Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

'*. I recently wrote a post talking about how some VCs meddle in operating company decisions or some executive teams are too reliant on VCs to jump in and make hard calls for them. Fred Wilson also wrote on a similar topic in his usual more succinct manner , with a great quote being: “One thing I know for sure is that those who advise and invest in startups cannot and should not meddle in the day to day decision making.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

'by Patrick Smith, Housesimple. Often the only way for companies to establish themselves in a market is to do something innovative and take the shine off their competitors. Although this might seem difficult, there are plenty of new businesses that have done just that and managed to carve out a place for themselves in what are often saturated markets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

'Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which actually funds more startups then all other venture sources combined (over $25 billion annually).

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deal architect

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

'My friend Phil Fersht was at the annual Nasscom event in Mumbai last week and wrote “More MBA, less ABAP is the recipe for India’s digital success”. There is much to like in what he says, but I would go.

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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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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

'Finding funding sources is important for so many startups out there. It is not that easy to find people that are interested in making an investment. This is due to the fact that we are faced with various opportunities that are available and the investors do have many startups to consider at the moment. Making them choose yours is not at all difficult.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

'Are you toying with an idea for a business? A lot of people think about starting a business, but for whatever reason the idea never becomes a reality. If you’re an entrepreneur who is on the fence about starting a business, we have the encouragement you need to take the first step. We asked 30 business owners to offer persuasive reasons for entrepreneurs to launch a business: The post Need a Good Reason to Start a Business?

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

'Do you remember your first board meeting? I do. Well, I sort of do, kind of, maybe. Danielle Morrill of Mattermark memorialized her first board meeting on the web in her post Post Series A Life: Reflecting on Our First Board Meeting and What It’s Like Working with Brad. It’s a detailed view of her expectations leading up to the first board meeting we had along with the blow by blow from her perspective of the board meeting.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

'Many of the economic ideologies we learned in business school are turning upside down. What once worked, now doesn’t. What was expensive, is now cheap. What was impossible, is now humdrum. But unless we stop, consider and look, we just might miss some of these changes in what is true. Capital used to be expensive, and labour used to be cheap.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

'Show Summary. Peter Laughter, CEO of Wall Street Services in NYC joins Episode 15 of the Profit First Podcast. Peter explains how the staffing industry works as well as how he makes a profit from it. Our Guest. Peter Laughter and is the CEO of Wall Street Services where they allow Management Consulting Firms and Program Managers at Investment Banks take on projects that are beyond their capacity.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

'Just about 4 years ago, I wrote on these pages about the struggle to protect the internets and some proposed legislation that was threatening the many small businesses and startups who depend on cyberspace to do business, feed their families, and assure that their employees will continue to be paid. Four years later, much to the relief of small internet businesses the world over, great progress has been made and the issue has been settled.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

'How You Turn Your Employees Into Brand Marketers written by Alex Boyer read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Think for a minute about your best customers. Not only do they represent returning business, but the best customers refer you to their family, friends and business partners. They rate your business highly on Google and interact with you in social networks.

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Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

'To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “ Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we share a favorite video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we present Jack Dorsey , co-founder of Twitter and Co-founder and CEO of Square. In this interesting, seven-minute clip from a couple of years ago (courtesy of vator.tv ), Jack shares some solid advice for entrepreneurs, including the following: “Just do it.

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