Fri.Jan 02, 2015

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Many Entrepreneurs Are Too Busy, But Not Productive

Startup Professionals Musings

'If you define your self-worth as an entrepreneur by how busy you are, it’s time to find another lifestyle. We all know people who are extraordinarily busy, but never seem to accomplish anything. For survival, entrepreneurs need to be all about accomplishing results that matter for themselves, their team, and their customers. That’s productivity. Why is this so hard?

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The mind boggling evolution of Gutenberg

deal architect

'On New Florence, I have run a 4 part series on all the technologies which are available to a modern-day author to deliver content in a wide range of formats. The eBook version The on-demand, paperback version The hard cover.

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Parking Panda Launches in Austin

SiliconHills

'Finding a parking spot in downtown Austin can be a challenge especially during major events. Now Parking Panda, a free app that lets drivers find, reserve and redeem parking in advance, seeks to make that task a lot easier. It has launched in Austin. The service is now available statewide with service in Dallas, Houston, […] The post Parking Panda Launches in Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.

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6 Big Mistakes To Avoid When Buying A Business

Mike Michalowicz

'Have you considered the possibility of purchasing a business? If so, there is a good chance that you may make one of the many mistakes that are common in people purchasing pre-existing businesses. But it doesn’t have to be that way; you can take steps to avoid these problems. The more you know what the frequent errors are, the more you can work to avoid them.

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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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The 4 Partners Every Early-Stage Startup Needs to Have

Early Growth Financial Services

'I often write about the best strategies for startup fundraising or how to manage startup financing and optimize for growth. Equally important, is an area many startup founders don’t always prioritize: choosing the right service providers and understanding the value they can bring to a startup. The startup ecosystem is not just made up of entrepreneurs and investors; it also includes lawyers, bankers, HR and payroll providers as well as financial services providers.

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The Psychology of a Successful Testing Program

ConversionXL

'All testing programs, no matter how great or awful, think they are doing pretty good and can get better. Having spent the better part of 13 years working with testing programs of various sizes to turn their programs around or to help them go to levels that they did not know were possible, one thing stands out more than any other. It doesn’t matter what size the programs are or the industry, of the over 300 programs I have worked with almost all of them suffer from some very similar issues.

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Ben Mezrich’s New Book – Q

Feld Thoughts

'I am an enormous Ben Mezrich fan – I’ve read almost everything he’s every written. So it’s mind-bendingly exciting to me that he decided to publish his latest work of fiction, titled Q , with our publishing company FG Press. If you don’t know Ben, his books including Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions (the book the movie 21 was based on) and Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist i

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Micromidas Case Study

Early Growth Financial Services

'Transforming a College Project into an Industry Leading Bio-Tech Company Micromidas Case Study.

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Productivity Tip #1: Don’t Read Any Content When It’s Published Unless It’s Urgent & Actionable

Hunter Walker

'Time. We generally undervalue it, incorrectly estimate how we spend it and constantly wonder where it went. While avoiding meta-philosophies such as GTD , I do like mirco-experiments to help give me quick data on changes to workflows. “ Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule, Investor’s Schedule ” covers this a bit but leaves out the single biggest win I found in second half of 2014: don’t read any content in realtime unless it’s urgent and actionable.

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Enplug Case Study

Early Growth Financial Services

'Managing Key Accounting Functions for Rapidly Growing SaaS Startup Enplug Case Study.

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Twitter Link Roundup #250 – The very best ideas about Small Business, Startups, and Design!

crowdSPRING Blog

'With the new year, our thoughts at crowdSPRING invariably focus on what we have in excess: winter, winter, winter. And with winter comes our favorite team outing of the year: Skiing! Check out the beautiful video above and perhaps you’ll be inspired to join in, too. And now, properly primed for the cold New Year, it’s time for our weekly roundup!