually national or multinational—company (the franchis

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2015

'Are you faced with a sizable financial debt issue? Are you looking for ways to raise money to pay off the debt without stress and too much heartache? We take a look at ways you can raise money below. 1. Develop an income suite. The housing market is still in recovery mode. This means a great number of people would rather rent than buy. So if you own your home and your family can scale down, you can turn your home into a full time income suite.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2015

'VideoBlocks, a Netflix-style subscription platform for purchasing royalty-free stock video, today launched a new contributor marketplace platform for third-party content creators. The initiative is part of an ongoing effort to augment the service’s inventory of motion backgrounds, nature scenes, special effects, explosions, After Effects templates and HD and 4K video clips.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 26, 2015

'SpareFoot won the Austin Startup Games for the third year in a row. The Austin-based startup, which bills itself as the nation’s largest marketplace for finding and booking self-storage, had a ringer this year. The company recruited Icelandic strongman “Thor” Bjornsson to join the company as its senior vice president of Icelandic business. Bjornsson, known […] The post SpareFoot Wins Austin Startup Games Again appeared first on SiliconHills.

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ithacaVC

JANUARY 26, 2015

'I have heard many times that if a startup company CEO cannot easily and quickly explain his/her pricing model to a customer that the startup company is doomed. This probably applies to “non-startups” too. In any event, I agree. Related to pricing is how a company plans to make money off a customer. The easy case – customer is buying a good or service and pays for it then and there.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2015

'When I think about the word “ taskforce, ” what comes to mind is a small group of people charged with accomplishing a specific duty or chore. However, it’s when I looked more closely at the word, in its component parts, that an insight began to take form. A task is an activity that is to be accomplished within a defined period of time or by a deadline to work towards work-related goals.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 26, 2015

ReadWritePredict is a look ahead at the technology trends and companies that will shape the coming year. Startups are all about innovation, although it’s often difficult to distinguish in advance between world-changing technology and mere novelty. And the competition to break through is fiercer than ever; there are over 40,000 startups on AngelList , a place for connecting startups with funding and talent.

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Bryce Dot VC

JANUARY 26, 2015

'With all the talk of indie.vc around here, and in the indie.vc slack channel, there’ve been a number of stories shared and rationales put forward around why traditional venture capital isn’t a fit for the vast majority of founders. . One argument I hadn’t seen yet, is spelled out best by Brad Burnham @ USV. The piece centers around how bootstrapped deep web marketplaces can, and will, put pressure on their VC funded competitors.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 26, 2015

'I had lunch with Brett Martin this week, an entrepreneur I’ve gotten to know a bit over the years. We were talking about a decision that I’m thinking through. I was kind of waffling. He asked a really good question. “How will it feel when you have the right answer?” This got me thinking in a completely different frame of mind.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 26, 2015

'Show Summary . Business owner Mel West joins Episode 12 of the Profit First Podcast. Mel breaks down common problems in the work place and explains the importance of communicating with your employees. Our Guest. Mel West is President of Prosperity Logic; a performance-consulting firm that specializes in assisting clients increase profits and achieve wealth using its Prosperity Business Model.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2015

'by Nancy D. O’Reilly, PsyD, author of “ Leading Women: 20 Influential Women Share Their Secrets to Leadership, Business, and Life “ For women, the picture has never been rosier. For one thing, we are making huge strides in the business world. In fact, according to American Express OPEN, between 1997 and 2014 the number of women-owned businesses in the U.S. increased by 68 percent — a rate 1½ times the national average.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 26, 2015

'Show Summary . Business owner Mel West joins Episode 12 of the Profit First Podcast. Mel breaks down common problems in the work place and explains the importance of communicating with your employees. Our Guest. Mel West is President of Prosperity Logic; a performance-consulting firm that specializes in assisting clients increase profits and achieve wealth using its Prosperity Business Model.

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