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How Your Small Business Or Startup Can Hire A Good Lawyer Without Losing Your Shirt

crowdSPRING Blog

' . Most business owners dread having to talk with and hire lawyers. Some fear they’ll end up paying exorbitant legal fees or that they’ll receive bad advice that will destroy their business (if you’ve watched the show Arrested Development and have seen Barry Zuckerkorn in action, you’ll know exactly what I mean). Others agonize over how to find a reasonably priced, competent lawyer.

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What Would it Look Like if Elon Musk Pitched a VC Today?

Both Sides of the Table

'This week I attended the All Things D Conference in Ranchos Palos Verdes. It is always a stellar event. The good and great of the tech industry were there: Tim Cook, Sheryl Sandberg, Dick Costolo, Max Levchin, etc. But Elon Musk stole the show. I thought Michael Lazerow’s Tweet best captured the mood of the crowd. I’m sure you know, but Elon was the co-founder (and largest shareholder) of PayPal, the most important payment transfer technology of its era and still the most instrument

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Do We Really Need an Alternative Form of Capitalism?

Startup Professionals Musings

'In my view, entrepreneurship has always been the ultimate embodiment of capitalism, and quite synonymous with free enterprise. Yet I find that more and more young entrepreneurs are uncomfortable with the term “capitalism”, somehow thinking that it prioritizes “making money” above all else. They are looking for a business model that makes the world a better place for humanity.

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Evernote Means Business In Asia Pacific, Rolls Out Evernote Business To More Countries

YoungUpstarts

'Evernote launched Evernote Business back in December 2012, introducing a suite of tools and services that help organizations by more collaborative and effective through improved knowledge sharing and discovery between work teams. Evernote Business then came to Asia through Korea and the launch of Yinxiang Biji Business in China earlier this month, but the company has announced that Evernote Business will now be made available in more markets across APAC including Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia,

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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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Floating In An Isolation Tank

Feld Thoughts

'Yesterday I floated for an hour in an isolation tank at Cloud Nine Float Center. It was awesome. When I was in college, I spent a summer floating. I had recently seen the movie Altered States and was fascinated by it, but uninterested in drugs. I found an isolation tank in Dallas where I was living with my parents and working 100 hours a week at Petcom writing oil and gas software.

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Can’t Find Your Car? There’s An App For That.

YoungUpstarts

'Do you remember the 2000 movie called “ Dude, Where’s My Car? ” starring a young Ashton Kutcher about two potheads who wake up from a night of partying and can’t remember where they parked their car? Well, now it’s an app. If you find yourself often forgetting where you last parked your car, especially in an area in which you’re not too familiar with, this iOS app is for you.

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Live now: Dwolla’s founder answers questions via video. Get involved!

The Next Web

'Got a question for Ben? Use the chat feature above to get it answered live. Ben Milne is CEO and founder of Dwolla , a completely new payment that system that’s fixes the underlying inefficiencies, hazards, and fraud encumbering current options. A repeat entrepreneur, Ben built his first international company at the age of 19, turning a $1,200 investment into a multi-million dollar company with oversea operations and clients, including Toyota and Ford.

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Miami panel, June 17, on Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices

David Teten

'The HBS Club of South Florida is hosting me at a panel discussion on “Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices”, Monday, June 17, 2013, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, at Greenburg Traurig, 333 SE 2nd Avenue, 44th Floor, Miami, FL 331312. Click here to register. The rest of the panel: 1. Juan Pablo Cappello, Principal Shareholder of Greenburg Traurig and investor in over 25 start-ups. 2.

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Head, heart and hands: Three essentials for startup success

Up and Running

'Starting up a business requires a diversity of assets. First-time entrepreneurs often feel anxious when they think about all the factors that must play a role if their ideas are ever to get off the ground. In their minds, success or failure seems to hinge upon finding deep-pockets funders, expert mentors, willing publicizers and other “champions.”.

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Miami panel, June 17, on Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices

David Teten

'The HBS Club of South Florida is hosting me at a panel discussion on “Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices”, Monday, June 17, 2013, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, at Greenburg Traurig, 333 SE 2nd Avenue, 44th Floor, Miami, FL 331312. Click here to register. The rest of the panel: 1. Juan Pablo Cappello, Principal Shareholder of Greenburg Traurig and investor in over 25 start-ups. 2.

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KILN at CPSI 2013

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

'Min Basadur presenting at a recent CPSI Conference. I’m leading a Springboard session at the 2013 edition of the CPSI Conference — June 20th through the 23rd. CPSI is the annual Creative Problem Solving Institute. I’ll also be doing a demo of new techniques for conceptual blending as part of an “extending” session. This demo will feature the new tools and techniques KILN has developed as part of it’s IdeaKeg offering.

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Austin-based DeckPresenter Chosen for gener8tor Startup Accelerator

SiliconHills

'This summer, the team behind Austin-based DeckPresenter will be in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for 12 weeks participating in the gener8tor startup accelerator program. The company was one of five startups chosen from more than 250 applications to participate in the program, which will culminate with a Launch Day event on August 29. At that event, every [.

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Funnels vs. Umbrellas

SVPG

'In my last newsletter I wrote about Stakeholder Management. That article seemed to strike a chord with many people. One person sent me a quote that is attributed to Todd Jackson of Facebook, which is probably one of the best lines I''ve seen regarding product in a long time: "You can be either a s**t funnel or a s**t umbrella.". There is a lot of truth to this sentiment.

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Patent Trolls Threaten to Bankrupt Companies and Stifle Innovation

SiliconHills

'By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Without patent reform, Living Direct might have to file for bankruptcy, said Mark Baker, its general counsel. The online retailer, founded in 2000 now has 60 employees, and faces multiple “patent troll” lawsuits which threaten to drain it of all of its cash, Baker told a seven-person [.] The post Patent Trolls Threaten to Bankrupt Companies and Stifle Innovation appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Play Nice!

Berkonomics

'When you were a kid, surely at one time or another, Mom or someone reminded you to “play nice” when you got a bit rambunctious with your friends. I was reminded about this by Mark Wayman, a friend and reader, who applied this statement to his recruiting environment. He called out those people who focus upon executives who burned bridges with threats and lawsuits, instead of just picking up their toys and moving on after a bad business breakup.

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Lars

Ben's Blog

'[popover_trigger handle="Right-Above-It"]It’s the dream team meets the supreme team. And all our eyes green it only means one thing. You ain’t f **g with my clique. —Jay-Z, Clique. [/popover_trigger]. [popover_content handle="Right-Above-It"]. Artist: Big Sean, Jay-Z and Kanye West. Track: Clique. Album: Cruel Summer. Released: 2012. Label: GOOD Music.

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Tabbedout Adds Two Veteran Tech Executives

SiliconHills

'Tabbedout announced Thursday that the company has hired two veteran technology executives to lead its engineering operations. Lance Obermeyer will become its new chief technology officer and Tom Bernhardt will takeover as vice president of product and strategy. Previously Obermeyer cofounded Digby and other technology companies. He has a Ph.D. in computer sciences from the [.

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Connecting the Dots

OnlyOnce

'Connecting the Dots. Although I still maintain that the three primary roles of a CEO are to set Strategy and communicate it, develop Talent, and ensure that the business has proper Resources to run (see post here ), I am increasingly finding that I play a fourth role in the organization that’s probably somewhat important, which is Connecting the Dots.

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Dell’s Evergreen Innovation Center to Focus on Data Center Efficiency

SiliconHills

'In a move that further focuses Dell on data centers, the company announced it has opened its Evergreen Innovation Center. The center will work on developing new technologies for data centers. Dell makes a modular data center for eBay that has been named one of the most energy efficient in the country. Dell and eBay [.] The post Dell’s Evergreen Innovation Center to Focus on Data Center Efficiency appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Founders Beware: Fiduciary Obligations of Officers

Scott Edward Walker

'Introduction. Many founders do not realize that officers of a corporation have the same fiduciary obligations as directors. This post briefly explores this issue and its ramifications. What Are the Fiduciary Obligations of Directors? Directors have two basic fiduciary obligations to the corporation and its stockholders: the duty of care and the duty of loyalty.

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Spiritcube Expands its Digital After Life Company to Austin

SiliconHills

'Want to leave a lasting legacy online long after you’ve gone to the grave? Not content to just write R.I.P. on a gravestone? Then Spiritcube has got a product for you. The Miami-based company sells a digital-after life online package that allows people to leave behind text, photos, video and more for loved ones after [.] The post Spiritcube Expands its Digital After Life Company to Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Another Silly Startup Analogy

Diego Basch

'When I was a teenager in Argentina in the 1980s, there was a weekly TV show called “ Feliz Domingo ” (Happy Sunday). It ran live for nine hours, between one and ten pm. It was a game show for high school students near graduation, who competed in events involving different skills. A typical event would have four or five individual students (or small teams), each representing a 30-40 person group from a graduating class.

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Next13 Panel (Video): "Go Big or Go Home"

Babbling VC

'If you''re interested in my panel from the Next13 event with the founder of Eventbrite as well as one of the partners from the Samwer''s growth fund, take a look: .

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The Future of SEO

Duct Tape Marketing

'Marketing podcast with TopRank’s Lee Odden. photo credit: Simon & His Camera via photopin cc Does it makes sense for companies to invest in SEO as an independent activity? Can you influence search without content and social? Those are some of the questions I asked Lee Odden, author of Optimize: How to Attract and Engage More Customers by Integrating SEO, Social Media, and Content Marketing and founder of TopRank Online Marketing for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing

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Why SBA Loans Make Sense For Banks & Business Owners

Growthink Blog

'A great source of funding to start or grow your business is SBA loans. read more.

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Lars

Ben's Blog

'It''s the dream team meets the supreme team And all our eyes green it only means one thing You ain’t f **g with my clique —Jay-Z, Clique. It’s an honor, a privilege and so supremely awesome to announce that our newest General Partner is Lars Dalgaard. Lars is spectacularly qualified. He founded and ran SuccessFactors and led them to $364 million in annual revenue ultimately resulting in a $3.5 billion acquisition by SAP in 2011.

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Most Common Banking Mistakes Startups Make

Early Growth Financial Services

'If the point of a business is to make money, then obviously you want to be very careful when it comes to managing that money. Your bank is key in this matter. Choosing a banking solution is one of the most important decisions you need to make as a startup (see my previous post on Banking Solutions for Your Startup for more details and advice on this subject).

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The Pebble Watch after two months

Jeff Hilimire

'Pebble Smartwatch 2013 video from Pebble Technology on Vimeo. This one surprised me. I was one of the first people to order the Pebble watch on Kickstarter back in April of 2012 and I couldn’t wait to receive it. But I haven’t worn a watch in probably ten years and was pretty sure I wasn’t going to keep the Pebble on for very long.

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Become A Student Of Yourself

Mike Michalowicz

'Write a few business books and people start asking the secret to success. I am flattered every time I am asked and have always been at the ready with a clever response. But then I noticed my responses were varying. So I obliged myself to find the answer. The problem is success is a nebulous concept. Even when it is defined, every person is so unique that no single path brings success.

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Writing for the Web: Tips, Tricks and Standards

Duct Tape Marketing

'Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is Andy Crestodina – Enjoy! t’s the dawn of a new day in content marketing and there’s rain in the forecast. We’re about to see a downpour of web copy. More than ever, PR firms, social media marketers, and search optimizers are rushing to push out more web content for clients.

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Friday Roundup: Entrepreneur state of mind, squeezing employees, graduation advice from bazillionares

Up and Running

'Don’t get so wrapped up in work that you forget to stay up with the current events of the business world! Amid all of the chaos, grab a cup of Joe and take a short reading break. 1. Entrepreneurship isn’t defined solely by owning your own business. Today, it has evolved into a state of mind. Entrepreneur shared a fascinating infographic showing how many people call themselves entrepreneurs, even though they don’t have a business. 2.