deal architect

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

'I read this week Klout “is evolving from a service that told you how much influence you had in terms of a numerical value, to a service that now tells you why you’re influential and how you can improve on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

'Successful entrepreneurs, like Tony Hsieh of Zappos and Casey Sheahan of Patagonia , have long since realized that influence is no longer something that you do to someone to get what you want, but requires listening and relationship building to do what they want, with a win-win outcome. We now live in a world where even subtle persuasion efforts are suspect.

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Startup Reputation Social Media Entrepreneur 254

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

'Adam Benzion is the founder of Entirely —a Seattle startup focused on social innovation, keen on connecting more people in more places to create special things together. . “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.” -Steve Jobs. It’s Tuesday morning.

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Seattle United States Cofounder Demand 158

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

'1. The attention you get from saying something intelligent and thoughtful comes slower and in smaller amounts than the attention you get from being controversial, but it lasts longer, compounding over time. 2. Focus on the topics you care about and that you find interesting, not what everyone else is talking about. 3. Take a position and stand for something, but be open to learning from others. 4.

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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

Gust

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

'The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has very strict rules about who can raise investment funds for privately held businesses, and how they are allowed to go about doing it. At the moment, this is primarily limited to raising money from very rich people who qualify as Accredited Investors , and with whom you already have a pre-existing relationship.

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Accredited Investor Securities and Exchange Commission Equity Security 128

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

'In case you’ve been living under a rock — in Antarctica — the economy is still sputtering back to health. The “new” economy is uncomfortable (still) to everyone, including your employees. You may be too busy trying to keep them on the payroll to notice that your staff is a little on edge. (Hint: If your marketing guy shows up to work wearing nothing but bicycle shorts and a pink wig, it’s a sure sign that your crew is in need of a few office perks like, yesterday.).

Employee 101

Employee Stock Leadership Programming 101

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

'Weekend Favs February Eight 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.

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