Duct Tape Marketing
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'7 Stages of a Successful Consulting System written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing I like systems. I think in systems and, even when I don’t realize I’m doing it, I work in systems. There’s something both comforting and efficient about working with familiar patterns. photo credit: brendonhatcher via photopin cc.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'Recently I wrote the first post in a series on board meetings, entitled, “ Why You’re Not Getting the Most out of Your Board ,” which focused on the need to prepare properly, set good objectives and discuss mostly strategic topics. Even if you follow this game plan meticulously your board meeting can be taken off course by well-intentioned board members who lead you down a rate hole.
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Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'Every entrepreneur can learn from a mentor, no matter how confident or successful they have been to date. Even one of the richest, Bill Gates , still values his friend Warren Buffett as his mentor. Yet these relationships require special efforts on both sides to be productive and satisfying. Mentoring is not as simple as one person giving the other all the right answers.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'Reading e-books on mobile devices have become the norm, but while e-book reading applications are a dime to a dozen, those that offer free access to tons of free literature, not so much. Since opening its first US office in San Francisco, Widbook ( www.widbook.com ) – a global crowdwriting community of readers and writers with presence in over 100 countries – launched a version of its reading app for iOS and Android devices.
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
Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'Yesterday Amy and I contributed $10,000 to the MakerBot Academy campaign which is on a mission to put a MakerBot 3D printer in every school in the United States. We did it via a contribution on Donors Choose , one of our favorite non-profit contribution sites. We specifically finished out the funding for five MakerBots for the following teachers in their classrooms: Mr.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'Bringing together the entire staff for a conference can be difficult in the modern virtual office. This is made a little easier with the help of an online video conference. The software and the hardware needed to accomplish this kind of a task is already available for businesses and more companies are starting to see the value in using it for managing their teams, according to Money Magazine.
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YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'by Andre Boyson, Executive Vice President of Marketing at SecureKey. Decision-makers are becoming increasingly familiar with the benefits of the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend. Not needing to purchase the latest hardware or supply phones across an organization can significantly reduce costs as well as create a workforce that uses cutting-edge equipment rather than outdated devices.
The Next Web
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'It should come as no surprise that Summly founder, teen millionaire, and startup darling Nick D’Aloisio loves Snapchat. Aside from falling into Snapchat’s bracket of primary audience, he believes the impermanence of disappearing messages truly represents today’s needs for a social network. To D’Aloisio, the natural human behavior isn’t to journal everything.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'Even as the growth of mobile and web apps continue to explode, traditional forms and ways of media consumption are changing rapidly. According to Statista , Netflix is already almost as popular as cable among young adults. This speaks volumes to the potential streaming apps in overtaking cable’s stronghold as the preeminent medium for enjoying movies and television shows.
Hunter Walker
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'According to AngelList there are 1,530 organizations listed as “ incubators.” Even assuming several hundred of these are using the broadest definition of the word to describe themselves, it’s an incredible number. Many (the majority?) are what I’d categorize as “horizontal” – that’s to say, they don’t focus on a specific industry but rather try to help a group of startups generally advance their development.
Mike Michalowicz
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'They used to call it the Oprah Effect; Get on her show and your product, book, recipe, service, info-product, brand and everything about you took off (Yeah, I am talking about you Dr. Oz !). (If not Oprah, then major journalists or A-list bloggers). Big platforms gave big exposure. But now, everything’s changed. My friend Dave Carroll was a nobody.* He created a video, and in an instant, changed how big (and small) business manages customer service.
Business Plan Blog
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'The Milestones Angel Investors Care About. The most important principle of startup fundraising that every entrepreneur needs to know is: raise enough capital to achieve a set of milestones that will allow the company to attract the next round of investment. When raising pre-seed capital from friends, family, and founders (FFF) you’ll want to consider the milestones that Angel investors care about and be sure to raise enough capital to reach those milestones.
Jeff Hilimire
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'“Bezos then predictably unleashed a steady tide of Jeffisms, about long-term thinking, about a willingness to… to be misunderstood …” ~ Brad Stone, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon. I just finished the book, The Everything Store , about journey of Jeff Bezos and Amazon. Fantastic book. I highly recommend it.
Bryce Dot VC
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'Clear. Direct. Concise. Any questions about what Sherpaa does? Love these.
The Equity Kicker
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'Over the last six months Google has secretly acquired seven robotics startups. They are all being merged into a secret project managed by Andy Rubin the former chief of Android, and the project is being viewed similarly to other Google moonshot projects like Google Glass and Project Loon. Judging by statements from Larry Page their ambitions are for robots to free humans from laborious and repetitive tasks so we can focus on being creative or take our leisure.
VC Cafe
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'Music is everyone’s favorite example of digital disruption done wrong. After peaking at $38 billion revenue more than a decade ago, the industry stabilized last year at $16.5 billion. Now the focus is on digital music GROWTH. In the first half of 2013, 43 percent of all album sales were digital, up from 38 percent the year before (Nielsen). Stream volume soared 25% this year, with more than 100 billion audio and video streams.
joel.is
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'Joel Gascoigne. Startups, life, learning and happiness. Im Founder & CEO of Buffer. This is where I share lessons Im learning. Check out all 89 articles ? Book startup help office hours ?. Follow me and say hello: Follow @joelgascoigne. How we handle team emails at our startup: Defaulting to transparency. Tweet. Buffer. Written on 5th December, 2013 Comments.
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