Fri.Oct 02, 2015

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What Should You Make of the Web Summit Controversy? A View Behind the Scenes

Both Sides of the Table

Like many of you I read the Is Web Summit a Scam article making the rounds this week. I have attended Web Summits three times – it is not a scam. Let me get that out of the way. It’s a big conference and all big conferences charge money, make money and serve a diverse set of needs. I even wrote about my experiences attending Web Summit , something I rarely ever write about.

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Workday Rising: Fun and Focus

deal architect

Most vendors have moved to a bi-annual briefing of analysts – once at a dedicated summit, the other at their user conference. I find the latter a bit redundant – unless spaced out well from the summit. I also feel.

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5 Unpleasant Startup Surprises and How To Recover

Startup Professionals Musings

By definition, every startup is predictably unpredictable, since new solutions have no proven track record, startups are usually building a new market, and the world around them is changing faster than ever. Yet, as an advisor to startups, I see some common disasters, and recommend some anticipation and recovery moves that can save every entrepreneur some painful time and money.

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We the People

deal architect

I have been on civil juries. I have been an expert witness in a few pieces of technology litigation. I do not, however, go too often as an observer to many courtrooms. Finding myself in Las Vegas this week, I.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

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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Five Reasons It Pays To Be Your Own Boss

YoungUpstarts

by Ian Cowley, managing director of www.cartridgesave.co.uk. The number of entrepreneurs starting their own businesses is at an all-time high in the UK. Latest government figures reveal that 4.6million of us, that’s 15% of the workforce, are self-employed. There are most likely tens of thousands more out there, running micro businesses whilst working for someone else.

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Are Things Moving Faster Than In 1999?

Feld Thoughts

I spent the day yesterday doing Denver Startup Week stuff. I was on a bunch of panels and during one of the Q&A sessions someone asked something to the effect of: “Now that things are moving faster than ever before, how do you deal with / keep up with them?” I thought about it for a second and responded that I wasn’t sure the assertion was correct.

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The Age Of The Millennial Entrepreneur Is Upon Us

YFS Magazine

With everything millennials have accomplished this early in their lives, it is easy to believe that even if they don’t save us, they will undoubtedly shape the future for us all.

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Transport for London’s ‘Private hire proposals’ make me mad

The Equity Kicker

Many of you will have seen this already, but Transport for London’s ‘Private hire proposals’ are so loaded in favour of protected interests and against consumer choice that I’m cross enough to have a moan here. Hopefully this post will make a small contribution to the debate and increase the chances of a sensible outcome. There are 25 proposals in total.

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How To Get Vacation Moments Out Of Your Next Business Trip

YFS Magazine

Business travel doesn’t have to be all work and no play. Make each trip an adventure — a way to grow both personally and professionally.

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Episode 11: Business Buzzwords, False Assumptions, and Content Tips from Joe Pulizzi | the Bcast

Up and Running

This week, Peter and Jonathan list their most-hated business buzzwords and talk about false assumptions you could be making about your business. Joe Pulizzi (founder, Content Marketing Institute) also joins in to talk about the six steps of the Content, Inc. model. Subscribe: Stitcher | TuneIn | Pocket Casts | PlayerFM | Soundcloud. Do you have a question you’d like us to answer on the show?

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A Niche Market in Sports

The Entrepreneurial Mind

The Entrepreneurial Mind : Michael Lawson – FourA Management LLC TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious. The post A Niche Market in Sports appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.

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First enterprise customers – revenue or user engagement?

BeyondVC

Since we are seed investors in enterprise technology, I am often asked this question. The answer on the surface seems quite obvious?—?generate as much revenue as you can to prove that customers find value and are willing to pay. My answer is the less obvious one?—?focus first on user engagement and the revenue and bookings will follow. Wait, isn’t user engagement more of a consumer metric?

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Re-engage With Leads & Increase Sales – Easy, Effective Ways to Bring Back Visitors Who Intend to Buy

Duct Tape Marketing

Re-engage With Leads & Increase Sales – Easy, Effective Ways to Bring Back Visitors Who Intend to Buy written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit: Flickr. We’ve all found those pennies behind the couch pillow, and that occasional quarter in the crevice can eventually pack a punch—a cup of coffee here, a trip to the movies there.

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Bags are packed, its time to build 48 nonprofit websites by Sunday night!

Jeff Hilimire

Let’s do this, 48in48 ! If you weren’t able to come and build websites with us this weekend, you can still help us out by doing the social thing with us throughout the event: Like us on Facebook and share our posts. Follow us on Instagram. Tweet at us ! When posting, using our hashtag: #48in48. Thanks friends!

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Startups Compete Against Background Noise

Diego Basch

The traditional competition between companies has been about the price and quality of their products. For most startups that haven’t reached product-market fit, that shouldn’t be a real concern. As Justin Kan puts it: Startups mostly don’t compete against each other, they compete against no one giving a s**t. — Justin Kan (@justinkan) June 27, 2015.

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Twitter Link Roundup #289 – All Sorts of Good Stuff For Small Business, Startups, and Designers!

crowdSPRING Blog

I love autumn. Why? Well in part, because I love pumpkin. The most delicious baked goods in the world start with the pumpkin, whether your tastes lean to the pumpkin breads or the pumpkin pies. Not to mention the pumpkin latte! And, when they start to rot and ferment? The possibilities for endless entertainment abound! Like this guy for instance – my advice to him is to never again eat that rotted out pumpkin left on someone’s front porch!

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4 Ways Team Activities Can Boost Your Company Culture

YoungUpstarts

by Dusty Wunderlich , founder and CEO of Bristlecone Holdings. Company culture is an elusive ideal. The whole process of creating and maintaining culture can be nebulous, and there’s no single way to develop it. Even once you’ve managed to establish an idea of what you want your company’s culture to be, it’s easy for that idea to turn stale without applying consistent, creative work to maintain it.

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A Day In The Life of A Social Media Manager

Brandanew

One may think social media managers are very lucky. They get paid for spending time on Facebook and Twitter while others are castigated by their bosses for these at the workplace. But the truth is that a true social media manager has to work hard as any other worker in a modern organization. This especially if she/he wants to see any positive results and grow professionally.