Mon.Oct 27, 2014

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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Software Patents

Startup Professionals Musings

'I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” patents can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors or M&A exits (merger and acquisition). The bad news is that patent trolls (non-producing companies that make their money from licensing patents) can squeeze the lifeblood out of unsuspecting entr

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Book: Innovating Women

Feld Thoughts

'Suddenly, there’s a lot of constructive conversation about women in technology and entrepreneurship. I’m glad, as there is a continuous mess of sexism, misogyny, hatred, anger, specious assertions, and general weirdness. This mess is from men to women, from women to women, from men to men, and from women to men. Basically, there’s gender equality in the awful parts of this.

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Querium and Sapling Learning Sign Strategic Partnership

Austin Startup

'Querium Corporation today announced a strategic partnership with Sapling Learning, a wholly owned subsidiary of Macmillan Publishers Ltd., to provide mobile-ready review and preparation platform for the Texas STAAR Algebra 1 End of Course assessment. Under the agreement, students in more than 1,200 school districts will have access to the Querium “Step-by-Step” performance assessment program designed to assist mastery of concepts in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).

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5 free and effective publicity tools to boost your crowdfunding campaign

The Next Web

'Johnathan Leow is the author of “The Crowdfunded Kit.” If you want your crowdfunding campaign to really succeed, it’s not enough to raise funds from your family and friends – you’ll want to have wider coverage in the media. Almost every campaign that’s raised over $100,000 needed some sort of PR to get to that level of funds. You could go the traditional route of PR by paying an agency to do it for you if that’s not your area of strength (assuming, of course, that you have the finances to affo

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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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One Big Small Business Mistake: Not Giving Employees Business Cards

Up and Running

'The Business Card Scene in “American Psycho” – Copyright Lions Gate Films. I once worked for someone who wouldn’t print business cards for employees, not even on a case-by-case basis. The reason – I was told – was that no one did it anymore. Everyone used LinkedIn. The thing is, this employer still had their own business card and still regularly handed it out when meeting potential clients.

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Customer segmentation and personalization: How to combine 2 powerful techniques

The Next Web

'David Arnoux is Head of Growth and co-founder of Twoodo, helping teams organize using simple #hashtags. This post originally appeared on the Twoodo blog. Customer segmentation means categorizing your visitors/users in a way that achieves a business goal – even your early adopters. There are tons of benefits to correctly segmenting: avoiding useless channels, identifying the most profitable channels, improving your customer service, discovering unexplored niches and more.

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Good Technology Acquires Macheen

Austin Startup

'Good Technology, the leader in secure mobility, today announced its acquisition of Macheen, Inc., a privately held, mobile cloud application service provider based in Austin, Texas. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Building on the company’s recent hassle-free BYOD announcement, this acquisition further enhances Good Technology’s capabilities to provide customers with embedded corporate data plan support across business-required apps, and broadens Good’s carrier relationships, offering orga

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Why Content Creation Is Everyone’s Job

Duct Tape Marketing

'Why Content Creation Is Everyone’s Job written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. This post is one in a series of tips designed to guide small business owners through the challenges of today’s startup environment and is sponsored by Canon MAXIFY – the printer lineup designed to help small business owners increase productivity so that they can focus on everything else that matters.

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Famigo Pre-Loaded on Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Austin Startup

'Famigo, an educational mobile app company, is now pre-loaded on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, one of the most anticipated Android devices of 2014. The Note 4 ‘phablet’ is the latest device to feature Famigo pre-loaded. Other devices include Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 4, Galaxy Note Pro, HTC One M8 and LG G Flex. Famigo’s partnership with device manufacturers underlines the company’s commitment to provide the best available education and child approved entertainment to as many families and schools as pos

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It Didn't Work

Bryce Dot VC

'My 4yo has been dealing with a bit of a cold the last few days. This morning, shortly after we shuffled her older siblings out the door for school, she found me in the kitchen and asked me if I could give her some medicine. As I picked my way around our medicine cabinet I could hear her heavy breathing behind me. A few small coughs soon followed. .

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Early Growth Financial Services (EGFS) Earns #13 Spot in Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Fast Private Award for 2014

Early Growth Financial Services

'Originally published on PRWeb. Outsourced financial services firm ranked in top 50 of fastest growing private companies in Silicon Valley. San Jose, CA (PRWEB) October 27, 2014 Early Growth Financial Services (EGFS), an outsourced financial services firm that provides accounting, CFO, strategic finance, tax, and valuation services and support to small to mid-sized businesses nationwide, has been ranked #13 on Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Private Companies Award for 2014.

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Bryce Dot VC

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Surrounded With Naysayers? Here’s 12 Ways To Deal With Them

Mike Michalowicz

'You have a great idea. Yet, the naysayers tell you it will never work. If you let them, naysayers can crush your dreams. If you don’t confront them they’ll continue to attack you until they drive you insane with fear. It’s their job to attack, harass, offend, annoy and distract you. You may even start to feel like running a business is the easy part, and dealing with the naysayers and distracters is the hard part!

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Be of Good Cheer – Social Media for the Holidays!

crowdSPRING Blog

'The holidays are (huh?) fast upon us and it is time to think through your company’s approach to the season. I’m not just talking about office parties, decorations, and vacation time. I mean strategy, marketing, and tactics. And the most obvious of these tactics? Social Media ! That’s right, friends. There is no better opportunity to connect with your customers, entertain your followers, and create some buzz than there is in focusing your efforts ’round the old yule log.