Wed.Sep 30, 2015

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What Can You Do if a VC Pulls Their Term Sheet?

Both Sides of the Table

What Can You Do if a VC Pulls Their Term Sheet? I was asked to answer this exact question on Quora and I did so some time ago. The beauty of evergreen content is that it resurfaces all the time and it is as relevant today as it was years ago when I answered it. One of my favorite ways to resurface content is when I see people on Twitter put out a Tweet linking to an old post.

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Postmodern ERP Strategies: Next-Gen Application Management

deal architect

Another in the series of postmodern ERP Strategies. While these are excerpted from SAP Nation 2.0, the concepts can be applied to many other ERP environments. One of the largest cost components in the SAP economy is application management, much.

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8 Steps to Exit Your Startup With Pride And Profit

Startup Professionals Musings

Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur. Although many won’t admit it, true entrepreneurs can’t wait to exit their current startup, and build a new and better one with their next great idea. In addition, current investors want to see every startup go public or be acquired, as an exit event, so they can get their due return for that investment which has been tied up for the last few years.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere show No. 4: David Lerner and Gary Marcus

Steve Blank

Growing interest in entrepreneurship is driving a culture change across Columbia University. And Silicon Valley’s pay-it-forward culture is a huge help to startup founders. Culture matters whether you’re starting up or helping others to do so. That was the message from the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111.

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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

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The Sandbox And The Titanic

YoungUpstarts

by Jaime Bancroft Gennaro, CEO of Neologic. A recent New York Times article about the culture at Amazon has put this topic at the front of everyone’s minds… again. And it created some discord between my husband and I. As a business owner, developing a positive company culture and supporting employees is incredibly important to me. The employee stories that surfaced as a result of the Amazon article made me cringe.

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How To Tell A Remarkable Product Story!

Brandanew

We have all heard great brand stories. The story of an aspiring entrepreneur with humble means overcoming all obstacles with his wit and perseverance is always a good read. But have you ever thought about product stories? Do they work too? Sure it depends on the product. But if you really have a unique and innovative product, it is possible to create a story that entertains, creates awareness and also enhances its value in the eyes of the customers.

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Price of Admission Is An Amazing Product

Feld Thoughts

As I read about the unveiling of the Tesla Model X , I have two thoughts. The first one is “I want” (hint: Amy – you need to replace your red Range Rover.) The second is that price of admission is an amazing product. Indulge me while I go on an amazing product rant from our portfolio. Glowforge is turning 3D printing inside out by using a laser to cut and engrave, instead of an extruder to, well, extrude.

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3 Things To Look For When Shopping Around For International Currency Exchange

YoungUpstarts

Companies that are growing to the point where they are doing business internationally face a number of considerations. Among the most practical is how to get currency transferred to another form, while saving the most money. With so many independent currency companies to choose from, not to mention conventional solutions like banks and Paypal, it can be difficult to find the best.

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Tips for Investing in Startups if You're a Celebrity

This is going to be BIG.

I've wanted to write this post for a while, but now that my friend Beth has joined WME, feels like the perfect time to do it. I don't really know many celebrities. If I threw a dinner party in NYC, I think I could get Morgan Spurlock, Gabrielle Corcos & Debi Mazar, Carmelo Anthony, and maybe former Met pitcher Glendon Rusch if he happened to be in NYC as we're randomly Twitter friends.

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6 Business Lessons I Learned From Horseback Riding

YFS Magazine

Whatever you may be pursuing in your business, take a lesson from my horse Love and set yourself up for success.

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100 Dancing Robots

Feld Thoughts

I saw this video earlier today and it delighted me. I love Sphero. The post 100 Dancing Robots appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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How to Conduct a Sales Call Without Sounding Like a Desperate Jerk

Up and Running

Have you ever felt the dread of picking up the phone to conduct a sales call? Do you ever feel like a sleazy car salesman when you’re delivering the same sales pitch over and over? If so, you’re not alone. Unfortunately, sales is hands down the most important part of starting, growing, and sustaining a business. The good news is, sales calls don’t have to be painful or demeaning.

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4 Reasons Why Women Should Test Drive Their Inner #Girlboss

YFS Magazine

We’re in the age of the female entrepreneur. Even the.

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Fresh from the SPRING: JALdesigns

crowdSPRING Blog

When perusing our galleries here on crowdSPRING, we see some amazing work submitted in the projects. Today, we noticed this gem submitted in this logo project. Let us start the slow clap for JALdesigns. Check out more great work on JALdesigns ’ profile page. Nicely done, JALdesigns, nicely done! Related posts: Fresh from the SPRING: GoldBug. Fresh from the SPRING: ReesQ.

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A Tale of Two Businesses

Growthink Blog

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.” There is no better imagery of what it is like to compete in modern business than this famous opening paragraph from Charles Dickens' The Tale of Two Cities.

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San Antonio-based Aperion Biologics Files to Go Public

SiliconHills

A San Antonio medical device company has filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise $20 million under the federal government’s newly passed crowdfunding rules. Under the new SEC Regulation A + rules, Aperion Biologics could raise up to $50 million. It checked the box on its registration statement for a Tier 2 […] The post San Antonio-based Aperion Biologics Files to Go Public appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Entrepreneur Makes Best of Opportunities in Food Industry

The Entrepreneurial Mind

The Entrepreneurial Mind : Tom Morales of TomKats and Acme Feed & Seed shares his incredible story of entrepreneurship in the Food Industry. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious. The post Entrepreneur Makes Best of Opportunities in Food Industry appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.

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The Peace Dividend of the Seed Surge

Bryce Dot VC

A lot of things have changed since we started OATV 10 yrs ago. Back then, we struggled to articulate and shape a funding gap that fell somewhere between angel investors and traditional VCs. The investment firms that emerged to fill that funding gap took on a number of names in those early years- super angels, micro VCs- eventually settling on the term seed funds.

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Finding and Selling to a Hidden Influencer

Duct Tape Marketing

Finding and Selling to a Hidden Influencer written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Matthew Dixon. The way people buy has changed just about everything about sales and marketing today. The way people buy in B2B has grown so complex that just understanding the buying landscape is half of the battle. My guest today for the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Matthew Dixon, co-author of The Challenger Customer: Selling to the Hidden Influencer That Can Multiply Yo

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How To Visualize A/B Test Results

ConversionXL

You may be wondering, “why should I make my own visualization of my A/B test results?” Because the A/B testing tools in the market already provide you all the necessary tables and graphs, right? They tell you when an A/B test is significant and what the expected uplift is. So why bother? The thing is, these tables and graphs are comprehensible when you – a data driven analyst – take a look at them.

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