YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2015

by Richard Milam , the Founder and CEO of EnableSoft Incorporated. With the end of the 2015 fiscal year nearing, businesses may be reviewing their consolidated revenues and thinking of ways they can increase their profit margin as they enter the new fiscal year or second-half of the calendar year. Both large and small companies may benefit from simple business practices that will increase clientele, boost productivity and efficiency, and improve labor utilization.

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Up and Running

JUNE 2, 2015

If you’ve been seeking answers to the question of how to build the most effective and happy teams, Primal Teams , by Jackie Barretta is a great place to start, whether or not you currently own a business. It’s packed so full of useful information, references to studies, examples, and well thought through analysis, that you’ll get a very fleshed-out version of how to help the people you work with achieve great results.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 2, 2015

So your business has begun to take off. You’ve figured out your channels of distribution, pricing model and how to support your growing list of customers. Don’t be alarmed by this next statement. That’s relatively easy. You can be the one to develop a product or service, promote it, and support it when you are a small operation. But what if you need to repeat the process of positioning, selling, and supporting your product ten thousand or more times as often as you do today?

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deal architect

JUNE 2, 2015

Another week or so of research left on my sequel focused on the S/4HANA impact on SAP Nation. If production goes without a hitch, the book should be out end of July in eBook and paperback format. I have done.

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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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Brandanew

JUNE 2, 2015

I discovered Austin Kleon a few years ago, from his blog, but I was only able to get his book late last year, from a Christmas gift bounty. It’s one of those things, English books are sometimes hard to get in Germany, so I keep postponing purchase sometimes. I am glad that I was able to finally lay my hands on it. Steal like an artist – is not your conventional content marketing book – at least not the one that’s recommended too much considering there’s a plethora o

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2015

The Big Apple is many things to many people, but in recent decades the city has also become somewhat of a startup powerhouse – its startup ecosystem is these days regularly compared to Silicon Valley for its vibrancy and innovation. In fact New York is now considered an ideal location for young startups to base themselves from, attracted by the success of startups such as Gilt, Tumblr, and MongoDB.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2015

By David L. Cunningham Jr., Chief Operating Officer, FedEx Express. Fashion is a global business, and the world is a burgeoning marketplace. The US$1.5 trillion fashion trade is on a double-digital growth trajectory driven by developing economies , and big retailers are not the only beneficiaries. Start-ups and smaller entrepreneurs are finding fresh growth potential cross-border in the form of new customers, or unique finishes and componentry for garments.

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The Next Web

JUNE 2, 2015

After interviewing over 300 app entrepreneurs I found that there are common qualities that separate the successful from the surviving. Yes the App Store is crowded. Yes there are those who are barely making a living off apps. And yes the gold rush days are over. However, new success stories are constantly popping up. Why were they able to find success when so many are barely surviving?

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 2, 2015

Techcrunch reported yesterday that London startups raised $647m in Q1 this year, passing $500m in a quarter for the first time and up 67% from $411 in Q4 2014, which was itself a record. That’s great news for the startup ecosystem which has been short on capital for some time now, with the twin results that some companies are forced to invest more conservatively than they otherwise might whilst others move to the US and we lose their jobs and talent.

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Mike Michalowicz

JUNE 2, 2015

When most people want to know how they’re doing financially, they look at their bank balance and see what’s there. Bank balance accounting – although wildly popular – is a lousy method for accurately assessing the health of a business. Here are eight better ways to monitor how your company, or any company, is doing. 1. Current ratio = Current assets/Current liabilities.

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Up and Running

JUNE 2, 2015

When you work for a big company, getting health insurance is a breeze. You sign up, and you’re covered. But if you’re self-employed, a part-time employee, or a small business owner, getting insurance is a difficult and expensive prospect. Why are these demographics so severely underserved by the insurance world? Despite government efforts to ease the process for these segments of the population, small business owners are still struggling to provide benefits to employees.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 2, 2015

LawnStarter announced Tuesday it has raised $6 million in a Series A investment led by San Francisco-based Binary Capital. To date, LawnStarter has raised $7.25 million. The latest funds will help the lawn care platform expand and hire more employees. Previously, LawnStarter raised $1 million in a seed round from Gary Vaynerchuk and other angel […] The post LawnStarter Raises $6 Million in a Series A Round appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 2, 2015

How to Systematically Create an Annual Editorial Calendar written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. I talk about content, well, all of the time. I know many of you are sick of reading about it, but I don’t think it’s going away anytime soon. In fact, high-quality content that addresses the needs, concerns and questions of your ideal clients is pretty much the price of admission these days.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 2, 2015

Rapamycin Holdings, a drug developer, Tuesday announced it has raised $2.5 million in a Series A round of funding from a group of San Antonio angel investors. The San Antonio-based company, founded in 2012, plans to use the money to manufacture eRapaTM,a drug aimed at prolonging the life of pets. It also plans to spend […] The post San Antonio-based Rapamycin Holdings Raises $2.5 Million appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Early Growth Financial Services

JUNE 2, 2015

Originally published in SmartBlog on Leadership. We asked startup founders about the worst leadership mistake they made, the impact it had on their startup, and how they corrected their mistake. The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council, an invitation-only organization composed of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs.

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Street Smart Product Manager

JUNE 2, 2015

A Sales Exec and I were debating whether amount of time spent with a customer is a measure of the quality of the customer interaction. His argument: Just curious — do you see 23 touches for 5 mins the same as 23 touches for 1 hour each — I think it is different and material. From my perspective, … Continue reading How To Get Quality Customer Insights (Spoiler: It’s Not About Time).

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Bryce Dot VC

JUNE 2, 2015

One of the defining characteristics of the Indie.vc program is a decidedly different set of terms for taking on outside investment. In a traditional round of VC funding, the only anticipated and acceptable outcome is to exit- be it to the public markets or selling out to an acquiring company. Our terms offered an alternative to selling out in the form of cash distributions to investors over time v.

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Street Smart Product Manager

JUNE 2, 2015

A few weeks ago, I spoke at the Modev MVP Conference and the Lean+Agile DC Conference about using a bootstrapped Customer Development approach to pursuing a new product idea in an existing company. I talked about how the traditional product innovation process of writing a business case with long-term financial projections, then writing a big … Continue reading Create Your Business Case Using Customer Development.

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View from Seed

JUNE 2, 2015

Seemingly overnight, podcasts are exploding — as are blog posts that claim, “Podcasts are exploding.” Last week, NextView announced the launch of our new show, Traction , exploring the creative and unusual ways entrepreneurs make initial progress. Today, we wanted to share some of the top VC podcasts as a nod to our peers. First, we thought it’d be useful to share a quick lesson we’ve learned on creating podcasts in the event you plan to launch your own: traits of w

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Street Smart Product Manager

JUNE 2, 2015

A few weeks ago, I spoke at the Modev MVP Conference and the Lean+Agile DC Conference about using a bootstrapped Customer Development approach to pursuing a new product idea in an existing company. I talked about how the traditional product innovation process of writing a business case with long-term financial projections, then writing a big … Continue reading Create Your Business Case Using Customer Development.

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Street Smart Product Manager

JUNE 2, 2015

A Sales Exec and I were debating whether amount of time spent with a customer is a measure of the quality of the customer interaction. His argument: Just curious — do you see 23 touches for 5 mins the same as 23 touches for 1 hour each — I think it is different and material. From my perspective, … Continue reading How To Get Quality Customer Insights (Spoiler: It’s Not About Time).

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