Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2014

'I’m a cynic by nature. And I think it pays to be so. I sometimes wish I were an unbridled, happy-go-lucky, assume-the-best-in-everybody sort of chappy. Sadly, I’m not. You know the old Groucho Marx saying, “I would never join a club that would accept me as a member.” I always loved that line. So whenever I get a deal sent my way that is from out of town and seems amazing but seems almost too good to be true, my first thought is always, “Why am I so lucky?

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

'Mikael Cho is the co-founder of ooomf , a network that connects short-term software projects with handpicked developers and designers. Mikael writes about psychology, startups, and product marketing over on the ooomf blog. I didn’t know what I was going to write about today. When this happens, normally I grab a coffee to help get the ideas flowing, but for the last few days in Montreal, no one’s been allowed to drink the water due to a bacteria leakage, which also means, no coffee.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2014

'Most people shop online to find lower prices, right? I mean, let’s look at the research. A study from eMarketer.com suggests that 38% of people shop online because of lower prices. Forrester also found that 27% of consumers will sacrifice their shopping cart in the name of a better deal. If competitor’s prices have been dropping & your cart abandonment rates have been getting higher, don’t panic.

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deal architect

JANUARY 16, 2014

'On the New Florence blog, I have tracked the steady growth of crowdsourcing. For the longest time it was about bite size tasks which could be sourced through Amazon Mechanical Turk or contractor sites like eLance. But you can see.

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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

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 16, 2014

'Singapore-based upstart broadband provider MyRepublic has made waves since they entered the competitive market back in 2012 ; its most recent industry disruption was its announcement last week for its plan to provide a 1 Gbps broadband service package at an extremely aggressive price of S49.99 per month. Today, the service provider upped the ante by announcing MyGigNation, an initiative to attract and entice local independent developers to create, build and test Gigabit-level applications.

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deal architect

JANUARY 16, 2014

'First entry this year in a series on innovation from places you do not typically expect much innovation from The Invisible Bike Helmet – Sweden Big Data of International Technology Patents – Washington, US TGVLabs – France Florida Poly Futuristic.

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Rembrandt Communications

JANUARY 16, 2014

'3 Quick Tips to Find the Right Writer How much should you pay for someone to write your content? Many business owners ask me this question, and there are three, main things you should consider to find the right writer. 1. Specify Your Goals. What are your overall goals for this content? Do you want […].

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 16, 2014

'When Jelly launched a week ago, it was amazing to see how quickly the app got traction – over 100K questions were asked during the first week. Certainly, Jelly’s high profile team (co-founder Biz Stone , and individual investors like Jack Dorsey , Bono, and Al Gore ) helped spark widespread speculation and buzz leading up to the launch. In addition, Jelly leverages users’ existing social graphs on Twitter and Facebook , so it immediately overcame the cold-start problem most platforms and market

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 16, 2014

'By LESLIE ANNE JONES Reporter with Silicon Hills News Though she runs a gifting website, Sara Rodell says sourcing presents wasn’t a natural talent of hers. “I was a stressed-out gifter,” she said, but a few years ago she became so obsessed with removing the stress involved in gift-giving that she quit her stock broker […] The post E-commerce Startup Loop & Tie Makes Tasteful Gifting Speedy appeared first on SiliconHills.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 16, 2014

'Tony Fadell is the man of the moment. Nest , the connected thermostat and smoke alarm company he founded in 2010 has just been acquired by Google for $3.2bn. I hear that in it’s three years of existence Nest got it’s thermostat into 1% of US homes and hit revenues of $100m (not sure if that’s trailing or projected). Before Nest Tony played a leading role at Apple brining the iPod to market.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 16, 2014

'What Happens When Your Mind Turns Against You… It’s 5am and I’m lying in bed. I’ve been awake for an hour and I just can’t fall back to sleep. Sometimes I wake up from a dream, sometimes a noise from the neighbourhood, or Ramses my cat decides he wants breakfast. Whatever the trigger, once I am up, unless I … Read the rest of this entry » The post How To Relax A Sleep Deprived Mind And Get Back To Sleep appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 16, 2014

'Athenahealth, an electronic health care records provider, plans to expand in Austin creating 607 jobs and investing more than $13 million. The Texas Enterprise Fund is providing $5 million to the company. In addition, the City of Austin next Thursday will vote on a request to provide an economic development grant worth $679,000, during the […] The post Athenahealth Plans to Create 607 Jobs in Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 16, 2014

'Recently made available by Y Combinator, the SAFE investment instrument is intended to improve on the highly popular convertible note used by startups during the seed stage or as a short-term bridge between equity rounds.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 16, 2014

'This Friday, 27 Austin startups will compete for a spot in the Challenge Cup. They are competing in four categories. In the education category, the startups are: Young Potential Development, Prepify, CultureBooster, Code Arcade and Aceable. In energy, the startups are: Water Lens, nCarbon, MaglevTrans, InfiniRel and Curb. In health, the largest category, the startups […] The post The Challenge Cup Competition Takes Place at Capital Factory on Friday appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 16, 2014

'Your New Competitive Advantage (It’s Not What You Think) 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 Gabriel Mays – Enjoy! What’s your competitive advantage? When we hear competitive advantage we often think of what we can see: brand identity, marketing strategy, etc.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 16, 2014

'The University of Texas at Austin is a hotbed of startup activity. Last year, the University claimed the number seven spot on Entrepreneur Magazine’s list of the most entrepreneurial colleges in the nation. And the Longhorn Entrepreneurship Agency, part of student government at UT, plans to showcase some of the state’s most accomplished PC entrepreneurs […] The post UT Entrepreneurship Week to Feature Michael Dell and Rod Canion appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Diego Basch

JANUARY 16, 2014

'There’s a subtle point that escapes most people buying bitcoin these days: Bitcoins are not exactly something you own. Rather, they are something you know. Let’s say you you buy a bitcoin, and you transfer it to an address. The world now knows that there is one BTC there. This is public information. What the world doesn’t know is the key to use that money.

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Early Growth Financial Services

JANUARY 16, 2014

'Originally published on Startup Nation. What’s the one top habit that makes you most productive? This was the question StartupNation asked of 16 successful entrepreneurs. The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, the YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses v

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

'Bryce Keane is an Australian expat now living in London. He is co-founder of international start-up community event organisation 3beards and founder and director of Albion Drive , a fully integrated communicaitons agency for entrepreneurs and challenger brands. Last November, Sydney-based startup Freelancer.com – a global outsourcing marketplace (and now largest global rival to oDesk ), with offices in London, Buenos Aires, Manila and Jakarta – debuted on the Australian Securities Exchange w

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 16, 2014

'Over the holiday I blew through the book, The 4-Hour Work Week , by Tim Ferriss in about three days. It’s interesting because a great deal of what he talks about doesn’t apply to me. For instance, he gives rather compelling advice on how to create small businesses, automate them and then travel the world most of the time. Cool, but not something that I’ll be doing any time soon.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 16, 2014

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 16, 2014

'By JJ Richa. Dave’s note: Our guest insight this week is from JJ Richa. JJ is a successful entrepreneur and technologist giving back to the entrepreneurial. community in many ways, including his weekly Internet TV program on entrepreneurism, and participation in several mentoring programs. . Business partnerships have their advantages and disadvantages.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 16, 2014

'“ Google Is About to Let Total Strangers Email You ,” a tech site warned. Imagine my total lack of alarm, given that, best as I can tell, total strangers can already contact me if they can find my email address, which isn’t too hard since it’s listed publicly in plenty of places. OMG strangers! was just one of many strong reactions to the news that Google was opting Gmail users in to a confusing new feature.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 16, 2014

'By Jonathan Barsade, founder and CEO of Exactor, Inc. When you’re running a small business, it’s important to keep your focus on satisfying customers and generating profits. Administrative tasks like tax management, while certainly a necessary part of doing business, are time consuming, especially when done manually. That is why it is important to automate and outsource as many of these administrative tasks as possible.

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