Start Up Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
I’ve been thinking a lot about twitter lately based on the many articles written forecasting its demise. I really hope they’re wrong, but I think they might be right. The main reason I think it will die, is because so many people are saying it. The same people who espoused it’s virtues when it arrived in 2007, are now nostalgic about a time when twitter really, really mattered.
ConversionXL
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
Data should speak for itself, but it doesn’t. After all, humans are involved, too – and we mess things up. See, while data may be pure, humans are riddled with cognitive biases, dissonance, and egos. We hold positions that may be contingent on a certain way of working. Our ideas are fragile under the scrutiny of empiricism. That’s why the hardest work in optimization doesn’t have anything to do with the statistics, the ideation, the research, or the implementation – it has to do with
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View from Seed
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
At NextView, we’ve never been higher on NYC tech. Today, we’re excited to launch the State of NYC Seed — a comprehensive report on the ecosystem, authored by our own Tim Devane. Since joining NextView, we’ve talked often and excitedly about the New York startup ecosystem. With many seed investments locally already, everyone on the team has had a window into how entrepreneurship in the city has evolved over this current cycle.
deal architect
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
As part of my book research on automation and impact on jobs, I have been studying Japanese society. As Anthony Bourdain once said “Rigorously conventional on one hand, batshit crazy party animals on the other, Japan will always confuse outsiders.
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
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
by Tony Schubert, founder and CEO of Nerdigital Marketing. Small businesses can’t achieve success overnight. It takes a lot of hard work behind the scenes in order to become successful. Starting a business means having to compete against established brands on the market. One needs to hire the services of a startup marketing company to ensure that the business is able to achieve the short term goals and prepare them for the future.
Up and Running
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
Maybe not quite this much risk. One of the areas constantly dismissed by business owners in their business plan is an articulation of the risks in the business. This either suggests you don’t believe there to be any risks in your business (not true), or are intentionally avoiding disclosing them. Either way, it is not the best start to have with a potential funding partner.
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The Equity Kicker
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
Google and Facebook accounted for about 55% of the global internet ad market in 2015, worth over $150bn pic.twitter.com/fPuyWjhd5F. — Ian Maude (@IanMaude) February 2, 2016. Facebook and Google are the two tech companies that are flying right now and the chart above explains why. Everyone else is watching their share price go south because they are struggling for growth but these two have nailed internet advertising, dominating and growing the market.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
In the last decade, we have witnessed a very fast progress in the field of technology that has affected our lives in many different ways. For instance, in the last few years, there are many people who are trying to use some of the many online opportunities to earn extra money. Some of them have managed to make this online activity their primary source of earnings.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
Pure Michigan is a Damaged Brand. As a Michigan resident I’ve followed the developments in Flint with a mixture of horror, sadness, outrage, and confusion. This post is not about political blame. Having said that, I don’t deny the political element to the problem; it’s a sad tale of bad decisions on top of bad decisions, and some of those made for purely political reasons.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
by Donna Stoneham, Ph.D., author of “ The Thriver’s Edge: Seven Keys to Transform the Way You Live, Love, and Lead “ It’s still pretty early into 2016, and already only 8% of those who made New Year resolutions are still on track. We can have the best intentions in the world, but it’s easy to feel overwhelmed or discouraged by multiple demands when we get back to the daily grind.
The Next Web
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
Mark Zuckerberg’s 18th pick for his Year of Books is Daron Acemoglu and James Robinsons’ Why Nations Fail. Take a spin through to learn why some nations are economic powerhouses, why others tank, and how the authors’ new theory can divine the future of the US, China and the world. Riddle me this: Why has Botswana, a landlocked country in the south of Africa, become one of the fastest-growing countries in the world, while other African nations — Zimbabwe, the Congo and Sierra Leone among them — r
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
by Chris Hale, CEO and Founder of kountable, Inc. Entrepreneurs hustle. It’s part of the deal—table stakes. When they’re trying to get something moving, they make connections, convince others to join their quest, ask for help, learn from experts, attempt to gain the support of influencers and will communicate with just about anyone to advance their agendas.
A Crowded Space
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
Jackson Square Ventures hosted our annual CEO summit on Thursday, Jan 28th. We had many of our portfolio CEOs in attendance at our office in downtown SF. We invited a guest speaker, Pat Connolly, EVP at Williams-Sonoma ; we had a panel discussion with Mark Gainey, CEO at Strava , and Tom Gonser, founder of Docusign ; small group discussions; and we had a happy hour with enduring brands Anchor Brewing Company and Boudin Bakery.
crowdSPRING Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
. We all experience failure at some point in our lives. As business owners, failure is common to us- not every idea can be a winner. As entrepreneurs, the looming fear of failure is all too real. According to Forbes , nine out of ten startups will fail within their first few years of operation. This means that it is more common for a business to fail than it is for a business to succeed, pinning the odds of success against us.
Mike Michalowicz
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
As soon as Donald Trump mentioned it about any of his competitors their pole numbers hit the skids. I’m referring to having low energy. Being an entrepreneur is more than a full time job. A successful entrepreneur is constantly on the run. Their mind needs to race at 100 miles an hour. In order to do this, you need many sources of energy, from fueling your car, truck or jet.
YFS Magazine
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
The bottom line is that blogging can increase your bottom line. I know it has for me. And that’s why I still blog for business.
Hunter Walker
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
Adam M. Grant’s new book Originals arrives today so seemed like a good time to ask him some questions. This past weekend Adam’s NYTimes post on How to Raise a Creative Child (hint: Back Off!) gave a taste of what Originals contains. My wife and I have been fortunate enough to know Adam for a few years now and always enjoy his thoughts on what makes people tick and what makes company cultures work (or not).
YFS Magazine
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
It is important for business owners to succeed at social networking. Start small and pick your networks carefully.
crowdSPRING Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
. We all experience failure at some point in our lives. As business owners, failure is common to us- not every idea can be a winner. As entrepreneurs, the looming fear of failure is all too real. According to Forbes , nine out of ten startups will fail within their first few years of operation. This means that it is more common for a business to fail than it is for a business to succeed, pinning the odds of success against us.
YFS Magazine
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
We encourage you to have a bootstrap mentality, irrespective of whether you have raised a large amount of funding or not.
crowdSPRING Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
When perusing our galleries here on crowdSPRING, we see some amazing work submitted in the projects. Today, we noticed this gem submitted in this logo project. Let us start the slow clap for dhanny09. Check out more great work on dhanny09 ’s profile page. Nicely done, dhanny09, nicely done! Related posts: Fresh from the SPRING: uniquemind. Fresh from the SPRING: ReesQ.
Duct Tape Marketing
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
How and Why to Use SEO for Growth written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Search Engine Optimization is one of the more shapeless marketing terms we get to wrestle with these days. It’s not that people don’t understand SEO, okay maybe it kind of is, it’s that the very nature of SEO seems to shift with each new pronouncement from Google.
Rob Go
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
Typically, I think of cash in the bank as a means to reduce the risk of a startup. Makes sense – more cash means more runway, more flexibility, and less sensitivity to the near-term capital markets. When markets are good, the conventional advice has been to take that advantage to raise as much capital as you can. Get what the getting is good, because you never know when you might need it.
Early Growth Financial Services
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
This guest post is from Bethany Walsh, Head of Marketing for Abacus. It’s a well known fact that most people don’t take enough vacation or downtime. They are always plugged into their ever present smartphone with email and Slack notifications, whether they’re sitting on a sandy beach or in a conference room. And most employers don’t pay much attention to this – they’re too tied up in it themselves.
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