Steve Blank
JULY 3, 2014
'If you can’t see the video click here Filed under: 2 Minute Lessons , Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 3, 2014
'As an Angel investor to startups, I’m still surprised to find entrepreneurs who expect investors to give them money, and then disappear into the sunset. Would you do that if it was your money? If the entrepreneur wants total control of their own venture, with no one looking over their shoulder, they should work within the limits of their own resources, a process called bootstrapping.
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YoungUpstarts
JULY 3, 2014
'by Jay Eum, co-founder and Managing Director of TransLink Capital. At one time, expanding into Asia was considered a luxury — a feat attainable only by the largest and most well-heeled companies in the country. But, in today’s global market, the booming economy, massive population, mobile adoption and growing middle make Asia an attractive—and fully attainable—prospect for virtually any young upstart.
The Next Web
JULY 3, 2014
'George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures, a growth consulting, advisory and executive staffing firm based in Chicago. I recently had the pleasure of sitting on an investor panel with Joe Dwyer, a partner at Founder Equity Fund and good colleague of mine. He made a very interesting comment – he was counseling the startups in the room to “try to kill your startup!
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
YoungUpstarts
JULY 3, 2014
'by Veronica May, co-founder of Allcorrect.org. The title you just read is something to make people look at an article. The actual article you are about to read is not nearly as wishy-washy or plebian in topic. This article is actually about teaching yourself to succeed at a task by working through the stages required. It is about teaching yourself the mentality it takes to plan a task, start a task, and finish a task.
The Next Web
JULY 3, 2014
'John Joseph is the president and co-founder of DataGravity. Technological advances have expanded work environments far beyond the confines of our office walls and into our personal lives. We now see people working in trains and planes and on their mobile phones and tablets. The truth is that with the mobile technology available to us today, office boundaries don’t really exist.
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The Equity Kicker
JULY 3, 2014
'Latest research out from eMarketer predicts that the US desktop advertising market will shrink by 1% this year. The other side of the coin is of course continued rapid growth in mobile, which is forecast to surpass desktop advertising by 2016. The future is smartphones. Full stop. eMarketer predict that the average US consumer will spend 2 hours 51 minutes per day with on their phones this year, excluding voice.
SiliconHills
JULY 3, 2014
'By LESLIE ANNE JONES Reporter with Silicon Hills News Most sinus infections are viral and don’t require antibiotics. But how can a patient and doctor be sure? Presently, a family doctor can’t quickly diagnose his patient’s sinus infection as viral or bacterial. ENTvantage Diagnostics aims to change that with an in-office nose swab that will […] The post ENTvantage Aims to Curb Antibiotics with Better Diagnostics appeared first on SiliconHills.
Berkonomics
JULY 3, 2014
'When making a presentation to a new audience, the smart thing to do, if there is an opportunity, is to ask your audience by show of hands, if they have some knowledge of your industry or space. If you are making a one-to-one presentation, don’t start without a conversation about the other person’s knowledge of your space. With that conversation, you create an immediate connection with your audience even before beginning to present, and you know better how much explanation you will need to accom
Up and Running
JULY 3, 2014
'Below is an extract from Laurel Delaney’s book “Exporting: The Definitive Guide to Selling Abroad Profitably.” This book was published in December 2013 and is available for purchase online. If you would like to find out more about the author, the book, or about exporting in general, Laurel’s blog is an excellent source of information. Now you’re ready to get organized and create your own plan.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 3, 2014
'by Lawrence Garvin, Head Geek and technical product marketing manager at SolarWinds. The term Big Data is often mentioned in both infotech and business media with the assumption that it belongs with big businesses. However, most do not realize that small to medium businesses can benefit from an adjunct version of Big Data known affectionately as ‘Little Data.’.
ConversionXL
JULY 3, 2014
'When was the last time you took a long hard look at what makes your customer base tick? Think customer personas – those detailed representations of the different segments of your target audience. Fueled by data driven research that map out the who behind the buying decisions of your products or services, customer personas can help inform everything from more effective copy to product development.
Duct Tape Marketing
JULY 3, 2014
'Marketing Automation for Small Business written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. It’s guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest post is from Wendy Coombes – Enjoy! photo credit: iStock Photo. If you are a small business marketer, you know that the number of channels across which to deliver your key messages has increased considerably.
Jeff Hilimire
JULY 3, 2014
'One of my favorite boards to be on is the AMA (American Marketing Association) Atlanta Executive Board. And each year, that board participates in a white paper and this year’s topic was What Gets Measured Gets…? A favorite saying of one of my mentors is “What gets measured gets done.” He would say that at almost every one of the Engauge board meetings and I really took that to heart.
Duct Tape Marketing
JULY 3, 2014
'Gambling with Facebook Ads: How to Win Against a Stacked Deck written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. It’s guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest post is from Claire Pelletreau – Enjoy! “Facebook Ads is just like gambling! I got this rush every time I looked and saw that my numbers had gone up again!”.
Early Growth Financial Services
JULY 3, 2014
'Not protecting your business’ IP or unwittingly infringing someone else’s can be a really costly unforced error. This week Allonn Levy of Hopkins & Carley and Glenn McCrae, EGFS’ Strategy Officer, gave a webinar on how to avoid the biggest mistakes startups make with IP. Get the download here and read below for the top 5 mistakes, advice and tips on how to address issues before they blow up, and ways to avoid being involved in costly litigation.
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