Steve Blank

JUNE 19, 2014

'Today the National Institutes of Health announced they are offering my Lean LaunchPad class ( I-Corps @ NIH ) to commercialize Life Science. There may come a day that one of these teams makes a drug, diagnostic or medical device that saves your life. —-. Over the last two and a half years the National Science Foundation I-Corps has taught over 300 teams of scientists how to commercialize their technology and how to fail less, increasing their odds for commercial success.

Lean 269

Lean SBIR Intellectual Property Customer Development 269

Berkonomics

JUNE 19, 2014

'If you seek funds from an organized investment group such as an angel fund, venture capital entity, or even an investment club, the first thing you want to do is to find one person to buy into your vision, become excited by your enthusiasm and be willing to become the internal champion for your fund-raising effort. In some groups, if you cannot find such a person, you cannot even find the way to apply for funding, as some groups make it imperative that any introductions come from the inside, fr

Technical Review 83

Technical Review Due Diligence Venture Capital Naming 83

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 19, 2014

'by Andy Macauley, Chief Operating Officer and Director of merchant services company, Handepay. The way we work and the way we pay are all changing thanks to new technology. No matter what business you run, your customers will expect to be able to pay you in a variety of new and different ways. Contactless payment is one method that has really taken off in the last 12 months.

Operations 244

Operations Technology Sales Naming 244

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 19, 2014

'Recently, I wrote a post titled After Your First Big Success, What’s Next? The comment thread was powerful and fascinating, as was the direct email feedback I got, including the following note: “I think it would be interesting to hear your perspective on how an entrepreneur should approach “what’s next” after coming off a failed business.

IPO 195

IPO Technology Community Software 195

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

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 19, 2014

'By Lance Brown, VP of Product Development at Huzzah Media , provider of innovative digital solutions for small businesses. With today’s consumers always on the go, it’s more imperative than ever for small businesses to engage with their customers on a more frequent basis – since many of their big box counterparts are already doing so. However, 7 out of 10 small business owners say time and cost restraints prohibit them from improving their online presence, according to a new study from Hu

Small Business 178

Small Business Social Network Social Media Product Development 178

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2014

'The 1970''s was a boom for minicomputers. Minicomputers were "midrange" machines that were used in all sorts of industrial applications--manufacturing process control, telephone switching and to control laboratory equipment. " In the 1970s, they were the hardware that was used to launch the computer-aided design (CAD) industry ," according to Wikipedia.

Venture Capital 140

Venture Capital B2B Open Source Framework 140

Mike Michalowicz

JUNE 19, 2014

'Coming up with business ideas may not always seem straightforward, or you may be dissuaded by the belief that it’s all been done so many times before. Yet, each year, we see that plenty of innovative ideas still find a way to emerge. But what if you took a different approach – one that blended two ideas together to create something new? Heck, if they can do it with the spork, there has to be a way that you can do it, too!

Las Vegas 102

Las Vegas Mobile Sales Product 102

SiliconHills

JUNE 19, 2014

'Not only is Austin about tech, but it’s also about well-being. In fact, a huge movement has arisen in the tech community around mindfulness, meditation, fitness and eating well. Voice & Exit is a day-long event focused on innovation, wellbeing and community building. The conference takes place Saturday at the Austin Music Hall. It features […] The post Voice & Exit Returns to the Austin Music Hall Saturday appeared first on SiliconHills.

Austin 104

Austin Community 104

Up and Running

JUNE 19, 2014

'We’re living in a subscription world. More and more, everything that we do and use is no longer being sold to us directly. Instead, we’re now paying monthly for all kinds of things. While a lot of press has been given to the Software-as-a-Service boom (SaaS), subscriptions are everywhere now. Some subscription models, like gym memberships and magazines, have been around for a long time, while other subscription businesses are brand new and innovative.

Forecast 92

Forecast Sales Churn Rate Revenue 92

SiliconHills

JUNE 19, 2014

'To say that Austin startup scene is red hot would be an understatement. The funding announcements have been coming fast and furious lately and just about every day a company announces plans to open a new office or expand into the Austin market. Here’s a roundup of some of the most recent funding announcements for […] The post The Money Flows to Austin Startups appeared first on SiliconHills.

Austin 100

Austin Startup Marketing 100

Up and Running

JUNE 19, 2014

'“The plan is useless. But planning is essential.” Former President Dwight Eisenhower said that. Planning is a process, setting concrete milestones and tracking progress, with frequent review and revisions. But you can’t do planning without starting with a plan.” —Tim Berry, founder, Bplans.com. Below is an extract from Laurel Delaney’s book “Exporting: The Definitive Guide to Selling Abroad Profitably.” This book was published in December 2013 and is available for

Business Plan 87

Business Plan Global Sales Security 87

SiliconHills

JUNE 19, 2014

'At the School’s Out Hackathon at Rackspace last weekend, Michael Girdley served as a mentor and a judge. He also noticed that out of the 500 kids in attendance, about 200 lined up to borrow a laptop computer. Most of the kids didn’t know computer programming or how to code, he said. “With so few […] The post Codeup Launches Program to Teach Teens to Code for Free appeared first on SiliconHills.

San Antonio 86

San Antonio Programming 86

Start Up Blog

JUNE 19, 2014

'The internet is an infinite ever expanding place. We all live inside of it, move around it and want our share of attention and activity from it. The ultimate thing we all seem to want (even if secretly) is to get everyone to pay attention to our blog post, video, social feed, pithy statement of insight and all other forms of digital output. That’s the promise of something going viral.

Viral 75

Viral Internet Video Business Model 75

Austin Startup

JUNE 19, 2014

'NIMBOXX today unveiled its ‘atomic unit’ of the software-defined data center, an all-in-one solution that puts a hyper-scale computing model within reach for organizations of all sizes. The company also announced it has raised $12 million in Series A funding from SMC Holdings, a Hong Kong-based institutional investor with a strong track record in backing U.S. technology companies.

Institutional Investors 63

Institutional Investors Software Technology 63

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 19, 2014

'3 Ways to Lose Money with Marketing Automation written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. It’s guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest post is from Mark Cerminaro – Enjoy! A recent survey conducted by marketing technology expert David Raab and VentureBeat revealed that nearly a third of companies using marketing automation software are not seeing the return on investment that they expected.

Marketing 66

Marketing Harvest Small Business Metrics 66

Early Growth Financial Services

JUNE 19, 2014

'Why worry about employment law risks when you have enough things to focus on: building your team, getting traction, and lining up funding? Well, as the adage goes, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Spending some time making sure you have a handle on these 5 significant, often overlooked, areas of business risk will help to significantly minimize their chances of inflicting major damage down the road.

Covenant 58

Covenant Non-Compete Startup Hiring 58

ConversionXL

JUNE 19, 2014

'There is one variable that data is not very good at deciphering – the human. It’s easy to forget when analyzing the data for conversion purposes is that the end user is a real human with feelings. Data tells us a lot of things, but it is really bad at anything that involves understanding the human condition. In an ideal world, designers and conversion optimizers can strike the perfect balance between the logical & emotional sides of the human brain & design experiences that “activ

Greece 107

Greece Customer eCommerce Design 107

ConversionXL

JUNE 19, 2014

'There is one variable that data is not very good at deciphering – the human. It’s easy to forget when analyzing the data for conversion purposes is that the end user is a real human with feelings. Data tells us a lot of things, but it is really bad at anything that involves understanding the human condition. In an ideal world, designers and conversion optimizers can strike the perfect balance between the logical & emotional sides of the human brain & design experiences that “activ

Greece 98

Greece Customer eCommerce Design 98

ConversionXL

JUNE 19, 2014

'There is one variable that data is not very good at deciphering – the human. It’s easy to forget when analyzing the data for conversion purposes is that the end user is a real human with feelings. Data tells us a lot of things, but it is really bad at anything that involves understanding the human condition. In an ideal world, designers and conversion optimizers can strike the perfect balance between the logical & emotional sides of the human brain & design experiences that “activ

Greece 82

Greece Customer eCommerce Design 82