YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2014

'by Paul Zane Pilzer and Rick Lindquist, authors of “ The End of Employer-Provided Health Insurance: Why It’s Good for You and Your Company “ U.S. companies can no longer afford to provide group health insurance to their employees. There. We said it. Consider this stark statistic: In 2013, as a group, Fortune 500 companies spent more on health insurance than they earned in profits.

Software Review 224

Software Review Employee Retention Government 224

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 2, 2014

'One of my favorite aspects of the tech industry is that behind the noise, the tweets, the press headlines, there’s a depth of operator-founders who build amazing, lasting and valuable companies. My friend Russ Fradin is one of those people and my bet is that most of the folks who read my blog don’t know Russ. He’s currently cofounder/CEO of Dynamic Signal which helps companies involve their employees in enterprise social media – he calls it an “OS for advocacy.R

Entrepreneur 132

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Cofounder Founder 132

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2014

'Should your company set up telecommuting? This may seem like a straightforward question that can be answered with a “yes” or “no.” However, when you really pause to think about it, it’s a lot more complex than initially thought. There are many things to consider. In particular, three issues must be addressed; let’s take a closer look at each one of these questions: One – What policy guidelines need to be established?

Technical Review 178

Technical Review IP Employee Lean 178

Software By Rob

DECEMBER 2, 2014

'I’ve just released a 2-hour audio documentary chronicling the story of building and launching my latest startup, Drip. Launch. A Startup Documentary was compiled and edited from 9 months of Skype calls between myself and my software developer, with an epilogue recorded 1-year later (about 2 weeks ago). From the honeymoon period of “green field” development to the sleepless nights of database failures, Launch captures the real-life angst of building a startup.

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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

DECEMBER 2, 2014

'by Ian Cowley, managing director of www.cartridgesave.co.uk. You may have noticed that the world doesn’t work 9-5 any more. Regardless of what a company’s business is, chances are your workers would like to work earlier, work later, get unscheduled time off, work from home or work remotely. The way we live in 2014 means the demands of home and work need careful juggling.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Retention Employee Management 174

Software By Rob

DECEMBER 2, 2014

I’ve just released a 2-hour audio documentary chronicling the story of building and launching my latest startup, Drip. Launch. A Startup Documentary was compiled and edited from 9 months of Skype calls between myself and my software developer, with an epilogue recorded 1-year later (about 2 weeks ago). From the honeymoon period of “green field” development to the sleepless nights of database failures, Launch captures the real-life angst of building a startup.

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Audio Hockey Stick Database Green 27

The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 2, 2014

'I just read Ev Williams’ 10 Rules for Startups and I love No. 7 Be Greedy. I changed it to ‘Get Income’ in the title because that’s what he really means. Here’s the rule, quoted in full. #7: Be Greedy. It’s always good to have options. One of the best ways to do that is to have income. While it’s true that traffic is now again actually worth something , the give-everything-away-and-make-it-up-on-volume strategy stamps an expiration date on your company

Startup 121

Startup Acquisition eCommerce Social Network 121

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 2, 2014

'Three years ago today, I grabbed the domain name BrooklynBridgeVentures.com. It''s kind of a funny answer to "When did you start Brooklyn Bridge Ventures?". What might be a more relevant date is May 22nd, 2007. That''s the day I sat down for lunch at Coffee Shop with Henry Blodget, just six days after Silicon Alley Insider launched. Henry told me that I should start a fund--me, a 27 year old former VC analyst turned product manager with no MBA at a startup that wasn''t really headed in any part

Venture Capital 110

Venture Capital Stock Naming Technology 110

VC Adventure

DECEMBER 2, 2014

'There’s a great scene in Office Space where the movie’s heroes check their ATM balance after one of them has written a program to scrape tenths of pennies off of Paymetech (the movie’s fictional company) transactions. The guys figure this action will both go unnoticed and also generate a relatively modest sum for them. Instead when they check their balance it turns out that the sum of their tiny rounding transactions actually equated to over $ 400k to them over a weekend!

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Colorado Aggregator Stock Equity 87

Early Growth Financial Services

DECEMBER 2, 2014

'Guest post contributed by Michael Dunwirth, Cofounder and CEO of SNAPCARD. You’ve probably heard about Bitcoin in some context or other during the past few years, and you might be curious about how it could affect your small business. If you’ve done any research on Bitcoin, you’ve probably found that much of the information that currently exists can be hard for new users to understand.

Small Business 57

Small Business Cofounder Operations Technology 57

VC Adventure

DECEMBER 2, 2014

There’s a great scene in Office Space where the movie’s heroes check their ATM balance after one of them has written a program to scrape tenths of pennies off of Paymetech (the movie’s fictional company) transactions. The guys figure this action will both go unnoticed and also generate a relatively modest sum for them. Instead when they check their balance it turns out that the sum of their tiny rounding transactions actually equated to over $400k to them over a weekend!

Colorado 61

Colorado Aggregator Stock Equity 61