Both Sides of the Table
MAY 7, 2013
'Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios. The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 7, 2013
'Entrepreneurs inherently understand that they have to be the initial leader of their startup, but often they don’t have the experience or the training to know where their leadership competencies lie, or how to build a leadership team. For new entrepreneurs, leadership development efforts may be more valuable for achieving startup success than business skills development.
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Up and Running
MAY 7, 2013
'If you’re taking advantage of the spring to sort out your office, clean up your paperwork, and get your admin in order, don’t neglect your IT systems. It’s a good idea to review some key areas of your computer systems once every 12 months or so. Revisiting these five crucial aspects shouldn’t take long, but will give you confidence that you’re up-to-date and not spending more on IT than you need to. 1.
The Equity Kicker
MAY 7, 2013
'Steve Denning , one of my new favourite writers recently wrote on Forbes about Leadership in the three-speed economy. This concept of a a three-speed economy is powerful, although I think ‘three-sector’ would be more accurate. For a while now I’ve been struggling to reconcile vibrant growth in parts of the tech industry with lack-lustre growth at the macro-economic level, and the best explanation I’ve come up with is that some industries are declining whilst others, most notably tech, are growi
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
crowdSPRING Blog
MAY 7, 2013
'Back in 2011, we announced a monthly cS Award to honor quality work by designers and writers in the crowdSPRING community. The May cS Award. We’re pretty excited for the May cS award. It’s our first foray into video! So dust off your reel, brush up on your AfterEffects skills, and let’s get ready to render. We’re asking for :30 to :60 second clips from a favorite, existing motion design, visual effect or animation project.
Early Growth Financial Services
MAY 7, 2013
'Originally published in SoCalCTO by Tony Karrer. I’ve written before about finding Web Development Firms in Los Angeles. What I didn’t discuss was how you should go about selecting the right company. I just got an email asking about exactly this: “I’m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn’t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of software developers.
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YoungUpstarts
MAY 7, 2013
'The IT and Internet sectors came up tops amongst the industries most Singaporeans want to work for, according to recent findings from professional online networking site LinkedIn. The company today revealed that the top three most in demand employers in its network for Singapore are IT giants IBM and Microsoft, followed by consulting firm Accenture.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 7, 2013
'This post was written by Sarah Milstein, co-host of The Lean Startup Conference. We are downright thrilled to announce that Kathy Sierra, one of our all-time favorite speakers and teachers , has offered to provide free training for L ean Startup Conference speakers. If you''ve never spoken at a conference before, or it you''ve done it and found you weren''t quite the MLK you had imagined, this is a terrific opportunity to build your skills.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 7, 2013
'We sing praises of many cutting-edge technologies – especially in the social media or social networking spaces – but in most cases we forget to credit far more discreet ones that form the backbone of our technological experiences. One case in point? Wireless. Wireless technology everywhere has transformed how we connect different devices to the cloud, uploading and downloading of data, and enhancing our mobile experience as well as increasing our productivity.
Mike Michalowicz
MAY 7, 2013
'If there is one thing I have learned in my 41 years life, is that authenticity is the ultimate path to success. Yes, it does yield financial freedom. But, it yields so much more than that. Authenticity means you don’t need to fake anything. Authenticity means you can be unabashedly true to who and what you are meant to be. Authenticity means you can lead others to be true to themselves too.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 7, 2013
'Imagine a 57 year old management professor donning the uniform of an undercover fast food worker for 14 months. Opting for this “hardship” research project during his sabbatical, he goes through seven jobs in burger chains like McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s. Along the way, the professor discovers “powerful truths about what makes businesses great” and provides lessons from behind the counter “guaranteed to supersize any management style” Do
Feld Thoughts
MAY 7, 2013
'Enterprise development is once again white hot. More evidence is this year’s Gluecon. Not only does Gluecon have the usual raft of amazing startup/early stage sponsors, but this year, the “big guys” are showing up (SAP, Intel, HP, Google, IBM, General Motors, Rackspace). And, I also know (because Eric’s told me) that we’re seeing a leap in the number of enterprise developers that are registering for the show.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 7, 2013
'In a move that surprised absolutely no one, multimedia and creativity software maker Adobe Systems announced earlier at its conference Adobe MAX that it will not be providing further updates on its legacy Creative Suite (CS) line of products and instead will be focusing its efforts entirely on Adobe Creative Cloud. Creative Cloud , first launched globally in April last year, so far has hit over 2 million free users but – more importantly for the company – it’s also garnered ha
Lightspeed Venture Partners
MAY 7, 2013
'FinCEN, the department of the Treasury responsible for fighting financial crimes has already issued guidance on how it views Bitcoin. Now it looks like the Commodities Future Trading Commission may also seek to regulate Bitcoin. More regulation is coming for Bitcoin. I think that this is a good thing. I do not believe that the US Government is out to stop Bitcoin.
Growthink Blog
MAY 7, 2013
'Are you an Empire Builder? How do you gauge yourself and your business? Do have the potential to turn your business into an empire? You may not know it yet, but you may just be the person to create the next business empire. Empire builders are ordinary people who perform extraordinary tasks. There are certain traits and actions that distinguish these outstanding individuals from others.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
MAY 7, 2013
'Tweet As you can probably tell I have upped the amount of videos I release on my YouTube channel. I am personally recording quick behind the scenes updates that I call “ Yaro.TV Dailys “, as well as releasing the occasional more substantial videos like my Stand Up Desk video. I’ve also been working with my new Filipino … Read the rest of this entry » Online Marketing & Internet Business Guides Video how to attract clients internet marketing coaching online busin
Hunter Walker
MAY 7, 2013
'Speaking today at a Wired conference in NYC, WarbyParker cofounder Neil Blumenthal prophesied that “you won’t be able to hire talented people over the next 10 years unless you’re a mission-driven company.” I think he’s right. Some entrepreneurs think “mission-driven” means taking an Uber to a bar at 19th & Valencia, but in actuality it’s what binds teams together during both fruitful and challenging times. .
crowdSPRING Blog
MAY 7, 2013
'Spring is here, which means opportunities for fresh air, bike rides, and sunshine will soon abound. The trees will bud and the masses will open their windows. It also means the return of wedding season and flowers popping up in people’s gardens. And nobody knows flowers better than this week’s Small Business Spotlight, Red Poppy Floral Design. Based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Red Poppy Floral Design specializes in wedding and special event floral arrangements.
SiliconHills
MAY 7, 2013
'Noah Kagan is the CEO and founder of AppSumo in Austin. He also blogs at OKDork and he moderates the Facebook Austin Startup Group. And that’s where I stumbled upon this post he made to Quora to answer the question “How do you start a business.” He starts off by advising people to get all [.] The post Noah Kagan’s Advice on How to Start a Business appeared first on SiliconHills.
Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 7, 2013
'Much has been said in marketing circles about target markets, demographics, psychographics and other ways to define who and what makes an ideal customer. photo credit: Fulvio’s photos via photopin cc The notion mostly implies that you determine the makeup of a market that your business seems suited to attract. The thing that’s always bothered me about this simple approach is that it sort of has a lowest common denominator element to it – who can we attract?
Hunter Walker
MAY 7, 2013
'Is there a market in reverse engineering cookies in order to present a false identity to a website? Ecommerce sites routinely provide various discounts, and potentially even variable pricing, to individuals based on behavioral analysis. For example, if a site sees you visited six times, browsed, but did not purchase, perhaps they’ll pop up a “$10 off today” coupon.
Professor VC
MAY 7, 2013
'Over the past 15 years, I''ve probably been one of the most loyal blackberry users on this side of the Canadian border. The running joke when I''d pull out my blackberry among a sea of iphones was that I was Jake Gyllenhall''s character in Brokeback Mountain and my beloved blackberry was Heath Ledger. "Blackberry, you sonofawhoreson b h! I wish I knew how to quit you.
Seeing Both Sides
MAY 7, 2013
'I was invited to testify at a Senate hearing tomorrow in front of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Below is my planned testimony. . The immigration reform debate is near and dear to my heart and has whipped up the passions of many in the Innovation Economy, including Mayor Bloomberg , Mark Zuckerberg , and countless others.
Campus Entrepreneurship
MAY 7, 2013
'Amazon is playing a role in disrupting academic publishing. From Marc Bousquet at the Chronicle of Higher Education (h/t Paul Rogers ). En route to a professorship of rhetoric and writing at the University of Texas at Austin, Clay Spinuzzi published scholarly monographs with the MIT Press 2003 and Cambridge University Press 2008. Last January, right on schedule, he brought out a third book, Topsight: A Guide to Studying, Diagnosing, and Fixing Information Flow in Organizations.
Rob Go
MAY 7, 2013
'We have our NextView 2013 Annual meeting this afternoon. I blocked off the morning expecting to have to do a bunch of last minute preparation, but everything seems to be pretty much ready to go. If you are an entrepreneur and are unfamiliar with these, think of it as a board meeting, but with more participants and a bit more gravity since it only happens once or twice a year.
Campus Entrepreneurship
MAY 7, 2013
'Last year I interviewed 3 of the founders of G3Box when I visited ASU’s Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative at the Skysong campus. It was during the heavy data collection phase of my dissertation research on student entrepreneurs at US Universities and Colleges. The G3Box team recently launched an IndieGoGo campaign and are about to place their first maternity clinic in the developing world.
Business Plan Blog
MAY 7, 2013
'The single most important thing that the VC is going to be investing in is YOU! Your pitch deck presentation is simply a visual tool to help you deliver your message. It is paramount that the audience is solely drawn to you, and that your deck merely contains short bullet points, headlines and images that evoke an emotional connection or act as a summary of your presentation.
The Next Web
MAY 7, 2013
'About an hour’s drive from Salt Lake City, lies Utah’s Powder Mountain. The once sleepy mountain town is about to be reinvigorated as a destination for the world’s most talented creators, artists, entrepreneurs, activists, philanthropists and musicians. After 5-years of hosting epic events for entrepreneurs including Summit Basecamp , Summit at Sea and DC10 , The Summit Series team decided it was time to grow roots, and found its home in a place called Eden, Utah.
ReadWriteStart
MAY 7, 2013
A bill that would allow states to collect sales tax from Internet companies like Amazon and eBay passed the Senate on Monday by a wide margin of 69-27, in a largely bipartisan push to help level the playing field for brick and mortar stores vis-a-vis their online competitors. The Marketplace Fairness Act , sponsored by Democratic Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois and Republican Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming, would, for the first time, force Internet retailers to collect state and local sales tax
The Next Web
MAY 7, 2013
'Free mobile messaging and VoIP service provider Viber today made a slew of announcements , including reaching the milestone of 200 million users, the roll-out of Viber 3.0 on Android and iOS, and the launch of new apps for Windows and Mac desktop computers. We had a chat with Viber founder and CEO Talmon Marco to go beyond the facts in the press release and see how the company is faring.
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