deal architect
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'We have watched for years as cloud companies target on-premise systems – so Salesforce going after Siebel, Workday after PeopleSoft, Amazon after IBM etc. At the Microsoft Analyst Event yesterday I heard in reverse of back to on-premise examples especially.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'Investors are people too. They evaluate you like you should assess a possible co-founder or first employee. What are your credentials? What have you done that would convince me that my money is safe in your hands? Only after they see you as fundable, do they want to assess your plan for fundability, not the other way around. Even with great credentials, it is all too possible for an entrepreneur to come across as a high risk investment.
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deal architect
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'I arrived at Microsoft’s Fall Analyst Event with modest expectations. I expected to hear about the growing MBS Dynamics business with 400,000 customers. I expected a bit of disarray given the CEO transition and long search. It turned out be.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'How many cards do you have in your wallet? If you take away your credit cards, you’re likely to find an entire array of other cards that run the gamut from loyalty cards from your favorite stores, gym membership cards to the one that carries your affiliation to a certain airline program. In fact, you’ll probably be surprised by the number of cards you’re carrying at any one point.
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
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. Analytics spark more questions and discussion than almost any other aspect of the Lean Startup method. If you’re coming to them from outside the tech sector, the language around analytics can be particularly confusing. Alistair and Ben, co-authors of the book Lean Analytics, will help you sort it out in our next webcast, Lean Analytics for Non-tech Companies.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'Thanks to advances technology, the tools available for team collaboration and work productivity have taken the small business and startup world by storm. From online project management applications and professional group chat software to team calendaring and cloud storage solutions, the technology aids that once could only be afforded by large corporate enterprises are now available to far smaller companies at far more manageable prices.
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YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'by Pekka A. Viljakainen, founder of No Fear Community and author of “ No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age “. Many European companies have failed to generate organic growth. It’s not that growth isn’t important or that there isn’t any money to invest. The problem is that the methods used to guide a new innovation down the road from just an idea into a real pile of money are so limited.
This is going to be BIG.
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'A lot of money is being put into trying to figure out what I do when I walk into a store. Nomi just raised $10M and Prism Skylabs just raised $15M. These efforts aren''t new. Path Intelligence raised a million bucks to do this years ago. Given the time I spent a decade ago doing not only venture capital, but investing in private equity funds that buy retail companies, I find this data collection fascinating.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'Thanks to advances technology, the tools available for team collaboration and work productivity have taken the small business and startup world by storm. From online project management applications and professional group chat software to team calendaring and cloud storage solutions, the technology aids that once could only be afforded by large corporate enterprises are now available to far smaller companies at far more manageable prices.
Hunter Walker
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'What is Medium ? I get asked this question frequently. Not by people who write on Medium, or people who read Medium, but by people who feel like their professions might be impacted by Medium. Namely the media industry, investors, content marketers and professional writers. Evan Williams’ involvement is certainly part of the intrigue but I don’t think fully explains the interest.
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News The City of San Antonio is now one of only 10 U.S. city governments chosen for the national Code for America program. Its status as a fellowship city was announced last week at the annual Code for America Summit. A national nonprofit organization, Code for America works […] The post Code for America Coming to San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills.
The Equity Kicker
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'I’ve been reading a few articles recently about the power of platforms as business models and how they’ve replaced vertically integrated models in a number of industries. Three numbers from the Apple Event in San Francisco ram home this message: 1 million apps. 60 billion downloads. $13bn paid out to app developers. The Apple App Store is of course one of the biggest platforms in the world but this story is playing out everywhere.
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News “Learn to Program. Get a Job Offer. Guaranteed.” This is the not-so-humble sales pitch of Codeup – a for-profit code education startup founded by San Antonio entrepreneur and angel investor Michael Girdley. The startup offers a nine week programming boot camp located at Geekdom of San Antonio […] The post Codeup Seeks to Create New Developers in San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills.
Mike Michalowicz
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'I don’t care how many books you have read (I can suggest a couple , if you like) or how much business experience you have – there is always more to learn. In fact, constant learning is the entrepreneurial mandate. But there comes a point when knowing more becomes overwhelming or all consuming or both. The more things you do, the many more things you must know to be capable.
Bryce Dot VC
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'From an interview with designer/artist/soul searcher Elle Luna: So I was using Uber all the time in San Francisco, even though I hated the design. And then I went to the Crunchies awards ceremony and at a post-ceremony event, where I was in a ball gown, I saw the CEO of Uber, Travis Kalanick, sitting at the bar. I was three whiskeys deep at this point and I walked up to him and said, “I use Uber all the time and I absolutely hate the app.
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'Early next year, startups may be able to raise money from the general public to finance their ventures. The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday released its long-awaited proposed rules governing the practice of equity-based crowdfunding that allows startups to sell securities directly to the public. Legislation from the JOBS Act, signed into law by […] The post SEC Releases Rules for Equity-based Crowdfunding appeared first on SiliconHills.
Mucker Lab
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'-The main competitor used to have the word “telegraph” in its name. -The incumbents in the industry were funded in 1910, 1934, and 1976. -The industry is an oligopoly. -Customer satisfaction is low but have no other alternatives. -Competitor’s partners have message boards dedicated to b g about their monopolistic practices. - Green screens are the state-of-art. -$35B is at stake.
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'Gravitant, which makes software for companies to manage their cloud services, announced Wednesday that it has received $10 million in Series B funding. Corsa Ventures led the round and was joined by existing investor S3 Ventures. The Austin-based company plans to use the money to expand its sales and marketing, to fulfill customer orders and […] The post Gravitant Raises $10 Million in Venture Funding appeared first on SiliconHills.
Austin Startup
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'OpenSymmetry, a global sales performance management (SPM) consulting firm, announced the promotion of Ray Wolf from SVP, Professional Services to President.
Start Up Blog
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'I was recently talking with a colleague from an extremely large corporation. We were discussing the relative cost of building smart phone applications. He went on to tell me how much they paid for the app after he gave me a demo on his phone. He then asked the price it should have cost to build it. I told him it should only be cost 5-10% of the price they paid.
Austin Startup
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'Two online travel leaders, HomeAway, Inc. and Expedia.com, today announced an agreement intended to expand online travel accommodation options by surfacing HomeAway vacation rental properties on Expedia.com.
The Entrepreneurial Mind
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'The Entrepreneurial Mind : Sid Chambless. Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Tumblr Stumble Digg Delicious The post My Conversation with Sid Chambless of Nashville Capital Network appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.
Start Up Blog
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'In our omni connected era, people seem to have no qualms in telling us what they are doing and where they are. But what I’m starting to see in digital forums is people starting to tell us where they’ll be, what they are going to do, and what they intend to buy. Event organising forums, pinterest pages, wish lists, I’ll be here this Friday style tweets… But the one that really sticks out as a massive opportunity for me is an on-line an open diary.
Jeff Hilimire
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'What a whirlwind this first month and a half has been! To say we’re having fun would be an understatement. We’ve already doubled the size of the team to 11 people! I’m so excited about the team we’ve put together and I can’t believe how lucky I am that this level of talent, experience and passion is now part of Dragon Army.
Austin Startup
OCTOBER 23, 2013
'Today''s Q&A Wednesday is with Kent Fuka, the CEO of Querium.
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