YoungUpstarts
MAY 26, 2014
'By Patrick Bet-David, CEO of the PHP Agency, and author of “ Doing The Impossible: The 25 Laws for Doing The Impossible “ There’s never been a better time to be a young entrepreneur in America. The opportunities are endless and money is easy to earn. In spite of this, many young entrepreneurs and small businesses continue to struggle, with many just getting by.
Hunter Walker
MAY 26, 2014
'Besides having a great animated graphic, yesterday’s New York Times “ Faking Cultural Literacy ” OpEd got me thinking about the role of verified data. The column touches on the increasing proclivity (or even probability) that you develop and espouse an opinion without even experiencing the source data itself. “It’s never been so easy to pretend to know so much without actually knowing anything.
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YoungUpstarts
MAY 26, 2014
'Since its founding in 2006, online social network and microblogging service Twitter has pretty much become a permanent part of the Internet as we know it. From mundane love messages to celebrity pronouncements, or to the sharing of online content to even being used as a way to coordinate anti-government protests during the Arab Spring, Twitter has been in so many different ways for so many different purposes it’s now hard to imagine our world without it.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 26, 2014
'Wow. I needed a vacation. Amy reminds me that I say that on day three of each of our quarterly weeks off the grid. It doesn’t seem to matter how I try to pace myself or how recent my previous week off the grid was. On day three, when I’m not looking at email, anything on the web, or checking my phone, I just breathe deeply and say “wow I needed this vacation.” Oh – and I decided to get over my fear of horses.
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 Professionals Musings
MAY 26, 2014
'I may be a bit old-fashioned, but I have always looked at a business first for its potential ability to be self-sustaining, and provide reasonable profits to feed my family, my lifestyle, and my retirement. Then secondly, I look for it to be a business I can enjoy, with the potential to change the world. Today, these top priorities of many entrepreneurs seem to have reversed.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 26, 2014
'by Forbes magazine publisher Rich Karlgaard and author of “ The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success “. Success in business has traditionally meant having a strategy and excelling at the hard skills. Controlling costs. Boosting speed. Effectively managing the supply chain. Superior number-crunching and analytics. Most of today’s CEOs, CFOs, chief operating officers, boards of directors, and shareholders speak the language of this hard edge.
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YoungUpstarts
MAY 26, 2014
'Investing up to 100,000 euros in a business management degree course of prestige opens the door to finding a job? In recent years, it has become an almost necessary additional condition to your career. The Master in Business Administration (MBA) can provide a powerful network of contacts, even internationally, to give a professional leap. This is the opinion of Alberto Lump, team leader of Randstad Professional.
Mike Michalowicz
MAY 26, 2014
'When it comes to email marketing, here’s what doesn’t work… spam. In fact, because of this, many businesses fail to ever even consider email marketing. They don’t want to be labeled as another spammer. And this is for good reason: Spam sucks! And in case you are wondering, newsletters suck too. Most newsletters are simply a prettied-up version of spam.
SiliconHills
MAY 26, 2014
'Austin-based Skyonic Corp. announced last week that it has landed another $12.5 million in funding. The company, which creates carbon capture technology, received the funding from existing investor, ConocoPhillips and from new investor Enbridge of Canada. Skyonic plans to use the money to further develop its technology, called SkyCycle, which uses thermolytic chemical reactions to […] The post Skyonic Secures $12.5 Million to Develop its Carbon Capture Technology appeared first on Silicon
The Entrepreneurial Mind
MAY 26, 2014
'ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFILE : Dr. Roy Archambault: DryCorp. DryCorp , located in Willmington, North Carolina, manufactures products that help waterproof other products. DryCorp, which was founded by Dr. Roy Archambault, developed its first line of products to waterproof casts, bandages, ostomies, and prosthetics using a rubber sleeve. The product allows patients to swim, bathe, shower, and to receive hydrotherapy without any damage to the medical product protected by the sleeve.
SiliconHills
MAY 26, 2014
'Filament Labs raised $1 million in a seed investment led by the Mercury Fund. The Austin-based company plans to use the money to develop its Patient IO platform for health professionals. The patient portal allows doctors and other caregivers to put information about the patient’s treatment online, including doctor recommended homework and medicine and deliver […] The post Filament Labs Lands $1 Million and Plans to Expand its Patient IO Platform appeared first on SiliconHills.
Guy Nirpaz
MAY 26, 2014
'I’m not sure if I like or hate the story of Twitter. For the past few days I’m reading “ Hatching Twitter ” by Nick Bilton. The story is amazing, it’s like a soap opera written by the best screen writer. There are lessons to be learned by Entrepreneurs, by friends and by business people. It’s enjoyable to read although in many cases it makes my stomach ache… The main theme that comes across – you can’t do successful (and failing in case of O
SiliconHills
MAY 26, 2014
'Austin-based VUV Analytics has closed on $5.8 million in venture capital. The company closed on the series A round, led by S3 Ventures, to fund the launch of its laboratory-scale molecular spectroscopy instruments business. S3′s Managing Director, Brian R. Smith, will also join the company’s board. “We are really excited to close this investment with […] The post VUV Analytics Closes on $5.8 Million in Financing appeared first on SiliconHills.
Scott Edward Walker
MAY 26, 2014
'I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting articles, posts and podcasts relating to entrepreneurship and startups, M&A and legal issues. Below are my five most popular tweets for the past three weeks; interestingly, the top three relate to Quora. Cheers, Scott. . Top 5 Tweets. Quora: “As an entrepreneur, what is the WORST advice you have been given?
SiliconHills
MAY 26, 2014
'Malauzai Software, which makes mobile apps for banks, announced it has received a $6.48 million in venture capital. The Austin-based company received the Round C investment, led by Wellington Management Co., last week. The company, founded in 2010, has previously raised $5.3 million. Malauzai has more than 260 banks and credit unions as customers. It […] The post Malauzai Software Raises $6.48 Million appeared first on SiliconHills.
Up and Running
MAY 26, 2014
'Business owners have encountered a brand-new look for their business pages over the past month or so, and along with it came a number of questions about how to best take advantage of the changes. Page posts, for instance, have streamlined into a single column practically begging for a striking photo, while the lefthand column now allows you to choose the features of your business you’d most like to highlight, whether that’s your apps, customer photos, product videos or something else.
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