YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

by Saqib Ayaz, co-founder of Hire an Assistant. A person who assists a professional/entrepreneur in carrying out his business’ operations without being present at the office is known as a virtual assistant. A virtual assistant is a self-employed person who is being hired on contractual basis for as long as the client needs his/ her services. Modern technological devices and apps, like computer, telephone, internet, Skype etc. are the tools of a virtual assistant for carrying out his/ her tasks e

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

We often say that good design helps your business stand out. This isn’t just a hunch, it’s backed by research that has proven the influence that visual appearance has on the decision-making process of customers. According to a widely-cited study on visual appeal , it takes about 50 milliseconds for customers to form an opinion about your design, and in turn, your company.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

by Samar Singla, founder of Click Labs. Beauty is a much commented on subject – thousands of attempts have been made to define it. This elusive ideal, something that resides in the eyes of the beholder, the ghost of aesthetic perception – the physical and mental feeling that grips and does not let go, Beauty goes by many names. However, the business of beautification is much simpler, and much more straightforward.

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deal architect

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

There will be plenty of post-mortems from this highly unusual election season. As a technologist, we should face up to fact we did not do well in this election cycle Neither campaign really talked about science and tech futures and.

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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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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

In this episode, we mix things up. Jenny Jao of Harvard Business School digs into the making of Traction with host Jay Acunzo. How does it fit into the overall strategy behind NextView Ventures? How should other entrepreneurs produce winning podcasts or content in general? What caused Traction to find early, well, traction…appearing high on the lists of Forbes, TechStars, and elsewhere, all after just a few episodes?

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Rembrandt Communications

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

No Problem. 3 Quick Tips to Make Sales Soar! It’s already November, and holiday marketing time is here for BtoB owners. But, as an entrepreneur, you may have been dealing with core business responsibilities, and this season just kind of “snuck up on you.” Well, don’t sweat it. There is still time to get your […]. The post BtoB Owners, Not Ready for Holiday Marketing?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

One of the things that’s neglected by far too many companies is the ability to communicate with their customers. In the age of the internet, it’s never been easier for businesses to communicate with clients and customers. Which makes it that much worse that so few can do it effectively. There was a time that if you wanted to speak to a client, you’d have to pick up the phone or set up a meeting.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Yesterday morning I woke up and said out loud “I accept whatever the outcome of this election is.” I decided that whatever the outcome, I had spent all the emotional and functional energy I wanted to on the election. I was public about my point of view. I advocated for my perspective. And I voted. In our democracy, I accept the outcome. I’m a long term optimist and hold that value front and center.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

I just read a New York Times article that led with the sentence “Deep inside a Silicon Valley unicorn lurks a time bomb”. It turns out that ‘time bomb’ is the much maligned and, I suspect, little understood, liquidation preference. To be clear, liquidation preferences are sometimes used badly and founders should generally turn away from investors who ask for multiple liquidation preferences.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

In 2008, I tried to fundraise for my startup the week that Lehman Brothers went under. You can imagine how well that worked out. Basically, VCs told us that they were going to wait and see how the election turned out--and things didn't really thaw out until the following September. Extreme uncertainty slows the VC market to a crawl--that's what I learned.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

When you make a lot of money, or you did then lost it all and are now rebuilding yourself , they want to know how you do it. I guess that’s why one of the most frequent questions I’m asked is, “Mike, how do I make more money?”. I have an answer, a very good answer as a matter of fact, but before I give it to you, let’s be clear on one thing. We’re assuming that you’re already making some money now, right?

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YFS Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Harness these lead generation strategies to create a powerful marketing plan and attract quality leads.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Joseph Kopser is global president of moovel, a division of Daimler Ag, the maker of Mercedes-Benz. But he’s also a successful entrepreneur as co-founder of RideScout, a startup smartphone app created to increase transportation efficiency by getting people out of their cars and into other public, commercial and private options. Before that, Kopser spent 20 […] The post Q&A with Joseph Kopser of moovel appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Everything You Need to Know About Podcasting written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with John Lee Dumas. Ok, so maybe the title of this post is a little bold, but in this episode, I talk mostly about podcasting with one of the most prolific podcasters on the planet. If you’re a longtime reader you know that I think podcasting is an amazing tool for lead generation as well as audience building.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Positive business change starts with a full and complete understanding of what the bottlenecks to positive change are and what can/must be done to remove them. This may seem obvious, but I am constantly surprised by how many otherwise experienced executives invest time and resources into mission-critical initiatives without understanding the right business levers to pull (and how to pull them!

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Everything You Need to Know About Podcasting written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with John Lee Dumas. Ok, so maybe the title of this post is a little bold, but in this episode, I talk mostly about podcasting with one of the most prolific podcasters on the planet. If you’re a longtime reader you know that I think podcasting is an amazing tool for lead generation as well as audience building.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

We can still save the planet, improve healthcare and empower our girls Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

In April, Austin-based RideScout and Portland-based GlobeSherpa merged and re-branded to form moovel North America, a subsidiary of Daimler. And on Wednesday, moovel announced plans to consolidate its operations and house everyone at its Portland, Oregon headquarters. All of 36 employees in the Austin office are being offered a full relocation package to move to […] The post moovel Moves Austin Team to Portland Headquarters appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting articles, blog posts and video clips relating to startups, entrepreneurship and legal issues. Below are my five most popular tweets (via bitly ) for the past three weeks. Cheers, Scott. Top 5 Tweets. Dear Founders — “We don’t compete on price: any law firm can charge less than the firm down the road.” [link]. “When I’m talking to an entrepreneur for the first time…I test for what I call ‘flex

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

A few Words Post The 2016 USA Presidential Elections Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

In the last few years, I’ve heard more and more about a new type of small business, called a “micro-business” (or micro-enterprise). These are usually characterized as owner-operated, with five employees or less, and less than $250,000 in sales. With the low cost of e-commence entry, and powerful Internet technologies, they require minimal capital to start, perhaps as little as $500.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

The business world is changing fast. There was a time when business was done either face to face or over the phone. You’d be in an office, and the information you need was physically in front of you. And if it wasn’t, you had to get up and find it. These days things could not be more different. Nowadays all those things happen in one, single place: online.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

So, you know by now that having a presence on social media is important for your business. Not only that, you’re interested in the potential benefits of social media marketing, and you’re getting a sense of what marketing on the various social media platforms entails. Maybe you’ve read my recent articles on marketing your small business on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and YouTube (and if not, check them out—I’ll be referencing them periodically throughout this article).

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

My partner Seth sent out an email to our CEO list this morning titled Taking a deep breath after we received several emails from CEOs with questions along the lines of “how should we think about the result of the election / what should we do?” After I saw a few responses to Seth’s note, I asked if he was ok with me republishing it here.

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VC Adventure

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Below is a note I just sent to our CEOs. While I’m dismayed at what happened last night, now isn’t a time to be reactionary. And the US needs a strong and vocal counterbalance to the hate and bigotry we just empowered. For many of you, as well as for us, it was a deeply disappointing night. And it’s easy to wake up today with a sense of fear and foreboding about the future of our country.

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Hippoland

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

I haven’t really been into politics since college. But yesterday, I cast a vote for the first time in 8+ years, and today, I’m disappointed in our country. It isn’t right to have a president who has 1) Screwed over numerous business partners, customers, and employees and workers 2) Made countless racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic comments including (but not limited to) calling Mexicans rapists and would like to ban people of a particular religion from immigrating to the United States 3) B

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YFS Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

President-Elect Trump has a lot of work ahead of him to help women entrepreneurs thrive.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

The morning after. I Tweeted vociferously last night in my stupor and despair. Most of my tribe emoted publicly, too, any many more countless others texted me constantly in disbelief. I haven’t felt this way since 9/11. No — I’m not equating the two actions. I’m just telling you the depths of how this decision makes me feel. A number of people I don’t know told me on Twitter to “calm down” or “Everything will be OK.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

I received this email from a friend. He gave me permission to publish it but asked to do so anonymously. It was so thoughtful, so gracious, so explanatory — I felt you would all enjoy reading it. It’s from a startup founder. It’s unedited. “i read your tweets tonight, mark. i am there with you. i grew up in the suburbs of cleveland, ohio and i was hopeful because my high school buddies who live there and are conservatives told me they could never vote for hillary, but they couldn’t vote for trum

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