YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'American business magazine Forbes has announced its list of “ The Best Small Companies in America “ for 2013, with Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc topping the rankings of 100 small businesses based on earnings growth, sales growth and return on equity in the past 12 months and over five years. Those companies that were considered by Forbes were publicly traded for at least a year, generated annual revenue between $5 million and $1 billion and boasted a stock price no lower than $5 a

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deal architect

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'Infor pre-briefed me about their Dynamic Enterprise Performance Management platform planned for release later this year. Every ERP vendor feels compelled to keep up with all the noise around SAP HANA and Oracle Exalytics and in-memory switch. Mercifully, Infor kept.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'SPROCKIT 2014 , a year-round program by NAB Show and World Series of Start-Ups that showcases elite emerging companies in media and entertainment and introduces them to industry influencers and decision-makers, is again looking for startups to participate in the coming year’s program. Returning to NAB Show for the second consecutive year, SPROCKIT 2014 will triple in size and accommodate up to 30 startups this time.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'Juan Pablo Cappello is an investor in more than twenty early stage companies. He is also the co-founder of Idea.me, Sauber Energy, and the LAB Miami. Juan Pablo was a partner in Patagon.com and was elected “Top 50 Entrepreneur” by Business Leader Magazine. His blog can be found at www.jpc.vc. From my personal experience, Latin Americans often see Internet and the tech scene as the magical potion that’ll make us more like our idealized image of North Americans.

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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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Rembrandt Communications

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'Use this word as a crutch, and your public relations, SEO content strategy and marketing efforts can suffer! It’s that time of year when the leaves are changing, and the smell of the new season is in the air. There’s also a host of frightful decorations and haunted houses popping up – not to […].

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'Last night I had dinner with my partners and our significant others. It was a wonderful evening with the three people I work most closely with, the people they love, and the most important person on the planet to me. Earlier this year I had dinner with Jamey Sperans, one of our investors. Late into the night we talked about a variety of things at an outdoor restaurant in Philly under the heat lamps as a chilly spring night unfolded.

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'I travel a lot. My basic routine? Airport to hotel via taxi. And hotel to airport via taxi. I was scammed once by a taxi driver. I was in an unfamiliar city and waved down a cab to get a ride to the airport. It took forty five minutes to get there. The taxi fare was $75 (before the tip). In the airport I met with a colleague and he asked me why I was running late, considering the airport was only ten minutes from the hotel.

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Funded companies, which are performing well, get nice offices and free lunches for their employees, said Mike Dodd, partner with Austin Ventures. Mass Relevance is one of its portfolio companies that is doing quite well. And on Wednesday, the company hosted a panel discussion about successfully raising […] The post VCs and Founders Give Advice on Funding a Startup appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'During the few years I was running CrankyAds , an advertising management tool for bloggers, I spent quite a bit of time researching the online advertising space. One of my primary goals for this research was to find a way to deal with two issues -. Banner advertising sucks, and… There has to be a better way of doing online … Read the rest of this entry » The post Why Facebook Might Beat Google At The Online Advertising Game appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com.

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News It was a big day for startups to learn about design in Austin Wednesday. An evening panel for Startup Week, From Idea to Product, was led by Adrian Taylor of Pushstart Creative. Panelists were Aaron Vorn Eigen, also of Pushstart, Patrick Barrett, co-founder of Greater Good Labs, […] The post Experts Say: Design Can Make or Break a Startup’s Success, appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'Design isn’t just pixels and beauty; it’s about producing emotional connections with consumers. The rise of design coincides with the mass adoption of smartphones and tablets. This isn’t a coincidence. These devices are heavily anthropomorphic. You hold them in your hands, close to your body. You touch, pinch, swipe and stroke to produced desired outcomes.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'Many CEOs have asked me if I felt an investment banker adds value if the buyer has already been identified. Investment bankers sometimes slow the process by requiring a “deal book” to be prepared containing considerable information about a company to help a buyer. Deal books are expensive to create. Other investment bankers insist that the company create competition for a deal, even if the buyer has already submitted a letter of interest to the seller.

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Start Up Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'There is nothing more common in startup land than to hear the advice of remaining focused. I used to believe this myself, but recently I’ve changed my view. I’ve changed my view because I think we focus too soon. We tend to focus when we think the idea or the space is we are playing in is hot. We should only focus once we have real in market validation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'10 Practical Uses for Landing Pages written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing photo credit: RayMorris1 via photopin cc. I like landing pages a bunch. I’ve written about Why Landing Pages Are a Must and I’ve had the really smart Oli Gardner from Unbounce write a guest post about How to Create Highly Converting Landing Pages.

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'Yesterday was a great day at Dragon Army. We submitted our first app to the Apple App Store and celebrated with champagne (thanks Adam for the gift, it is now a piece of Dragon Army lore!). We aren’t sharing what it is yet, but if you join our beta list you’ll be one of the first to know! ( Amanda , Ryan , Richard and Justin …and me behind the camera – the current army – celebrating our first app submission).

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'Podcasting: The Referral Engine Multiplier 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 Ben Krueger – Enjoy! photo credit: HarryLeaks. When all the dust settles, marketing is about exposure and engagement. Who has heard of your brand, and what opinions have they formed about your offering?

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Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'Last Thursday, Tech Coast Angels hosted their 7th Annual Quick Pitch Competition at Qualcomm headquarters. The lobby bustled with impressive ideas, hungry entrepreneurs and a sprinkling of angels looking for opportunities. Linda Wells, Executive Director said, “The primary objective for the Quick Pitch is to foster the entrepreneurial spirit and promote investment opportunities.” And it did.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'Backblaze CEO Gleb Budman embodies the entrepreneurial spirit. He started his first business at age 15 and ran it until he went off to college at UC Berkeley. When Gleb was in business school at Berkeley he founded NetRelevance – his professors liked his business plan so much that they used it in the Haas School of Business as a teaching tool. Two more entrepreneurial ventures later, Gleb cofounded online backup provider Backblaze to help consumers affordably, automatically, and safely back up

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Bryce Dot VC

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'“ 66% of angels lost money on first-round investments in tech startups (and a majority generated no return whatsoever). More important, he ran a mathematical simulation that showed that median returns varied greatly with portfolio size. Namely, the more investments, the better. Simeonov learned that with five portfolio companies, the median return was break-even.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'I have been following the NSF I-Corps experiment since its inception and have been pleasantly surprised by its growth and expanding reach. GWU, University of Maryland and Virginia Tech have taken the lead in our region (the DC I-Corps ) and have some great people working on the program. I came across a piece from Stephanie Baum at Med City News highlighting some of the innovative teams and projects taking part.

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Early Growth Financial Services

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'In the very early-stages, your startup finance strategy may be pretty straightforward. You need to establish your accounting platform and systems, including accounts receivable and accounts payable. You are going to want to identify the best payroll and banking solution for your company. And you definitely want to give some thought to tax considerations.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'At first glance, Venice Beach-based Lettuce might seem like a typical venture-backed startup with its sleek order and inventory management iPad app, but the story of the company’s founding is one of the most unusual origin tales I’ve ever heard. Lettuce co-founder and CEO Raad Mobrem actually began building the company as a class assignment for an entrepreneurship class at UC Santa Barbara.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2013

'Until the recent recession, market research indicated that as many as 90 percent of the roughly 20 million American small business owners were motivated more by lifestyle than growth and money. Since 2008, the desire for profits has trumped passion in 54 percent of new startups, according to a more recent study. It seems that everyone wants to make a quick buck these days.

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