deal architect
JUNE 1, 2015
I read two columns today which prompt this post. The first is from Ben Pring where he invokes the Japanese art of decluttering as applied to IT. There has never been a culture in “big boy IT” of throwing things.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 1, 2015
Image via Flickr by Jupiter Labs Many first-time entrepreneurs find themselves unable to bootstrap their startups, and also unable to find early funding at the venture capital level or even with angel investors. Their only recourse is that first tier of investors, fondly called Friends, Family and Fools. These are the only people likely to believe in newbies, with only minimal product evidence or business experience.
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Brandanew
JUNE 1, 2015
Storytelling is probably as old as the human race. However, all stories begin to sound clichéd over time and it is necessary to infuse some authenticity and freshness. With the overload of information and media nowadays, it is hard to achieve the results that a firm may need to go beyond the buzzwords, and create something noteworthy and remarkable.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 1, 2015
*. What does it mean to be a leader? It’s relatively easier to answer that question when you’re a founder & CEO and have total control over hiring & firing. If your company is successful and valuable people generally do what you ask. It can sometimes create confusion about whether or not you’re truly a great leader or whether people feel they must just follow your orders.
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
JUNE 1, 2015
The history of commerce is quite remarkable – did you know, for example, that people were once using leather currencies, and even trading cattle to make business work? These days we conduct business on a daily basis , using mobile payments with technologies like Square and even logon to complete grocery shopping or to watch movies through websites like Amazon.
Up and Running
JUNE 1, 2015
The Battle of Copyright—a copyright-free image by Christopher Dombres via Flickr. If you created something original, you may have a certain degree of protection against someone else using, claiming, modifying, or selling it. In other words, you may have intellectual property. Knowing how to legally protect your creations is essential to retaining ownership of them.
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Feld Thoughts
JUNE 1, 2015
On Saturday, I polished off Hot Seat: The Startup CEO Guidebook. I started it last weekend at the tail end of my Weekend Reading on Startup Communities but four books weren’t in me so I didn’t finish it. It was excellent and is now on my “all startup CEOs must read” list. My recommended book list for startup CEOs is very long, but there are only three books on the must read list.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 1, 2015
by Steve Smith, founder of ISO (It Straps On). Import/export companies in the U.S. have a wealth of information at their fingertips. If you’re in the business, or just getting started, here’s some information that might help you. International Trade Administration. This is the largest clearinghouse of information for locating foreign buyers. It’s also a division of the U.S.
The Equity Kicker
JUNE 1, 2015
With this slide in her Internet Trends deck Mary Meeker is making the point that as internet penetration passes through 10-20% in India companies matching the scale and significance of Netscape, Yahoo, Amazon, Tencent and Alibaba will be created. Generalising, I would say that the defining companies in any new market are anointed as adoption of the new technology or product passes through 10-20% of the potential customer base.
Version One Ventures
JUNE 1, 2015
Clayton Christensen has written the book on disruption. He’s one of Silicon Valley’s most popular business school professors and we often subscribe to his theory on disruption from below. With his theory “Disruptive Innovation,” Christensen states that “a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves up market, eventually displacing established competitors.
This is going to be BIG.
JUNE 1, 2015
Every other day, some startup is raising some ludicrous amount of money at some outlandish valuation. It feels like the mother of all p **g contests and tech journalists seem all too willing to play along. Is it really going to make or break your career if you're the first to Uber's Series H round, the one between the $60 billion valuation and the $90 billion valuation.
Start Up Blog
JUNE 1, 2015
While only 39% of the global population currently have access to the internet, 73% of the global population (5.2b people) are already mobile phone users. This means that the majority of the adult population will never use a desktop computer. They may never use a laptop. And that their world will inevitably be a small screen, wireless one. With the law of accelerating returns on our side, we must assume that within probably 2 years, all of these phones will become smart phones, and the number of
Up and Running
JUNE 1, 2015
5 days to turn your brand into a brand that means business. If you’re a small business owner with limited resources and big ambitions, listen up. We are conducting The Big Brand Challenge for you. Most small businesses think a brand is only something that big businesses can afford. Think again. In partnership with PrestoBrand, we’re going to show you just how easy, fun and affordable branding can actually be.
SiliconHills
JUNE 1, 2015
By JOHN DAVIDSON Special Report for Silicon Hills News NewCo rolled into Austin last week for the inaugural NewCoATX festival. John Battelle and Brian Monahan founded NewCo in 2012 to “identify, celebrate and connect the engines of positive change in technology.” It seeks to do that through an event experience it describes as “a mash-up […] The post NewCoATX Attracts a Crowd in Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.
crowdSPRING Blog
JUNE 1, 2015
I wrote a few years ago about some innovations that changed the world. The steam engine transformed transportation and manufacturing forever; the invention of the distillation process and the introduction of Vodka forever changed the way we make fools of ourselves (not to mention Governmental revenues); and the invention of moving picture projectors created an new-to-the-world form of entertainment and a great date night activity.
Start Up Blog
JUNE 1, 2015
I’m currently working on 4 new startups… With various co-founders. One with my wife (launching soon) and 3 with a mate of mine called Gus. I believe one of these startups will be pretty big, I’m just not sure which one yet. Yes, I know I’m suffering of delusions of grandeur, but if we didn’t believe things could work out for us, then why get out of bed each morning?
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
JUNE 1, 2015
Yesterday’s Innovation is Today’s Expectation. I do my banking online, as much as is possible. As an innovation it’s remarkable — not having to mail checks to pay bills is wonderful. Online banking saves me time. Checking balances, transferring money, having online records to reference, it’s all very convenient. It’s magic.
Hearpreneur
JUNE 1, 2015
This motivational video for entrepreneurs, startups and business owners teaches us that for all the passion, interest and curiosity won’t mean anything when the times get really hard. It is those that feel slighted and feel like they have something to prove that become successful. How do they become successful? They got mad. Here’s some more motivation for you to harness that anger.
Bryce Dot VC
JUNE 1, 2015
Well, it finally happened. After years of overthinking and months of promoting, screening and interviewing companies, we finally held our kickoff week for Indie.vc. Given the tight timelines, it was a mad scramble to pull the week together but Sarah did an exceptional job curating content that delivered valuable insights and fresh perspectives for the participating teams.
Mike Michalowicz
JUNE 1, 2015
Also Available On. Show Summary. Shama Hyder and Tim Knox join us for Episode 30 of the Profit First Podcast. Shama and Tim discuss how you can use social media marketing to turn your business into a profitable one. Our Guests. Shama Hyder (left). Known as the “Zen Master of Marketing” by Entrepreneur Magazine and the “Millennial Master of the Universe” by Fast Company, Shama Hyder is a visionary strategist for the digital age.
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