YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'By Sean C. Castrina, author of “ 8 Unbreakable Rules For Business Start-Up Success “ You have a respectable, steady job. You provide for your family. You do home improvement projects on the weekends and even find the time to coach your son’s Little League team. But as you slog away at your 9 to 5 and go through the motions of daily life, in your own mind, you feel that true success is still eluding you.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'As a mentor and advisor to entrepreneurs, I find it’s easy to recognize “street smarts” when I see them, but it’s hard to explain the specifics to someone on the other end of the spectrum, even if they are willing to learn. Some people argue that street smarts are only a natural born skill, but I disagree. I believe they are disciplines that can be taught and learned.
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YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'by Annie Tsai, author of ” The Small Business Online Marketing Handbook: Converting Online Conversations to Offline Sales “ Are your customers “connected consumers”? Do they use technology to help make buying decisions, to stay in touch with your company, and to share their experiences with others? Many small business owners don’t think so.
Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for T he Lean Startup Conference. We’ve posted the full program for The Lean Startup Conference , and it includes more than three days of events for Gold pass holders and six days of events for VIP pass holders. We wanted to give you a rundown of what’s in store, along with particular insight into two of the workshops we’re most excited to have lined up for Gold and VIP attendee s—one session with Jez Humble on implementing continuous delivery and one with Alist
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
Duct Tape Marketing
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'Ego Metrics: What Measurements Matter? written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is Andy Crestodina – Enjoy! photo credit: samuiblue. There are lots of ways to measure results. There are just as many ways to compare ourselves and our businesses to others.
deal architect
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'Join Bill Kutik, Naomi Bloom, Brian Sommer and me as we discuss opportunities and challenges for 2014 in this Workday sponsored videocast on December 10. Register here We will cover many of the themes I blogged about this HR –.
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The Next Web
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'This post is brought to you by Sheraton. Click here to explore Sheraton Club. I’ve written a few posts about traveling and working and living in hotel rooms now as part of a sponsored post by Sheraton. Check my earlier posts “ Experiencing the Sheraton New York Times Square “, “ Top tips for business travel the geek way ” and “ Healthy travels: Staying refreshed, well fed and rested on the road “ on the subject.
Feld Thoughts
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'I’m totally sick and exhausted with our federal government. Boehner’s statement yesterday on immigration , where he said “We have no intention of ever going to conference on the Senate bill” was the last straw for me. Idiotic and totally broken. I could rant for a while, but I won’t. Instead, I’ll encourage you to watch this amazing video that Jennifer Bradley just showed at the Startup Phenomenon conference.
Mike Michalowicz
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'Sometimes when I am driving home, after a late night at work, I notice that my car is low on gas. I then consider if I should I fill it up now, even though I am so tired. Or just wait until tomorrow and do it when I am charged up. Occasionally I have filled it up at night. Other times I have done it the next day. But I have found that I should always fill the tank the night before.
K9 Ventures
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'It’s 2013. We have a super computer in our pockets (or purses), but the way we pay for things hasn’t changed a whole lot. Yes, we don’t carry a lot of cash any more, but we all carry multiple credit cards. And the credit card hasn’t changed all that much since its introduction in the […].
This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'More. That''s what people used to want. You moved from the little room that you grew up in to the little dorm room to your crappy little first apartment. Then you got a nicer apartment, which was inevitably a bigger apartment, and then maybe a bigger one after that--or maybe a house. And you filled it with stuff, like TVs. When they came out with a bigger TV, you bought it, because it was bigger.
SiliconHills
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News Pressable is the new startup at Geekdom in San Antonio. But it’s actually one of the oldest startups at the downtown co-working space. Vid Luther launched ZippyKid in 2010 as a managed WordPress hosting site. On Thursday, the company rebranded as Pressable. With the new name, Luther, […] The post ZippyKid Relaunches as Pressable appeared first on SiliconHills.
The Equity Kicker
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'I love Google for their bold innovation – driverless cars, Google Glass, but most of all Project Loon. For those that haven’t come across it Project Loon plans to bring internet connectivity to the world through a network of balloons floating twelve miles high in the upper atmosphere. These balloons will be blown around the world and navigating the winds to provide even coverage by pumping air in or out of the balloon to move up or down.
Growthink Blog
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'In April 2012 the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (called the JOBS Act) was passed and signed by President Obama. The JOBS Act Opens Up Equity-Based Crowdfunding The key goal of the JOBS Act was to make it possible to raise funds from investors through certain crowdfunding sites in exchange for equity in your company. To clarify, there are many sites online where you can raise Crowdfunding today.
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'By David Steakley. Our guest insight this week comes from David Steakley, a past President of the Houston Angel Network, and a reformed management consultant. He is an active angel investor, and he manages several angel funds in Texas. Hang on, David tells it like he sees it! – DB. Business plans are interesting. But, as a famous field marshal (1) said, no battle plan survives contact with the enemy.
SiliconHills
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'Under Armour announced Thursday it has acquired Austin-based MapMyFitness for $150 million. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year. The acquisition gives Under Armour, based in Baltimore, more digital products and solutions to help athletes train and perform. MapMyFitness’ 100 employees will remain in Austin. The company has more than […] The post Under Armour Acquires MapMyFitness appeared first on SiliconHills.
Austin Startup
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'Sports clothing giant Under Armour has acquired Austin-based MapMyFitness for $150M, according to media reports.
Business Plan Blog
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'The JOBS Act Impact on Friends and Family Funding. 2012’s Jumpstart our Business Startups Act, known as the JOBS act, went into effect last month encouraging entrepreneurs and exciting the startup community. This act intends to increase jobs by making it easier for businesses to raise money to grow and expand their operations. One provision of the bill – the ending of the ban on “general solicitation” – can be seen as a breakthrough, but in some ways, it is actually restricting fund
ConversionXL
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'2014 is almost here. How to make much more money in the coming year? Here are my 10 rules for #winning in 2014. This post is based on my keynote presentation at Mesh Marketing last week. Question: what do these 4 things / people have in common? The awesome book (and mediocre movie) Moneyball. Barack Obama. Jeremy Lin. Nate Silver. Any guesses? Moneyball was a story about a mediocre, under-funded baseball team achieving great things when managed by looking at the data.
Austin Startup
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'OneSpot, the content advertising company that combines content marketing with the power, data intelligence, and scale of online advertising today announced it has completed a $5.3 million Series A round of financing.
The Entrepreneurial Mind
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'The Entrepreneurial Mind : Marcus Whitney. Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Tumblr Stumble Digg Delicious The post CTO of the Year Marcus Whitney appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.
Jeff Hilimire
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'One of my favorite young people (you know, one of those people that can change the world) just rolled out a Kickstarter campaign that I really hope everyone will consider supporting. It is a documentary called, Daddy Don’t Go , and it chronicles the lives of 4 young men in NYC who are trying to be good dads against the odds. Watch the video and then plunk down some dough to help them make this dream come true!
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'Jason Freedman is the co-founder of 42Floors , making it easy for everyone to rent office space. He’s a two-time Y Combinator alum and blogs regularly on humbledMBA. This post was originally published on the 42floors blog. I remember when I first started fundraising for my first company, my investor network was pretty weak. Not only did I not know many investors, I also didn’t really know how to pitch them.
Jeff Hilimire
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'Every time I sign in at a front desk, wear a name tag or have a name tent (like this one from my meeting yesterday morning at Junior Achievement ), I have to pause for a minute when I see the Dragon Army name. I LOVE the name, the brand , the team we’ve put together and the stuff we’re working on. I love the building we work in. I love the challenge we’re up against and the opportunity that is there if when we’re successful.
crowdSPRING Blog
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'Content continues to dominate media headlines and marketing programs at many startups and small businesses. But is content marketing effective? There’s very useful insight, especially for B2B (business-to-business) marketers in a recently published 2014 Content Marketing Institute/MarketingProfs B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks Study. The study surveyed 1,217 marketers around the world in July and August 2013.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'By Patrick Bet-David, CEO of the PHP Agency, and author of “ Doing The Impossible: The 25 Laws for Doing The Impossible “ First it was The Great Recession that spiked the unemployment rate. Most recently, it was a government shutdown that furloughed 800,000 jobs. If there’s one thing that is certain, it’s that there’s no such thing as job security.
OnlyOnce
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'Startup CEO “Bibliography” A couple people who read Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business asked me if I would publish a list of all the other business books I refer to over the course of the book. Here it is — I guess in some respects an all-time favorite list for me of business books. The Lean Startup by Eric Ries.
ithacaVC
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'OnlyOnce is a great startup blog that Matt Blumberg writes (I don’t know Matt). Today, Matt published a great list of books called the Startup CEO “Bibliography” It is an awesome list that should be shared widely. In addition, the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute at Johnson also has a list of Blogs & Books that is worth checking out (there is some overlap with Matt’s list).
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