ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. Most startups fail. Not because they have a conversion problem but because they never really nail the product or how to market it. The product or website (be it software, e-commerce, or a service) might be awesome , but if it puts itself in front of the wrong market, or packages itself so the right market can’t figure out why it’s awesome, the startup will fail.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'Everyone knows that that startups are risky, but they also expect that the job will be exciting and potentially very lucrative (think early employees at Facebook and Google). Yet we have all heard stories about the high turnover, unstructured work environment, lower base pay, and unpredictable expectations from the top. Assuming you are lucky enough to get hired, what can you do to survive, and even stand out above the rest in this environment?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'By Brandon Peters. We are in a time of economic depression. Every rational individual who knows the value of money has definitely felt the undulating financial turbulence. This challenging reality requires us to make use of fresh ideas, accessible stocks and business acuity to be able to survive. For people who has no background on business and entrepreneurship, this could be too much to digest.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'Defrag is entering its seventh year of existence. That’s kind of amazing to me. What started as a simple email exchange between myself and Eric Norlin almost eight years ago resulted in a conference that has grown in importance, had meaningful impact on my thinking (and that of many others), and spawned other shows, most notably Gluecon. Most tech conferences don’t last seven years, and they certainly don’t get better with time.

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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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Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'In this episode of On A Roll, Mike Michalowicz share the details on the best movie for entrepreneurs. It is NOT what you think.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'Yesterday Forward Investment Partners (FIP) hosted an event on the TV advertising for our portfolio companies and close friends. We hired a room for around 70 people in the Radisson Blu on Bloomsbury St, collected some interesting data and organised presentations so that the audience could learn more about how online companies are using TV advertising to acquire customers and build brand.

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Start Up Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'Podcasting is back baby – and this time it’s bigger than ever. It seems as though after an initial flurry in the early web 2.0 era that people have rediscovered podcasting. Quite possible driven by quicker 3g downloads, smart phones and bigger data limits? – who knows. Let’s face it we can’t always give our eyeballs up while we are busy, but our ears can take in some vital information while working, exercising and doing pretty much anything.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'At the Blanton Museum Thursday night, nine teams of University of Texas at Austin student entrepreneurs took to the stage to pitch their startups. All of the companies spent the summer with the Austin Technology Incubator shaping their ideas, honing business plans, working with mentors and business partners and testing their marketplaces. “It speaks to […] The post Nine Companies Pitched at ATI’s SEAL Demo Day appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'How a Small Business Can Benefit from Big Data written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Big data is a hot topic these days. Just about every conference speaker I see mentions it at least once or twice in their presentation, particularly if there are big brands in the audience. But how can a small business benefit from something that seems so conceptual, so “I need an IT department and several data analysts?

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'Texas has 63 incubators and half of those are in the Central Texas region, said Pike Powers, partner at Fulbright & Jaworski and an advocate for technology economic development. But incubators can’t just be a real estate play, Powers said. They’ve got to be a combination of people, places, things and great ideas, he said. […] The post STAR Park at Texas State University Focuses on Innovation appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'Erik McMillan founder of BestFit Mobile is excited to announce the creation of the new start-up organization, BrickTrends, which will provide a first look at their technology at Demo Fall 2013.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'I had the chance to catch up with a really good friend yesterday, someone that I serve as a mentor for and who inspires me with his positive attitude and boundless energy. Several years ago he started a business to put on entertainment-based events and held his first event very successfully. After the event he assessed the effort required to pull the event off and the profit he made and decided to close the business down and instead work for his father’s business to get more practical exp

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “ Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we share a favorite video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or leader on a variety of topics. This week, we present Simon Sinek , a brilliant thinker and author. In this fascinating speech from a few years back (courtesy of TED ), Simon shares some words of wisdom for entrepreneurs, including the following: “Very, very few people or organizations know why they do what they do….

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'Matt Blumberg ‘s amazing new book Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business is out and shipping. The early reviews are great, including this detailed one from Tech Cocktail. Matt’s book is already having an impact in my world. At Cheezburger, we just added Scott Moore to the leadership team. Ben Huh, the founder/CEO who I adore and love working with, send out a powerful email about how he’s approaching Cheezburger’s next stage of growth, and how he’s

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'by Brian P. Moran, co-author of “ The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months “ You know that Big Important Thing you want (and maybe desperately need to do? Maybe it’s changing careers, or writing a book, or saving for retirement, or finally building the dream home you’ve talked about for years. Ever wondered why you can’t seem to just get it done?

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. He is currently CEO of Bubbly, a social media startup backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, and JAFCO. The company is one of the largest VC-backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60 million in funding. This is the third part of a four-part series that will provide insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia.

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