YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2014

'by Tim Maliyil , CEO and Data Security Architect for AlertBoot. The decision to leave the security of a traditional job for the uncertain life of an entrepreneur is difficult. You’re giving up financial stability, committing a lot of time, and accepting the challenges of running your own business. Although you can never really know whether it’s the right decision beforehand, in many situations, the jump to entrepreneurship is worth the risk.

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Up and Running

JUNE 12, 2014

'For savvy startup marketing, look no further than Lori Cheek. In 2010 Lori launched Cheek’d.com , an online dating site that combines “old-school calling cards with the power of the internet.” The inspiration for the business came to her two years previously, when out to dinner with a colleague from the architectural company she worked for at the time.

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deal architect

JUNE 12, 2014

'Vishal Sikka has landed as CEO of Infosys, a few weeks after a tumultuous exit at SAP. My reaction – beyond the short term calming of jittery investors, Vishal will have his plenty of other opportunities. As I wrote last.

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The Next Web

JUNE 12, 2014

'This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. How do you choose which social media networks to participate in? Certainly, there’re a ton to choose from. Are you on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and LinkedIn? Are you on Pinterest and Tumblr? Instagram and Vine? How many social media networks can you handle? Instagram makes a strong case, if you’re interested in raw numbers and unique appeal.

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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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deal architect

JUNE 12, 2014

'I was making small talk with Shaun Rheingold at the Plex conference earlier this week. He is a former Tesla designer who has moved east to Michigan to start Canvas Watch. I asked him if Elon Musk is worried about.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 12, 2014

'Recently I had a full day of meetings with chaotic juxtapositions of people. In one meeting, the person I interacted with was awesome. He owned everything that was going on in his company – good and bad. He was clear minded. He knew what was working, what wasn’t working, and what he needed to change. And he took responsibility for it. Immediately after, I had a non-scheduled conference call to try to get something wrapped up.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 12, 2014

'Bad news and emerging concerns over key aspects of the business are facts of life at startups. It’s right and proper that these are shared with the board, but there’s a good way to do that and a bad way. I’ve seen both over recent months and thought I’d share my reflections on what works. Bad news doesn’t keep and should always be communicated to the Board at the next appropriate opportunity.

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Up and Running

JUNE 12, 2014

'The life cycle of a product is associated with marketing and management decisions within businesses, and all products go through five primary stages: development, introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. Each stage has its costs, opportunities, and risks, and individual products differ in how long they remain at any of the life cycle stages. 1.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 12, 2014

'It is rare when one person starts a company, supplies all the funding, and shares no management tasks or equity with others, and still grows the company to any significant size, worthy of a multi-million dollar opportunity to cash out at exit. We should think of the creation and growth of a high valued company as the sum of three parts, with three distinct classes of participants helping to make real value out of a raw start-up.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2014

'by Dan Quiggle, author of “ Lead Like Reagan: Strategies to Motivate, Communicate, and Inspire ” and the founder of The Quiggle Group. As a business leader, how do you make decisions? Be honest! Do you believe that as the leader (or should that be, ahem, dictator?) you always know best? Do you surround yourself with yes-men in an attempt to validate your ideas and gain “consensus”?

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Austin Startup

JUNE 12, 2014

'TrendKite, the company bringing ROI to PR and marketing, has announced $3.2M in Series A funding, led by Mercury Fund and Silverton Partners.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 12, 2014

'Fake it till you make it – sure you’ve heard that. But have you ever seen a documentary showing it in action? Been a fly on the wall while people make dramatic transitions? There’s an old UK television show aptly called ‘Faking it’ It’s now been off the air for almost 10 years but has serious lessons for entrepreneurs and anyone looking to make a transition.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 12, 2014

'Why Your Business Needs a Google+ Page Too 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 is from Diana Gomez – Enjoy! . photo credit: bloomua / 123RF Stock Photo. If you are on Google+ (which you are) and if you run a business (which you do), you also need to create a G+ Page for your business that is wholly separate and distinct from your personal G+ profile.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 12, 2014

'POP QUIZ! When you think about optimizing your website to increase conversions, what are some of the first things that come to mind? Like Ott had mentioned in the Mastering The Call To Action a study of Visual Website Optimizer’s customers shows most people are testing: CTA Buttons – 30%. Headlines – 20%. Layout – 10%. Copy – 8%.

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Conversion eCommerce Software Review Green 112

Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 12, 2014

'My friend, Ed Zimmerman, wrote a terrific post for his WSJ blog - "Help Me Help You" - on soliciting him (and others like him) for investor introductions. I wanted to add to Ed''s post and observe that not all introductions are created equal. The source of the introduction matters a lot. As a result, when the introduction comes in to the investor, judgment is applied based on the source.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 12, 2014

'POP QUIZ! When you think about optimizing your website to increase conversions, what are some of the first things that come to mind? Like Ott had mentioned in the Mastering The Call To Action a study of Visual Website Optimizer’s customers shows most people are testing: CTA Buttons – 30%. Headlines – 20%. Layout – 10%. Copy – 8%.

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Conversion eCommerce Software Review Green 105

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2014

'by Diana Gomez, Marketing Coordinator at Lyoness America. If you’re like millions of other people around the world, you rely on Google’s robust search engine every single day. But if you’re running a business, Google should be more than just a pit stop on your way to other sites. The tech giant offers a huge range of resources that are absolutely invaluable for businesses of every size-and most of them won’t cost you a cent: 1.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 12, 2014

'POP QUIZ! When you think about optimizing your website to increase conversions, what are some of the first things that come to mind? Like Ott had mentioned in the Mastering The Call To Action article, a study of Visual Website Optimizer’s customers shows most people are testing: CTA Buttons – 30%. Headlines – 20%. Layout – 10%. Copy – 8%.

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Conversion eCommerce Software Review Green 101

Early Growth Financial Services

JUNE 12, 2014

'How do you stand out, gain traction, and importantly, attract the funding you need to take your startup to the next level? One method could be to join an accelerator program. With their numbers exploding and some high profile successes that the top programs can point to, accelerators are gaining an ever bigger profile in developing startups. And for the few that make it into a top program, accelerators offer a potentially faster and smoother path to raising follow-on funding.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 12, 2014

'POP QUIZ! When you think about optimizing your website to increase conversions, what are some of the first things that come to mind? Like Ott had mentioned in the Mastering The Call To Action a study of Visual Website Optimizer’s customers shows most people are testing: CTA Buttons – 30%. Headlines – 20%. Layout – 10%. Copy – 8%.

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Conversion eCommerce Software Review Green 84

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

' I’m happy to announce that Jason E. Klein, CEO of On Grid Ventures , will serve as the new Chairman of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater NY. I’m shifting to “Chairman Emeritus” (an overly polysyllabic title). I will continue to work closely with the group, while continuing to serve as a Partner at ff Venture Capital. In December 2010, Richard Kane, then-President, Harvard Business School Club of New York , asked me if I’d like to found an HBS alumni-affiliated angel group in N

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Mike Michalowicz

JUNE 12, 2014

'Here’s a quick pop quiz for you: Of these three phrases (all amounting to the same offer), which would you choose? 1. Half Price. 2. Buy One, Get One Free. 3. 50 Percent Off! Studies show that the second option gets the most buyers, by a long shot! Nothing draws a crowd like getting something for nothing. In the psychology of pricing, “free” is clearly a winner!

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