YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 28, 2015
by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Lightspeed is in the business of encouraging entrepreneurship. This past summer, the Lightspeed Summer Fellowships program invited selected guests to provide aspiring entrepreneurs a perspective into all aspects of starting a new company. The program provides entrepreneurs the resources and mentoring they need to build their companies and develop their skills.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Guest post by Jennifer Maerz, Contributing Editor of Lean Startup Co. The Lean Startup Conference is a one-of-a-kind conference and community of 2,000 thought leaders who meet annually in San Francisco to discuss the ways everyone from big government agencies, multinational conglomerates, scrappy startups, religious organizations, and mission-driven initiatives puts continuous innovation into practice, empowering employees and fostering radical success along the way.
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Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Knowing all too well how hard it is to start a single new business, I’ve always wondered how several well-known entrepreneurs, including Richard Branson and Elon Musk , have managed to successfully lead dozens of startups to success, and thrive on the process. These special people are called serial entrepreneurs, because they have figured out how to do it over and over again.
Brandanew
OCTOBER 28, 2015
My husband- an avid NPR listener switched over to podcasts last year. On his Twitter post that I read with great interest, he called one of them “pure podcast glory” He wanted to drive a little extra to hear Starlee Kine finish her mystery. With Serial, the Mystery Show, Startup, Limetown stories, I do think, it is the revival of the Podcasting industry.
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
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Not only does this have an immediate effect on your own quality of life, but it can also dictate the quality of employees you’re able to attract and whether or not you can successfully run your business. Here are the pros and cons of relocating: Pro: Increasing Your Audience. Many businesses feel that moving to a new location could earn them a larger, or even more profitable, customer base.
The Next Web
OCTOBER 28, 2015
This post was brought to you by.CO – transforming the way people think about web addresses. Global Startup Battle (GSB) may be one of the best party hosts in the world and the best part is you and your big ideas, just begging to be built, are invited. Without ever having to blow up balloons or stock the bar, GSB has already invited more than 30,000 entrepreneurs and the talented teams to help bring the idea to life together.
Start Up Roar brings together the best content for start up professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 28, 2015
The Startup Genome Project 2.0 ranks Austin number one as the fastest growing center for startups in the country. But the city doesn’t even rank in the top ten for funding, performance or market reach. Austin does rank fifth in talent and second in startup experience. The graphic is reprinted with permission by ComputerScienceZone.org. These […] The post Austin Ranks as Fastest Growing Startup Ecosystem appeared first on SiliconHills.
YFS Magazine
OCTOBER 28, 2015
What does 2015 hold for the iPhone apps market (and the businesses that rely on them to market and sell products and services)?
Mike Michalowicz
OCTOBER 28, 2015
The best advertising method ever? It’s not Facebook. It’s not email blasts or pay-per-click. It isn’t even a Super Bowl ad. The best marketing has always been word-of-mouth, where your existing clients are raving about you to their relationships (your prospects). So stop pouring your time and attention into these other outlets, instead pour your time and attention to delivering your customers an experience that blows them away.
crowdSPRING Blog
OCTOBER 28, 2015
When perusing our galleries here on crowdSPRING, we see some amazing work submitted in the projects. Today, we noticed this gem submitted in this logo project. Let us start the slow clap for rgraphics. Check out more great work on rgraphics ’s profile page. Nicely done, rgraphics, nicely done! Related posts: Fresh from the SPRING: 5IVE_STAR_CREATIVE.
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 28, 2015
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced Wednesday it choose the Austin Technology Incubator and seven other organizations to receive grants ranging from $330,000 to $500,000 over two years. It’s part of the Kauffman Foundation’s “initiative to identify and invest in organizations that have distinguished themselves in helping entrepreneurs launch and grow their businesses,” according to […] The post Kauffman Foundation Awards ATI a Grant appeared first on Sili
Growthink Blog
OCTOBER 28, 2015
It is remarkable how large the accountability gap has grown between what is considered normal and expected in the world of business and private enterprise… …and the profound lack of accountability that sadly we have become so accustomed to and from the other major Institutions of our society - Government, Education, Healthcare, Religion, Etc. It goes like this: Businesses must deliver daily on their product and service promises or a) Customers just stop buying and b) significant reputational dam
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Aceable launched its mobile app to teach teens to drive in California this week. The Austin-based startup reported as of Tuesday teens between the ages of 15 and 17 and a half years old can now fulfill their 25 hour classroom requirement on Aceable’s mobile app. The Aceable app is available for iOS and Android […] The post Aceable Expands its Mobile Drivers Ed App into California appeared first on SiliconHills.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Content As a Business Model written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Joe Pulizzi. We’ve been extolling the virtues of content marketing here at Duct Tape Marketing since before we really had terms like content marketing or inbound marketing. Not because I’m so smart I saw all of this coming in my crystal ball – because it was pretty obvious early on that people wanted content – they wanted to know how to do things.
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Carvana, a startup that lets people buy used cars online for next day delivery, launched this month in Austin and San Antonio. Carvana is also in Houston and Dallas. Nationwide, it’s in eight markets including Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte and Nashville. “With Carvana, you can buy a car entirely online – from financing, to trade-in to […] The post Carvana Launches into Austin and San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills.
entrepreMusings
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Those of you who subscribe to my blog by email may have noticed that an email was sent with the five most recent blog posts I wrote. It was apparently a byproduct from migrating my blog from one host (GoDaddy) to another ( WP Engine ). I recently joined WP Engine so I have the opportunity to take advantage of hosting my WordPress blog on a hugely better platform for WordPress sites!
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 28, 2015
National Instruments on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Micropross, a French company which makes smart card testing systems. The deal is valued at approximately $108 million, according to the company. Micropross, founded in 1979 and based in Lille, France, is an industry leader in supplying software-based test systems for Near Field Communications, smart cards and […] The post National Instruments Buys Micropross of France for $108 Million appeared first on SiliconHills.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Instagram Lead Generation – The Ultimate Guide written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Instagram is not just for images of coffee, fluffy dogs, and your breakfast. Though it is awesome for all of those, it has the highest user/brand interaction rate, 1.53% of the 150 million users in 2013 to be precise, significantly higher than Facebook’s measly 0.10%, as shown by Neil Patel’s infographic here.
ConversionXL
OCTOBER 28, 2015
More choice equals freedom, right? Well, yes, but there’s a good body of evidence that the more choices we are presented, the less happy we are with the one we make. What does that mean for conversions, though? Retention? Revenue? The Psychology of Choice. The most famous, and I believe the first, study that pointed to the adverse effects of choice was in 2000 and the subject was jam.
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