Sat.May 25, 2013

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As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb

Both Sides of the Table

'By now you will likely have read Andy Dunn’s scathing post about Venture Capitalists in which he decries the industry’s masses. I read Andy’s post with a knowing smile on my face. After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur.

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7 Reasons Why Fun at Work Makes Winning Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

'I’m convinced that people who have fun at work are more innovative, as well as happier. I don’t have any big scientific studies to prove this, but in my considerable business experience, I haven’t seen many successes come out of a group of fearful pessimists or unhappy people. As I was looking through the literature, I did find evidence that many strong business leaders, like John D.

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Cloud in a Love Letter

deal architect

'I think Marc Benioff will have more fun with this than with "Cloud in a Box" SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott on an analyst call thanking Lars Dalgaard who is leaving: "We thank Lars so much for bringing the cloud DNA.

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Happy 10th Anniversary WordPress

SiliconHills

'Monday marks the 10th anniversary of WordPress, the website hosting software, which has become a popular publishing platform. WordPress now powers one in seven websites, and 58 percent of all content management systems. In fact, 66 million websites worldwide use WordPress including Silicon Hills News, TechCrunch, TED and CNN. Austin and San Antonio WordPress Meetup [.

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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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Freedom is Just Another Word…

Growthink Blog

'Compared to its original intent, Memorial Day has become an overly “leisure” - focused day. Rather, it is a day where we can and should take pause and remember those that gave the ultimate sacrifice so that we may enjoy our blessed, modern lives. Along with President''s Day, the 4th of July, and Thanksgiving, Memorial Day is one of the Big Four quintessentially “American” holidays.

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Geeks On a Plane

SiliconHills

'Joshua Baer, co-founder of Capital Factory in Austin, is joining 500 Startups’ Geeks on a Plane Tour, which departs June 1st for Asia. Geeks On a Plane, organized by 500 Startups, puts a whole bunch of powerful tech entrepreneurs on a plane to travel to different countries to learn about their culture and explore new [.] The post Geeks On a Plane appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin-based Datical Snags $1 Million in Funding

SiliconHills

'Datical has raised $1 million in financing, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. “Datical, which was founded in 2012, develops database management software. It was launched by local entrepreneurs Robert Reeves, Daniel Nelson and Pete Pickerill. The trio’s previous business, Phurnace Software Inc., was acquired in 2009 by Houston-based BMC [.