Mon.Nov 04, 2013

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Funding Computer Science Education In NY

Feld Thoughts

'Last week Fred and Joanne Wilson announced that they are helping create a $5m seed fund to invest in computer science education in the NYC public school system. A few weeks ago Fred sent me a note and asked if Amy and I would make a contribution from our foundation. We’d previously contributed to another project Fred and Joanne spearheaded for the Academy of Software Engineering last year.

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Best Ways Small Businesses Can Save Money

YoungUpstarts

'by Jessica Oaks. If the recent news out of Washington, D.C. has taught us anything, it’s that staying under budget is essential. It’s natural for businesses, especially small businesses, to constantly seek ways to reduce costs in order to be profitable. It takes a combination of dedication and innovation to cut the fat and stay afloat in today’s economy.

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An Outsider’s Perspective Can Drive Innovation

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

'I’ve been researching an industry (coin operated vending) in preparation for a speech I’m giving. I make an effort to tailor my keynotes, as much as is practical, in order to deliver more specific value to my audiences. Who Says Elephant’s Can’t Dance? In doing my research some obvious (to me) opportunity areas for innovation have become apparent.

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The Consumerization of Big Data

deal architect

'The Sunday night v Monday morning disconnect forced enterprises to adopt BYOD and web services – as the retina displays and mobile apps and other attractiveness of consumer tech contrasted with aging laptops and ugly enterprise systems. I get the.

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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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Why I’ve switched to the iPad Air from the iPad Mini

Jeff Hilimire

'It was almost a year ago that I made the switch to the iPad Mini. I did that for the following reasons: It was perfect for the middle seat on an airplane (i.e. for crowded situations). And I was traveling. A lot. The non-retina screen didn’t bother me as much as I thought. Typing was better than on the bigger iPad (in portrait). Battery life was great.

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After Mossberg and Pogue, who?

deal architect

'Walt Mossberg at the WSJ and David Pogue at The New York Times have created amazing personal brands over the last few years with their coverage of Apple and other consumer technologies. And in doing so, of course, helped the.

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SMEs: Everything-as-a-service

deal architect

'You know SaaS, IaaS, PaaS are all penetrating larger enterprises but the spend is fragmented across several vendors, so you have to go down market to see the full reach of the as-a-service phenomenon Mike Monocello, editor-in-chief, Business Solutions magazine.

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Creating Loyal Customers – A Different Perspective

YoungUpstarts

'by Bill McBean, author of “ The Facts of Business Life: What Every Successful Business Owner Knows that You Don’t “ Every business owner knows that satisfying – and retaining – customers is as important as anything they do to achieve and maintain success. They, as well as most of their employees, understand that customers coming back time and time again translates into both business stability and job security.

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The Juxtaposition of Humility and Arrogance

Feld Thoughts

'I woke up this morning at 5am this morning determined that – if nothing else – I’d get a run in today. After procrastinating until almost 7am, I got out there and got it done. It was cold but I’ve now strung together three days in a row. Tomorrow will be four. During my procrastination, I read two blog posts – one that made me happy and one that made me sad.

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The psychology of influence: How to create value for unknown products

The Next Web

'Does anyone remember the I Am Rich app? Priced at $999.99 in the App Store, the application was a featureless troll that lured at least eight unsuspecting consumers into purchasing a completely useless app back in 2008. So why did people actually buy the app? Was it a status symbol, or were they made to believe the app would pay for itself with bountiful features?

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Europe’s growing share of $1bn startups

The Equity Kicker

'Aileen Lee of early stage fund Cowboy ventures wrote a post for Techcrunch yesterday looking at the characteristics of 39 startups founded since 2003 that are worth over $1bn. She calls them ‘Unicorns’ There has been a lot of discussion since. Most notably Dave McLure who Tweeted that “The future of venture capital is not about picking unicorns more accurately — it’s about educating and empowering 2-5% of talented humanity w/ $50k/$5m capital” (which I largel

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The dangers of offering unpaid internships at your startup

The Next Web

'Nathan Parcells is co-founder and CMO of InternMatch , an online platform connecting the best intern candidates and employers. Connect with Nathan and InternMatch on Facebook , LinkedIn , and Twitter. Startup cultures are one of a kind, and they make great, immersive learning environments for students and recent graduates. When it comes to internship programs, startups offer the chance to become a much-needed, valuable addition to a team of go-getters.

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When New York City comes together for the Marathon #ingnycm

This is going to be BIG.

'There are only a few times in my life where I felt like all of NYC was on the same page--sharing the same moment, and most of them were pretty bad. We all went through 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy together, but of course, we''d rather not have had to endure those tragedies, even though we were resiliant. The blackout was shared citywide, and I suppose we fared ok, taking it in stride and even having a little fun, but again, we probably wouldn''t choose to go through it again if we had to.

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Is It Worth Your Life?

Mike Michalowicz

'What do you feel your life is worth (in dollars)? Millions? Billions? Everything? Now consider the work you have dedicated your life to. Consider how much you earn. Consider how much passion and love you have for your work. Now consider this – Is what you are doing worth your life? Your life is worth everything. Are you investing wisely?

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Reshaping the News: The Skimm Raises Seed Round from Homebrew

Hunter Walker

'Content is about knowing your audience. About knowing where you fit in their day and needs. About creating habit. About having growth and business models which match what the Internet is good for – namely, connecting you with sources of trusted information for “what you need to know.” And speaking in a human voice to your community while inviting them inside.

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Researching Your Market To Identify Needs, The “Why Train” Technique And The 90/10 Rule For Content Vs Sales

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

'Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes. Which Name Do You Like The Best? In this week’s episode of the Walter and Yaro podcast show , we begin by asking you to choose which name we should select for our show from the following finalists – Entrepreneur Cafe. Entrepreneur Digest. Entrepreneur Insights. The Walter And Yaro Podcast Show. That fourth option … Read the rest of this entry » The post Researching Your Market To Identify Needs, The “Why Train” Technique An

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Bigcommerce Hosts 2013 E-Commerce Circle

Austin Startup

'Bigcommerce, the fastest growing e-commerce platform for businesses of all sizes, announced today the company will be the first ever host of the E-Commerce Circle for the fourth annual Global Startup Battle (GSB) produced by Up Global.

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Lean LaunchPad for Life Sciences – Value Proposition and Customers

Steve Blank

'We’re deep into teaching a Lean LaunchPad class for Life Sciences and Health Care (therapeutics, diagnostics, devices and digital health) at UCSF with a team of veteran venture capitalists. (The class has talked to 1,440 customers to date.). One of the objectives of the class was to become the Life Science Center of Excellence for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps.

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11 Tips For Entrepreneurs Who Hate Sales

ReadWriteStart

An introverted entrepreneur? Yes, they exist. Not all people love selling all the time. But as a startup founder, that’s usually part of the job description, at least at first. We asked 11 successful entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) for practical advice on how to make peace with their new, unofficial role as chief salesperson.

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How to Maximize Email Lead Capture

Duct Tape Marketing

'How to Maximize Email Lead Capture written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Despite the reports coming out of some corners of social media, email as a marketing tool is very much alive. In fact, email marketing still produces the highest return on investment of any form of marketing. Internet marketers have always known the money is in the list, but the real power of email marketing comes when you integrate it with content and social media.

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Walker Twitter Highlights: October 21st – November 3rd

Scott Edward Walker

'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 two weeks. Cheers, Scott Top 5 Tweets “Do not let the VC merchants and their stooges tell you what success looks like.” - @dhh bit.ly/1iiVcMu Quora: “What behaviors do angel investors dislike most about entrepreneurs?

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Importance of Sleep – Part 2

ithacaVC

'Ok, don’t take my word for it on the Importance of Sleep. I happily read this article this morning (after a good night’s sleep!) from the NYTimes via Dealbook (which by the way is a great resource – go to NYTimes and just search for DealBook and sign up). It gives some easy to read proof of the importance of sleep. This might make the record as my shortest post!

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Do Things that Don't Scale

paulgraham.com

'Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator. July 2013 One of the most common types of advice we give at Y Combinator is to do things that dont scale. A lot of would-be founders believe that startups either take off or dont. You build something, make it available, and if youve made a better mousetrap, people beat a path to your door as promised.

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No Logical Relation Between Employment And Health Care: Kenneth Arrow

YoungUpstarts

'by Cara Wick, President of Wick Financial. As healthcare makes headlines, I wish more people listened to Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Joseph Arrow. Born in New York City in 1921, at 51, Mr. Arrow was the youngest person ever to receive the award. Famous for his “ possibility theorem ” which says it’s impossible to construct a social welfare function out of individual preference, Mr.