Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
A startup is not a part-time activity. Trying to do a startup while keeping your day job may doom you to failure. So will failing to understand your customers. Successful founders have a laser-like focus and commitment; a keen understanding of customers’ needs; and a tenacious spirit, said the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111.
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
If your future career involves dentistry, you’re in luck—there are a growing number of opportunities for dentists. While routine services like cleanings and filling cavities are always in demand, new research shows a growing number of people are interested in cosmetic dentistry, such as whitening services and implants. As demand grows, so does the annual salary.
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deal architect
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Dear Dr. Plattner: I read your latest rant about Oracle and I felt vindicated in writing in SAP Nation that Oracle is Moby Dick to SAP’s Ahab. You are obsessed with that whale – in the past you would complain.
Brandanew
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
We are storytelling animals. And so, before you ask yourself what can storytelling offer to your business, think back on what you engage with as a person. Looking at the hundreds of thousands of years of storytelling history, we can see how storytelling has evolved. And there have been changes in businesses storytelling as well. What began with small brochures , television ads to very sophisticated content marketing strategies, we’ve come a long way.
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
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out later, after a stumble, that the pain of lost relationships is greater than the loss of their beloved startup. Other entrepreneurs never start their adventure, because they can’t face the prospect of even approaching friends and family for an investment kick-start.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
By Abigail Steinberg, author of “ Recipe for Success: An Insider’s Guide to Bringing Your Natural Food to Market “ I have always been fascinated by start-ups, dreaming big, and being an entrepreneur. Zevia Natural Soda was a brand I helped build, nearly from conception. It all started for me in Los Angeles. I was making short films, working with major networks like the NFL, had a two-year first look deal with DreamWorks, and living an artistic life.
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YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
by TX Zhuo , managing partner at Karlin Ventures. Uber has been on fire lately. As Scott Reeder of the Chicago Sun-Times proclaims that ride-hailing service Uber and the sharing economy are here to stay , leaders from industries across the spectrum are trying to decipher the secret to the company’s success. The short answer is relatively simple: Uber, unlike many startups, has already figured out how to make money.
YFS Magazine
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Forget buzzwords and useless phrases that are often perceived as red flags at work. The best way to communicate with your team, investors and customers is to say the right things.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Thanks to advanced technology, people have been able to change the way that they do business and the way that they work as employees. One of the latest trends to emerge is the use of virtual offices. Would your startup business benefit from a virtual office too? Check out the benefits of this type of office below to see why it’s such a popular option, as well as to determine if it would really work with your business model.
OnlyOnce
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
One of the things I’ve learned over the years is that as the organization scales, you have to be all-in, until you’re not. What the heck does that mean? It means that, other than confiding your indecision to a very small number of trusted advisors on a given issue, indecision is poison to the people around you and to the organization in general.
The Equity Kicker
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Finding the right balance between skepticism and openness is important for everybody. Being overly skeptical makes one curmudgeonly and to be too open is to be gullible. Neither is good. Scientist Carl Sagan put it like this (credit b rainpickings ): It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas.
Hunter Walker
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Scaling retail businesses take a very special type of focus and leadership. Philz CEO Jacob Jaber shares what it’s taken for his company to grow beyond their local footprint. Hunter Walk: When we spoke in January of last year , you said Philz was in the “people serving” business and you had 14 Philz locations. You’re still serving people with love (and great coffee) but have opened quite a few new stores since then.
YFS Magazine
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
When you get serious about online marketing you will inevitably learn about the importance of content marketing across various platforms.
SiliconHills
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Selfbucks, which makes dynamic marketing platforms for retail stores and brands, announced this week it has closed its Series A funding and raised $6.5 million. To date, the Austin-based company, founded in 2013, has raised $11.5 million, according to its CrunchBase profile. With the latest funds, Shelfbucks plans to rollout its platform nationwide to even […] The post Shelfbucks Lands $6.5 Million in Venture Capital appeared first on SiliconHills.
Andrew Payne
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
The big news in the machine learning/deep learning world this week is Google’s release of TensorFlow , their deep learning toolkit. This has prompted some to ask: why would they give away “crown jewels” for such a strategic technology? The question is best answered with a machine learning joke (paraphrased): “ the winners usually have the most data, not the best algorithms ”.
SiliconHills
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News They were a group of space geeks, scientists, engineers and artists who met at NASA but, because of cutbacks in the U.S. space program, considered they might never get a chance to slip the bonds of earth’s orbit. So instead, they started a company to tackle two […] The post Austin-based Re:3D Makes 3D Printers for People Who Think Big appeared first on SiliconHills.
ConversionXL
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
“Men have become the tools of their tools” – Henry David Thoreau. Whether you’re a conversion optimization agency, consultant, or in-house at a startup or enterprise, investing in the right conversion optimization tool is a big decision. We’re asked often whether a tool is good, bad, or downright awful, and until now, haven’t put it all together into a cohesive post – until now.
SiliconHills
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Zebra Imaging, which specializes in 3d holographic visualization technology, Wednesday announced it has acquired Austin-based Rattan Software, a research and development firm. Austin-based Zebra Imaging reports the acquisition will accelerate its ability to leverage advanced 3D light-field technology in upcoming holographic display products. Zebra Imaging develops 3D digital holographic images, hologram imagers and interactive 3D […] The post Zebra Imaging Buys Austin-based Rattan Software
crowdSPRING Blog
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
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 mel_mh. Check out more great work on mel_mh ’s profile page. Nicely done, mel_mh, nicely done! Related posts: Fresh from the SPRING: uniquemind. Fresh from the SPRING: GoldBug.
Jeff Hilimire
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
ChoreMonster is blowing my mind. Before ChoreMonster, our 10-year old and 8-year old would get an allowance every Sunday. They had chores they were supposed to do, and usually the did them throughout the week, but not always. And of course, not with a happy attitude about it. Since we work hard at Dragon Army to understand the science of gaming (or, “gamification”) and how it applies to experiences we build for our clients, I decided to give ChoreMonster a chance.
Duct Tape Marketing
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Revisiting Linchpin with Seth Godin written by Alex Boyer read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Seth Godin. I think Linchpin might be my favorite book of the dozen or so book written by Seth Godin. Seth has been a long time supporter of Duct Tape Marketing first adding my blog to something he called Bull Marketing way back in 2004 or so.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
By Mike Song, lead author of “ The Hamster Revolution: How to Manage Your Email Before It Manages You “ As Hillary Clinton, CIA leaders, Sony executives and countless other professionals have recently learned, a single email can damage your career aspirations, reputation, marriage or company’s stock price. Here are 3 useful strategies that every professional should use to avoid getting destroyed by email and other forms of e-communication: 1.
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