Tue.Oct 15, 2013

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Solar power heading towards cost parity with fossil fuels

The Equity Kicker

'The declining cost of solar power is one of the biggest reasons that the folks at Singularity University are optimistic about the future. You can see from the chart above that the cost of generating 1W has fallen below a dollar for the first time and is now or will soon be at grid parity (grid parity is the average cost of all inputs to the grid). Having reached grid parity the use of solar should soar and cost should fall further as more money is invested in the technology.

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5 SEO Action Steps You Can Take Today

Duct Tape Marketing

'5 SEO Action Steps You Can Take Today written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing In a recent blog post I wrote about the new realities of SEO. For the most part that post revealed how the shifting form of search into a less content and more context driven world requires site owners and SEO professionals to think differently about how they approach search engine optimization.

SEO 74
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Forget the Chinese, focus on the Germans

deal architect

'Is a comment I have made to a few US executives recently. As part of my book project this summer I had the chance to interview several German insurance, auto, logistics and other companies. And in each case I would.

Global 270
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How and Why To Do Your Own Business Financial Model

Startup Professionals Musings

'Most entrepreneurs tend to avoid this area of the business, and as a result are badly surprised by cost realities, and investor expectations. They seem to think that financial projections are simply invented numbers for investors, and not useful. In reality, it’s like jumping in your car for a long hard drive with no destination in mind. Chances are, you won’t enjoy success from the trip.

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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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Ten Rules Of Business For Entrepreneurial Stay-At-Home Moms

YoungUpstarts

'By Sean C. Castrina, author of “ 8 Unbreakable Rules For Business Start-Up Success “ If you’re a stay-at-home mom, there are many good reasons why you might want to start your own small business: Maybe you want to kick in extra money to the family income. Maybe you want to flex your marketable skills, talents, or creativity. Or maybe you simply have a little extra time to fill now that your kids are older and at school during the day.

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A Quality Benchmark for Accelerators: The Global Accelerator Network

Feld Thoughts

'When David Cohen and I came up with the idea for the Global Accelerator Network (GAN) in 2010, we counted roughly 100 accelerator programs around the US that were founded following the Techstars model. We labeled Techstars a “mentor driven accelerator” and reached out to others who were using the same approach to create what became GAN.

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What To Do When You Lose That Great Employee

Mike Michalowicz

'It can totally side blind you. That great employee, who everyone at the office (including you) loves, says they are leaving for a job elsewhere. The common entrepreneurial reaction is to panic, offer a raise (that you can’t afford), reduce their hours, and commence the begging and pleading. This rarely works. And when it does, it merely delays the inevitable.

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[Singapore] SiTF Awards 2013 Celebrates New Ideas, Launches The Portal

YoungUpstarts

'The Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) earlier this month celebrated over 40 innovative technology solutions – across various categories including the best start-up, cloud solution, digital media, e-government, and infocomm productivity – at an awards ceremony that attracted over 290 submissions in total. Running in its 5th year, the awards is a platform that allows companies an opportunity to showcase their solutions and receive professional feedback.

Singapore 150
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2013 Innotech Beta Summit Companies

Austin Startup

'We have an excellent crop of fresh, new technology for you to see at the Innotech 2013 Beta Summit, which I''ve had the pleasure of hosting since 2008. This event is part of Innotech 10.0 sponsored by Presidio and the Austin Technology Council. It is held at the Austin Convention Center this Wednesday, October 16th.

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17 Startups at Capital Factory’s Demo Day

SiliconHills

'During Austin Startup Week, Capital Factory held a Demo Day for more than 100 investors, according to Joshua Baer. The event featured 17 Austin startups. “It’s always one of my favorite days of the year,” Baer wrote in his weekly Startup Digest newsletter. The following startups presented at the event: Aceable - the startup makes […] The post 17 Startups at Capital Factory’s Demo Day appeared first on SiliconHills.

Austin 84
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What I Wish I Knew Before Pitching LinkedIn to VCs

Reid Hoffman

'At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. Entrepreneurs often ask me for help with their financing decks. Because we value integrity and confidentiality at Greylock, we never share an entrepreneur’s pitch deck with others.

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A programmer commiserates with journalists

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

'I feel for the journalist, because I see in them the same geekery that inhabits my fellow software developers. They’re different in detail but identical in kind. They work in packs, but the individual has something to prove. They labor in parallel, joining together just before release. They enjoy the artful skill of their fellow producers, and genuinely want success for the person sitting to their left, but secretly want to demonstrate their own superiority, and find more fulfillment in t

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SXSW Interactive’s Hugh Forrest on Reddit’s AMA

SiliconHills

'South by Southwest Interactive announced the bulk of its SXSW Interactive 2014 programming on Monday. Then at 2 p.m., Hugh Forrest, its director, did a “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit. Other SXSW Interactive team members joining him included Shawn O’Keefe, Kelly Krause, Todd Hansen and Sarah Garcia. The session included 59 comments and ran the […] The post SXSW Interactive’s Hugh Forrest on Reddit’s AMA appeared first on SiliconHills.

Austin 63
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Fundraising is Unpredictable

Rob Go

'I’m often asked to share advice about raising the first few rounds of capital for a young startup. I’m actually on my way to an accelerator right now where I was asked to lead a few sessions on this topic. There is a ton out there on the internet about the tactics of raising money. Paul Graham wrote a really comprehensive essay a few weeks ago that mirrors most of the advice I tend to give.

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InnoTech Austin Kicks off Wednesday

SiliconHills

'The 10th anniversary of InnoTech Austin kicks off tomorrow at the Austin Convention Center. And one of the most popular events is the annual Beta Summit which showcases some of Austin’s hottest new startup companies. This year’s conference, which is sponsored by Presidio and the Austin Technology Council, is free to register with the special […] The post InnoTech Austin Kicks off Wednesday appeared first on SiliconHills.

Austin 60
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8 Newbie Leadership Mistakes that Startup Founders Make

Early Growth Financial Services

'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 invite-only organization composed of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs.

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Some more Dragon Army fun

Jeff Hilimire

'We’re really working over here, I promise :).

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Forget about generating billions: Why entrepreneurs should create $1,000 startups

The Next Web

'Walter Chen is the founder and CEO of iDoneThis, the easiest way to share and celebrate what you get done at work , every day. On his downtime, he blogs about management, entrepreneurship, and happiness on the iDoneThis blog. Most entrepreneurs dream about building the next big billion-dollar company. After all, who doesn’t want to be the next Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg?

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ff Venture Capital Is First VC fund To Raise Capital Under The JOBS Act

David Teten

'ff Venture Capital has consistently generated a gross IRR on invested capital in excess of 30%, in a world where the average ten-year returns for venture capital firms are in the single digits. But, ridiculously, historically we couldn’t say that it in a public setting. Now we can. Software is eating every industry, including the entrepreneurial ecosystem itself.

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Trusting a Company: Social Good for Change

Lightspeed Venture Partners

'Sometimes a social movement gives rise to new markets and business opportunities. A great example over the last couple of decades has been the increasing awareness of the health implications of eating organic food, which has driven the growth of Whole Foods. Educating people about the issue is at the same time expanding your own target market. The key factor in making this work is authenticity.