Steve Blank
JUNE 26, 2014
'We’ve pivoted our Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum. We’re changing the order in which we teach the business model canvas and customer development to better-fit therapeutics, diagnostics and medical devices. — Over the last three years the Lean LaunchPad class has started to replace the last century’s “how to write a business plan” classes as the foundation for entrepreneurial education.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 26, 2014
'by Dan Quiggle, author of “ Lead Like Reagan: Strategies to Motivate, Communicate, and Inspire ” and the founder of The Quiggle Group. Imagine you’re a pilot. You’re flying at 37,000 feet in the air when you hit some turbulence. You look at your flight instruments, but instead of giving you exact readings that you can use to fly to safety, you see flashing indicators that read, “No really, you’re doing fine.
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Berkonomics
JUNE 26, 2014
'Angel investors, particularly those in organized angel groups, are typically former entrepreneurs who have had successful liquidity events in their pasts, or executives of companies who’ve retired with the funds from their stock options. Occasionally, an angel is a member of a wealthy family, having little experience managing a business. But most often these angels are skilled at growing companies, calling on their past experience to evaluate and then help entrepreneurs in their early s
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 26, 2014
'By Ben Carpenter, author of “ The Bigs: The Secrets Nobody Tells Students and Young Professionals About How to Find a Great Job, Do a Great Job, Be a Leader, Start a Business, Stay Out of Trouble, and Live A Happy Life “. Like most just-starting-out cubicle dwellers, you probably spend a lot of your time thinking about how to impress the boss. Whether it’s getting that big project turned in a day early, appeasing the combative client everyone else avoids, or just bringing your supervisor a cup
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
JUNE 26, 2014
'As many of you know, I have a keen interest in the future of digital publishing. One of the reasons we started FG Press was to give control and transparency back to the authors. Specifically, at FG Press the author gets 50% royalty on all books sold (up from the traditional 15%) and we employ the latest technologies, promotions, and marketing efforts to help the author build a personal audience who they have a direct relationship with.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 26, 2014
'By Danielle Tate, CEO of MissNowMrs.com. Now more than ever, women are seeing the benefits of building their own businesses and are doing just that. In a world full of complicated and contradicting start up information, consider my eight simple tips for launching a successful business as a woman. It does after all help to get advice from someone who’s been there.
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Feld Thoughts
JUNE 26, 2014
'As many of you know, I have a keen interest in the future of digital publishing. One of the reasons we started FG Press was to give control and transparency back to the authors. Specifically, at FG Press the author gets 50% royalty on all books sold (up from the traditional 15%) and we employ the latest technologies, promotions, and marketing efforts to help the author build a personal audience who they have a direct relationship with.
Mike Michalowicz
JUNE 26, 2014
'Want to know what the best age is for you to start a business? It’s simple – today! Many people search for the answer to this age-old question and wonder when the perfect time to start that business they have been dreaming of is. They may even set an age-related goal for themselves. At 30 or 40, they are going to finally throw their hat in the ring and officially start that business they have been dreaming of for so long.
The Equity Kicker
JUNE 26, 2014
'One of the exciting things about Forward Partners is that we’re blazing a trail in the investment world. Our model of backing entrepreneurs and then also investing heavily in a team and co-working space to support them is new. I like that about us. Our bet is that the investment in support will pay dividends when our companies exit, and if we are right our entrepreneurs will win big and we will win big.
SiliconHills
JUNE 26, 2014
'By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News To cultivate a high tech industry, a city needs highly skilled workers. Yet almost every city in the country faces a shortage of workers with Science, Technology, Engineering and Math skills. And San Antonio is no exception. “San Antonio children face a crisis: only 63 percent of […] The post Disrupting Education to Create a Highly Skilled Workforce appeared first on SiliconHills.
Hunter Walker
JUNE 26, 2014
'Realtime is a trap and the past is underrated. Reverse chronology feeds, update notifications and immediate publish/consumer experiences continue to push us towards overvaluing what justhappened. “Is this new?” becomes a qualifying criteria to engaging with content. And you want to be first to read, first to share, first to react. Retweet without even having clicked the link.
Up and Running
JUNE 26, 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. The Pitfalls of Not Having an Export Business Plan.
Duct Tape Marketing
JUNE 26, 2014
'10 Ways to Build Your Email List – the Right Way 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 Krista Bunskoek – Enjoy! . photo credit: Flickr. Think email marketing is dead? Think again. Last year alone, 44% of email recipients actually admitted to making a purchase based on promotional email they received.
Early Growth Financial Services
JUNE 26, 2014
'Don’t you wish there was a formula that could guarantee funding success? There isn’t of course, but there are ways to make the process feel less like a heroic quest and more like a demanding but achievable goal. But how do you actually go about it? And what are the steps involved? If you missed Monday’s webinar with Ryan Azlein of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles and EGFS’ Chief Revenue Officer Gadiel Morantes, here’s the download.
Duct Tape Marketing
JUNE 26, 2014
'The Biggest Stereotype About Marketing Automation 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 Alexandra Skey – Enjoy! . photo credit: JD Hancock via flickr. It’s not our fault that most of us associate marketing automation with complex campaigns run by advanced marketers in bigger companies.
Early Growth Financial Services
JUNE 26, 2014
'We recently participated in a panel discussion and workshop at Ubifrance. Nicolas L. Baze, Partner at Partech Ventures, Carlos Diaz, CEO at Kwarter, and EGFS’ Chief Strategy Officer Glenn McCrae covered raising funds, how-to pitch VCs, and potential sticking points around valuation. Check out the full video or read my take for some of the highlights. 1.
ConversionXL
JUNE 26, 2014
'It’s a well known fact that most people do not buy from you on their first visit. But what exactly does “most people” mean? According to SeeWhy’s extensive research , “most people” means about 99%. Sure, they’re talking about eCommerce sites, but still, it raises a very interesting question, “If 99% of people won’t buy on the first visit… how then can we get them to return for a second visit?
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