Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2015

'As an entrepreneur mentor and startup investor, I see with sadness the 50 to 90 percent that fail. If you ask them for a reason, most will insist that they couldn’t get funding, or they ran out of money too early. But I’m not convinced that it’s as simple as that. Many are just not facing the reality that their passion had a critical business flaw.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 9, 2015

'It can often be difficult to manage your business when you are not in the office. Of course, while it’s true that you can have a colleague handle things for you, some tasks are best handled personally. So, how can you do this when you are away from your desk? Thanks to the marvels of modern technology, it’s pretty easy to manage your business on the road!

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 9, 2015

'Ben Franklin is one of my heroes, along with Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, and a few others. As I start my march through reading books about American presidents , I figured I’d start with a famous American who was never a president but was deeply involved in creating the situation where there could be American presidents. I’m a big fan of Walter Isaacson and his biographies (I’ve read many of them.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 9, 2015

'by Geoffrey James, author of “ Business Without the Bullsh*t: 49 Secrets and Shortcuts You Need to Know “. There are 12 types of bosses, each with a different management style. Everyone needs a field guide to identify which type of boss they’ve got and how to get the most out of the experience. Here are the 12 types of bosses: 1. The Visionary.

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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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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 9, 2015

'Very very neat way of rationalising "I invest in people" by @paulg cc @brisbourne @cee [link]. — Nilan (@nilanp) January 9, 2015. This Tweet from our friend Nilan Peris in my feed this morning led me to re-read Paul Graham’s essay from December: How to be an expert in a changing world. The main point is that in a world of accelerating change predicting the future is very hard and the most important thing is to retain an open mind and not get stuck with obsolete beliefs.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 9, 2015

'MyTime allows people to book appointments online without any hassle. The app launched last November in Austin and lists more than 18,000 local businesses. It lets people book everything from haircuts to dog groomings to massages easily online. “We’ve all experienced the frustration of booking appointments by phone,” said Ethan Anderson, founder of MyTime. “You’re […] The post MyTime Launches and Finds Austin Less “Bougie” than Dallas and Houston appeared firs

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 9, 2015

'AustinStartup.com, the blog created by serial tech entrepreneur Bryan Menell, has ceased to publish. Menell wrote a post to his readers just before the holidays informing them of his plans to shutter his blog, but to keep up a tech entrepreneurial resource page listing accelerators, venture investors, groups, co-working sites, angel organizations and publications.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2015

'Using Large Business Tactics on a Small Business Budget written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. It’s guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing, and today’s guest post is from Jesse Aaron – Enjoy! You won’t find your local pizza shop in the Super Bowl advertising line-up, but you will find Papa John’s there.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 9, 2015

'You can’t do it all by yourself. I don’t care how brilliant you are, at some point, if you want to scale up your business, you’re going to have to trust and empower your employees to make key decisions for you. It’s tough. I know it is, but it’s also necessary if you want your company to grow. The reluctance to empower your staff can be the single factor that limits your growth if you don’t find a way to overcome that reluctance.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 9, 2015

'Tragedy will not stop the creative mind nor the creative process. It’s time once more for our weekly roundup! Great links and articles we shared with you over the past week on our crowdSPRING Twitter account (as well as my own Twitter account ). We do like to talk about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff!

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