YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Software development is an umbrella term used to refer to the overall process that involves several tasks, such as computer programming, documenting, repairing and testing that concern both the creation and the maintenance of applications and frameworks. Although software development is found for a wide variety of purposes, the one we will refer to here is custom software.
ConversionXL
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
As an optimizer, it’s your responsibility to understand the implementation and analysis of digital analytics. Gone are the days of relying on the IT department to help you with basic analytics tracking. [Tweet It!] Fortunately, Google Tag Manager makes it easy. Still, many optimizers don’t use Google Tag Manager (or any tag manager, for that matter) because it looks daunting.
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Duct Tape Marketing
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
The Significance of SEO in Web Design written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit: SEO Scrabble via photopin (license). People go online to search for different types of information and this means that your company needs a strong online presence. Many users need to carry out searches before they make a purchase. Your business thus requires a website that will be ranked on the first page of search results.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Every year at Upfront we try to analyze the venture markets. We try to look at the sources of capital, the valuations, exits and trends. We use this try to draw some context that informs our funding decisions. Of course we fund companies in good markets and bad. In venture our goal is to fund companies over a 10-year+ time horizon, which is the time it takes to build truly transformational companies.
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
View from Seed
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
This post originally appeared on Medium and has been reproduced with permission. NextView is also an investor in thredUP. There’s a lot of negativity out there. From the public markets to the private markets, everyone is feeling valuations and optimism contract. Many will say “it’s going to be another 2009 vintage!” publicly and privately lament “my portfolio is hurting…” Mark Suster over at Upfront has a great deck on this.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Image credit: Tool kit from Shutterstock. by Lewis Robinson. According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), a whopping 627,000 businesses launch annually. But an estimated 595,000 businesses also go out of business each year. Perhaps most pertinently, only about half of new startups will make it for five full years and just 30 percent will make it an additional five years.
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YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
It’s one of the most difficult tasks for any business owner. The need to establish a rock-solid and unique marketing campaign is increasing in importance every day. It’s getting to the point where many think about their marketing campaigns before they even have a clear idea of what their business is! There are a lot of different approaches you could take when it comes to marketing.
YFS Magazine
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
It’s time for you to change your money story and grow your business! You can change the game. You can see the financial success and independence you want to have in your life.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Did you know that the average cost of cybercrime per company was $7.7 million in 2015? This is according to a study by the Ponemon Institute, which also found the number of attacks is increasing, the time to resolve attacks is growing, and that attacks are more damaging than ever before. Not good news then. As a result, IT departments around the world are prioritising online security, as the customer and financial data available through corporate websites is a virtual goldmine for cyber criminal
Berkonomics
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Wouldn’t it be magic if we could find one (unique to us) question to ask people passing the booth or table as they pass in the aisle of the trade show? I asked a number of exhibitors that question recently, and received some surprising responses, along with tips for “reeling them in…”. “Is your mom OK?” was offered by one who said it always worked for him.
YFS Magazine
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
The best way to save money is to save time. A few minor adjustments to CRM activities can improve costs associated with current marketing tasks and boost sales.
SiliconHills
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
A majority of Americans are concerned with energy security issues with terrorism, dependency on the Middle East and electrical grid security of major concern, according to the latest edition of the UT Energy Poll. The fifth annual poll surveys more than 2,000 people nationwide online on a variety of energy issues. Sheril Kirshenbaum, director of […] The post UT Energy Poll Finds Americans Concerned About Energy Security appeared first on SiliconHills.
crowdSPRING Blog
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
It’s difficult to beat the sincerity and purity of a cute three year old singing “Part of Your World” from the Little Mermaid. The video above will put a smile on your face. Now, we hope you enjoy another great set of links and articles that we shared with you over the past week on our crowdSPRING Twitter account (and on my Twitter account ).
YFS Magazine
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Content marketing is here to stay. Marketers would be wise to consider a few great content hacks when ramping up their efforts.
SiliconHills
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Vyopta, a video analytics firm, Thursday announced a $5 million Series A funding led by Austin-based AVX Partners. Austin-based Vyopta works with big companies to help them collaborate internally and serve customers better with videos. It has more than 70 customers including Vista Print and the Department of Veteran Affairs. It makes an analytics platform […] The post Vyopta Lands $5 Million in Venture Capital appeared first on SiliconHills.
Start Up Blog
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
You walk up to the edge of the waterfall. You look over the edge at the drop. It seems a bit higher than it really is. It’s a few meters or so. The water underneath is a beautiful green blue. It’s a popular place to swim and jump off. It’s deep enough and wide enough for some safe fun jumping action. You know it’s cool to do it.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Traditional business intelligence (and data mining) software does a very good job of showing you where you’ve been. By contrast, predictive analytics uses data patterns to make forward-looking predictions that guide you to where you should go next. This is a whole new world for small businesses seeking enterprise application opportunities, as well social media trend challenges.
Up and Running
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
How many times have you ended up searching for the name of a nearby restaurant at the last minute, perhaps when you’re out with friends or in a city you don’t know? How about the address or the phone number of a pub you haven’t visited for a long time? Probably a lot. The data confirms it: Local restaurants are the most sought after category on mobile devices, accounting for 65 percent of the total searches.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
I’ve recently revised this “rule of thumb” list for a client and thought I’d share it in a blog post. This list is the accumulated wisdom of many years. The big change from the previous version is the emphasis on projects. It’s the key to everything in my view, from culture change to positive team dynamics to effectiveness of an overall innovation program.
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