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Why Solving Big Food & Healthcare Problems Will Yield Spectacular Companies

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve spoken before about our desire at Upfront Ventures to fund really big ideas that solve hard problems, are science led and if successful will both have a positive effect on people’s lives as well as make great financial returns. We’re not Pollyannaish about this. We believe that it is incrementally harder to differentiate on simple Internet products or mobile apps and while great companies are built doing this, our goal as a fund is to try and fund things that can be 100x returns if they wor

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3 Ways Structure Can Take Your Tech Startup To New Heights

YoungUpstarts

by Gadiel Morantes , chief revenue officer at Early Growth Financial Services. A Jenga tower is a precariously built one. Just as likely to crumble from the pulling of an important piece as it is from being breathed on, the structure of the blocks determines the game’s outcome. Think of a tech startup the same way. Its long-term health relies on a multitude of factors, some evident and others completely out of left field.

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Developer Powered Innovation

SVPG

There is a very common fallacy about developers in our industry, and I think it hurts countless companies. Have you ever heard the old accusation that developers only want to solve problems for themselves? They’ll spend countless hours, often on their own time, to create amazing tools for themselves and the developers they work with. But just try to get them excited about building something for “the business” or “the customer" and good luck.

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In Tough Conversations, Seek To Complete, Not Compete

YoungUpstarts

by Lynne Cunningham, MPA, author of “ Taking Conversations from Difficult to Doable: 3 Models to Master Tough Conversations ” At some point you will have to have a difficult conversation at work. There’s just no way around it. Whether you’re giving not-so-positive feedback to an employee, broaching a sensitive issue with a coworker, or even confronting a moody employee, there will come a time when you need to bite the proverbial bullet and just say what needs saying.

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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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Google is pushing towards a post app world

The Equity Kicker

Apps take us away from the web and away from search, and as such are a big problem for Google. Worse still, Apple customers are searching direct from the OS using Spotlight, threatening Google’s monopoly on search. No surprise then that Google announced to services at I/O that usher in a post-app world. The first was Android Instant Apps which allows you to use native apps almost instantaneously by clicking on a link from the browser.

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It’s Raining Insults In Austin & I’m Sad.

Austin Startup

My car just crossed the 27,000 mile mark. This is relevant and important because I have run-flat tires which are awesome but they don’t… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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When It Comes To Business, What Do You Bring To The Table?

YFS Magazine

I challenge you to personally consider what you bring to the table when it comes to business relationships and ask your team to do the same.

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Joining The B Team

VC Adventure

For a long time I’ve been fascinated by the intersection between entrepreneurship and social change. When I say that I’m not describing social entrepreneurship (a term I really don’t like; it’s not a subset of entrepreneurship, it’s simply “entrepreneurship”) or impact investing, at least not as they’re commonly understood in the current business lexicon.

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4 Benefits Of Hiring Family Members

YFS Magazine

Despite these very real concerns, in my experience, there are a number of advantages to having your own flesh and blood on your team.

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Google Gives Grants to Austin Public Library Foundation for Digital Inclusion Program

SiliconHills

The benefits of having Google Fiber in Austin go far beyond higher broadband speeds. That can be seen in Google’s latest gift to the Austin Public Library Friends Foundation. This week, Google and Google Fiber awarded $145,000 to the foundation to support a new digital inclusion program. The funds will go to buy new videoconferencing […] The post Google Gives Grants to Austin Public Library Foundation for Digital Inclusion Program appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Why Linear Funnels Are a Simplified Reality (and What to Do About It)

ConversionXL

Would you rather optimize the path your visitor will actually take or optimize the path you think he should take? If you’d rather the former, then there’s something you need to know about linear funnels… they’re not a completely accurate representation of reality. The question is, what should you do about it and what is an accurate representation of reality?

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Bloomfire Lands $12.8 Million in Funding

SiliconHills

Bloomfire, which makes a software platform for companies to share information, Thursday announced it has closed on $12.8 million in Series B funding from Austin Ventures. Bloomfire plans to use the funds to hire more people for its sales and marketing teams and on research and development of its platform. “This capital shows that Bloomfire […] The post Bloomfire Lands $12.8 Million in Funding appeared first on SiliconHills.

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I want to go forward, not backward.

Austin Startup

So, Glenn Beck wrote this piece called What disturbed me about the Facebook meeting. It was a very interesting take on a meeting between… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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Naturally Caffeinated eBook on Austin Entrepreneurship Available to Download for Free

SiliconHills

By Steve Guengerich Special to Silicon Hills News I’m excited to announce that a revised and updated 2016 edition of the Naturally Caffeinated ebook is now available for download. (For the impatient among you, you can scroll to the bottom for the download link!) 2016 Edition Highlights Guest Contributors Whereas the original ebook was only […] The post Naturally Caffeinated eBook on Austin Entrepreneurship Available to Download for Free appeared first on SiliconHills.

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It’s All Personal

Austin Startup

May 22, 2016: Enough about TNC’s this week. That issue continues to dominate social media in Austin, but let’s get back to our own… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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The Top 3 Tools to Create Your Marketing Presentation

Duct Tape Marketing

The Top 3 Tools to Create Your Marketing Presentation written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit: Pexels. You are a small business owner. As such, you are constantly in search for new opportunities because you want to grow your business. Now, let us say that you found a potential customer and they are now asking you to send your company’s presentation.

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Hire “Jacks” (and “Jills”)

Berkonomics

Sometimes you need to hire a specialist already trained in a single narrow task. But for most of us, we’d do far better hiring someone who has proven from past experience to be a “jack of all trades” able to fill many positions, do many tasks, learn and perform in many situations. You’d be going against the grain of advice by many who state that trained, experienced new hires will benefit the organization, raise the level of enterprise expertise, and fit in and contribute immediately.

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