Wed.Jul 01, 2015

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Fauxmentum

Both Sides of the Table

__. faux·men·tum. fōˈmen(t)əm,fəˈmen(t)əm/. noun. when a technology startup, its investors or the market believe in robust growth rates writ large. “the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __.

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Mistakes To Avoid With A Startup Board Of Directors

Startup Professionals Musings

Most entrepreneurs avoid setting up a board of directors for their new business unless or until they sign up an investor who demands a seat on the board. That implies that a board of directors has no value to the founder, and is just another burden that to be assumed for the privilege of attracting outside investors or going public. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth.

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The Big Data of Books

deal architect

People often smirk when I say I am an author. Books are dead, are they not? Amazon had just launched a new way to reward authors for books under their Kindle Unlimited (KU) and Kindle Owners' Lending Library (KOLL) plans.

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How To Use Storytelling For Your Brand

Brandanew

We’ve been urging you to use storytelling for your brands. As an authentic brand and a Startup ourselves, our aim has been to create a storyboard for ourselves too, to be discovered by our clients. This is our story, and what we have learned so far. The good thing is, you can use these insights and implement them for your own brands, and build a positive and emotional connect with your consumers.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

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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Valuation trickle down

The Equity Kicker

I’m back to the bubble question this morning. First up we had an interesting post from Fred Wilson arguing that frothy activity is restrictred to Series B rounds and later in private companies, whilst Seed and Series A and public markets are still rational. He used this chart as evidence: Second, I read Josh Kopelman’s/First Round Capital’s Open Letter to Investors from May this year which says that seed valuations are up 3x from 2007-2015 without a corresponding increase in ex

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A Demo Day in Telluride

Feld Thoughts

I’m in Telluride for the day. I drove from Aspen (where we are hanging out for the week) through some of the most beautiful mountains and countryside you will ever see and ended up in the magical place called Telluride. I’m here for the Telluride Venture Accelerator Demo Day. This is their third program and I’m looking forward to the day.

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Dead Ant Dead Ant!

K9 Ventures

Q: What did Pink Panther say when he stepped on an ant? A: “Dead Ant! Dead Ant! Dead Ant Dead Ant Dead Ant!” Q: What did Pink Panther do when he saw a live ant? A: He first stepped on it, and then said: “Dead Ant! Dead Ant! Dead Ant Dead Ant Dead Ant!”. Every so often, I get pitched a really cool idea for a mobile app. In fact, sometimes I really like the idea, but still end up passing on investing or sometimes passing even on taking a meeting.

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10 Essentials Before Launch Branding Checklist [Free Download]

Up and Running

Think a brand is just for big businesses? Think again. Branding is critical for businesses of all shapes and sizes. Your brand is what the outside world thinks of you. That’s it. Although you can influence your brand through well-designed logos, hilarious ad campaigns, carefully crafted press releases, or super-friendly service, ultimately, your brand is what the outside world says it is.

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Mobile Devices Drive Modern Business – Here’s How To Stay In The Fast Lane

YFS Magazine

Consumers mean business when using a mobile device. They no longer accept sub-par experiences when surfing the Internet on their phone.

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Got an Idea for the Next Big Thing? Pitch It on SXSW PanelPicker

SiliconHills

One of the best ways to get a big idea in front of movers and shakers in the technology, music and film industry is to submit a proposal to the South by Southwest PanelPicker. And even though it seems like the dust has barely settled from the largest ever SXSW held this past March, it […] The post Got an Idea for the Next Big Thing? Pitch It on SXSW PanelPicker appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Change Is Hard: Is Cognitive Dissonance Holding You Back In Business?

YFS Magazine

I was recently enlightened about how often we simply can’t get out of our own way in an effort to improve ourselves and become more successful.

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What Am I Doing Right?

Mike Michalowicz

Right now, pick up the phone, call your best client and after the appropriate niceties ask them this question: “What am I doing right?”. They will surely share some details. Perhaps even insights you weren’t aware of. They may speak to the quality of your work, or to your responsiveness, or perhaps the knowledge you have of their industry. But there is a catch.

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5 Step Strategy To Make Your Startup Standout From The Crowd

YFS Magazine

If you’re planning on starting a business, here is a simple strategy to make sure it will stand out.

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The Ultimate Business Model Pivot

The Entrepreneurial Mind

The Entrepreneurial Mind : Mark Scrivner – Snapshot Interactive. This company offers a great example of the importance of adjusting and pivoting your business model when the market tells you what they really want. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious. The post The Ultimate Business Model Pivot appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.

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Fresh from the SPRING: Alexander_Dsign

crowdSPRING Blog

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 Alexander_Dsign. Check out more great work on Alexander_Dsign ’s profile page. Nicely done, Alexander_Dsign, nicely done! Related posts: Fresh from the SPRING: uniquemind.

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Acquiring proven entrepreneurs is a smart way to innovate

Reid Hoffman

Nearly every company understands the urgent need for innovation. Technology and globalisation have so accelerated change that scale and power — once the greatest strengths — have become weaknesses because they impair an organisation’s ability to adapt. The problem is, the term “innovation” is used so broadly that it has become virtually meaningless. .

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Why Your Business Must Focus on Google Local Listings

Duct Tape Marketing

Why Your Business Must Focus on Google Local Listings written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Mike Blumenthal. Marketing Podcast with Mike Blumenthal. If you run a business that relies on local customers then you’ve probably come to the conclusion that being found online – even though a purchase may be made offline – is paramount to your success.

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[Review] Inbound Marketing

YoungUpstarts

Do you know what Inbound Marketing is? Keen to use inbound marketing to improve your marketing ROI? Pioneered by co-founders of HubSpot Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah, inbound marketing is a leading Business-to-Business (B2B) digital marketing strategy. The fact that HubSpot is a NASDAQ listed marketing automation company worth $1.24 billion in market capitalisation is a testimony to inbound marketing’s strengths.