YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

'by Suzanne Evans, author of ” The Way You Do Anything is the Way You Do Everything “ So you decided to seize your dream and start your own business. Unfortunately, your fledgling company is losing altitude fast. Despite putting in the work, you’re not seeing the profits. No matter how much you scour profit-and-loss statements, analyze your data, tweak your advertising, encourage your employees, or suck up to potential clients, you can’t move the needle.

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Programming Developer Bootstrapping Entrepreneur 169

deal architect

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

'Sorry, Aneel and Marc but if someone were to ask me the most exciting event in the last decade of software, cloud enterprise applications would come in second. The phenomenonal growth of consumer mobile ecosystems would get my first ballot.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

'You are an aspiring entrepreneur, eager to dump the corporate grind, and work to the beat of your own drummer, but you can’t come up with that killer idea to save the world. What are the alternatives that will give you the independence you crave, and challenge your business acumen? Technically, I believe an entrepreneur is anyone who manages his own profit and loss, and doesn’t meet the government tax definition of an employee.

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Entrepreneur Business Model Government Employee 256

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

'My various posts on depression and my struggles with it generate a wide range of emails, some with suggestions, some with questions, and some with empathy. The following question is an example of what I get regularly. “I read your blog every day and have read your book on living with an entrepreneur. Thanks for sharing your experiences with depression.

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Partner Operations Email Entrepreneur 157

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

Startup

Gust

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

'Every startup founder I know talks about the chaos of their business, which they usually attribute to that burst of growth that is required to get to positive cash flow. They envision a stable environment after that point, and may have convinced themselves that they will be safer and happier with a livable income, maintaining a loyal but flat customer base.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

'In high-stakes poker games it is not uncommon for the players to wear dark shades to hide their eyes from the others at the table. Players at the highest level of the game are skilled at reading the competition’s “tell” and using this to their advantage. The very best poker players rely on their skills and instinct at calculating the odds that another player has a better hand, but they are also practiced at interpreting non-verbal cues and using that ability to great advantage

Small Business 101

Small Business Conversion Partner Lean 101

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

'So this is utterly embarrassing. I like The Climb by Miley Cyrus. I get it. I get it. It’s a cliche, manufactured pop song. Yet, the song contains a message that is a permanent truth. The entrepreneur’s life is more about the struggle than anything else. Growing your business is 99% climbing, and 1% observing the view from amazing vantage points. That difficult climb?

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Design Product 68

Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

'All forms of study and industry have their own theories and jargon. They mostly exist to provide knowledge shortcuts and play books, but part of their function is to exclude. If someone knows the industry jargon, we can be sure they value what we value. We can be sure they read what we read, and mostly there is a chance they believe what we believe.

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Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

'Welcome to our weekly series “ Motivational Clips for Entrepreneurs.” Each week, we share a favorite video clip to inspire and motivate entrepreneurs. Why? Because we know how tough it is being an entrepreneur; and whether you’re launching your venture, trying to execute on your business model or raising funds, you need a little juice to help you push the ball forward.

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Business Model Video Entrepreneur 45

Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

'This is a blindpost from the Fast Company article: Five Hard Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before Starting Up. Why do you want to start a company? Some people want to start a company because of the allure of being their own boss. Or because they want to have a shot to make a ton of dough. Or because they want flexibility in work schedule. I’d suggest that if your reason for starting a business isn’t based on a real passion for the problem you’re trying to solve in the worl

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Matching Finance Partner Sales 50