The Equity Kicker
JUNE 9, 2014
'Last week I wrote that a $1m revenue run rate and 20% month-on-month growth is a good benchmark to assess whether a transactional company is ready for a Series A, and then over the weekend I had a conversation on Twitter about whether investing in companies with a $1m revenue run rate was ‘venture’ capital or ‘growth’ capital.
Jeff Hilimire
JUNE 9, 2014
'It’s been long hypothesized that our phones will ultimately become our personal assistants. And with the movie, Her , I suppose some think our phones could become more than just friends ;). Apple’s Siri started our ability to actually begin talking to our phones. I was still using an iPhone when Siri came out and I mostly was using her it to voice dial while driving.
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YoungUpstarts
JUNE 9, 2014
'‘Moonlighting’ is a term that often means you’re working a secondary job (usually at night, hence the name), but now it’s sort of shifted toward this idea of seeking the type of work that defines your lifestyle. I did this for a good while to a good degree. While holding my full-time position working at an e-commerce company, I spent my afternoons blogging, writing, producing video, graphic design, and doing everything I could to bring in additional income.
The Next Web
JUNE 9, 2014
'Aye Moah is the Chief of Product and co-founder of Baydin, an email productivity company. A few weeks after releasing Boomerang for Gmail to the world, we started receiving inquiries from our users asking how they could donate some money or “tip us” in appreciation of our hard work. We also heard from users who insisted they wouldn’t rely on a free tool as part of their email workflow — after all, free tools disappear all the time!
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
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 9, 2014
'If you’re an event hound – as in, you love finding events around the world to attend – you’d know it’s actually extremely challenging to search online to hunt down the type of events you may actually piques your interest. Short of spending too much time Googling, there isn’t really a good resource for that – but Qalendra.com aims to fill that gap.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 9, 2014
'I had my first good run in over two months. It was only 3.2 miles, but the weather was perfect and I felt great. On March 30th, I ran 12.2 miles. It was a horrible run – I couldn’t breathe well from the beginning of the run. We’d just gotten back from a week of vacation in Mexico and I’d done 27 miles in the past five days. It was my third to last week of training before the Boston Marathon and I was planning on capping off a heavy week with a 15+ miles.
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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
JUNE 9, 2014
'In 2010, at 62 years old, Joel Friedlander decided to get back into the industry he left many years prior – independent book publishing. [ Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ]. He started a blog, The Book Designer , which focuses on elements of book design like spacing, margin, typography and layout.
Up and Running
JUNE 9, 2014
'When Garry Polmateer started a consulting firm in 2010, he and his small team of employees were hungry and eager to make it in the business world. Garry Polmateer says you shouldn’t bid on every project that comes your way. Their business, Red Argyle, helps small businesses utilize a cloud-based sales program called SalesForce. In the beginning, Polmateer was bidding on every project he could find just to expand his customer base.
SiliconHills
JUNE 9, 2014
'Ingrid Vanderveldt’s last day as Dell’s Entrepreneur in Residence was Saturday. “It was a dream come true,” Vanderveldt said. “We more than accomplished what we set out to do to. I’m just so proud of the team and of Dell. Dell has a visionary commitment to women worldwide. It’s just been an honor to be […] The post Ingrid Vanderveldt Ends Reign as Dell’s First Entrepreneur in Residence appeared first on SiliconHills.
Duct Tape Marketing
JUNE 9, 2014
'5 Tools to Make Your Email Smarter, Faster, Better written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. I believe that email is with us for a while longer. Despite the attempts of well meaning app makers and social networks, email is not dead. In fact, I get a ton of email from those same social networks that were going to kill email off. photo credit: tompagenet via photopin cc.
Start Up Blog
JUNE 9, 2014
'In terms of financial wealth there is an equation which determines the amount money people acquire over their lifetime. And while monetary wealth is only a small part of living a life of great wealth (I prefer the 12 enduring riches ) it is certainly worth knowing this equation and applying it to our daily economics. In a modern society a financial existence is unavoidable, and so it make sense to keep tis equation in mind.
The Entrepreneurial Mind
JUNE 9, 2014
'ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFILE : Wood Stone Ovens. Wood Stone Ovens , based in Bellingham, Washington, sells its restaurant cooking equipment to customers in more than 75 countries. The company realized an unexpected benefit from its international sales activities. As its sales team traveled to meet with customers around the globe, they came back with many new product ideas.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 9, 2014
'by Rob Wilson, CEO of Employco USA. We live in a digital world where the details of our lives are constantly promoted on social media channels. It’s become the new norm to post pictures of weekend activities, relationship woes and even job happenings. Employers are in a unique position when it comes to social media. They can use the various outlets to screen candidates, monitor employee activity and can potentially have access into their employees’ personal lives.
Start Up Blog
JUNE 9, 2014
'I’ve had a lot of stuff buzzing around my head for the last few years. My local readers get their share when we have coffee. Recently I’ve put together a manifesto from my mind in the form of my debut book: The Great Fragmentation – why the future of business is small. . It is being published with Wiley and comes out mid July. Here’s a picture of the cover below and below that I’ve got some offers for readers of startup blog.
VC Cafe
JUNE 9, 2014
'Mobile applications are a lousy business. More than 60% of applications earn less than $500 per month. And the market is getting worse every day. By 2018, Gartner predicts that less than.01% of mobile applications will be financially successful. As developers grow increasingly desperate for monetization, Amazon (which runs its own app store in 200 countries) identified success factors of the Top 50 applications.
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