Sat.Dec 20, 2014

article thumbnail

Early book reviews and highlights

deal architect

'Two weeks of book availability and nice to see the early reviews and comments. Don’t agree with all the comments, but love the discussion of a topic which is so important for the tech industry Amazon Customer Discussions CrowdChat Diginomica.

article thumbnail

The rise of Pakistan’s startup ecosystem: Shifting traditions and inward inspiration

The Next Web

'Kalsoom Lakhani is the Founder/CEO of Invest2Innovate, or i2i, which supports startups in new and untapped markets. Any ‘boom’ you hear in relation to a country like Pakistan is more likely literal than figurative. The country is likely to be the butt of a snarky Bill Maher joke than depicted in a positive light. Most news about Pakistan is negative – detailing bombings, targeted killings and political instability.

Pakistan 167
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Secret to Working Less Without Making Less

Duct Tape Marketing

'The Secret to Working Less Without Making Less 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 Jenna Dalton – Enjoy! photo credit: kroszk@. You want a life. You want a successful business. But is it possible to have both? Yes it is.

article thumbnail

3 ways to tell whether your metrics are tricking you

The Next Web

'This post originally appeared on the Evergage blog. B2B marketing can often feel like a big black box. While companies have access to a wealth of customer behavior analytics, these same data points can be extremely deceptive. Take a metric as simple as ‘time on page,’ for instance. If we notice audiences spending a good chunk of time on specific website sections, we might conclude that they’re engaged with our content.

Metrics 132
article thumbnail

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

article thumbnail

More Words of Wisdom from Elon Musk

Scott Edward Walker

'To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “ Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we share a favorite video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we again present Elon Musk , a brilliant entrepreneur and the co-founder of Tesla , SpaceX and PayPal. In this interesting, three-minute clip, Elon provides some solid advice to founders launching a startup, including the following: “Have a high pain threshold.

article thumbnail

Weekend Favs December Twenty

Duct Tape Marketing

'Weekend Favs December Twenty written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr or one that I took out there on the road.