Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2014

'Savvy entrepreneurs start testing their ideas on potential customers even before the concept is fully cooked. They have enough confidence in their ability to deliver that they dont worry about someone stealing the idea to get there first, and they dont forget to listen carefully to critical feedback. They become walking public relations machines for themselves, as well as their idea.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 9, 2014

'Ilya Pozin is a serial entrepreneur, writer and investor. He is the founder of online video entertainment platformPluto.TV, social greeting card companyOpen Me, and digital marketing agencyCiplex. Receiving an offer from a huge, established company like Facebook is a dream come true. Suddenly youre imagining the great perks like a huge salary, free lunches and plain bragging to your friends about who you work for.

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Salary Web Video Entrepreneur 167

Gust

AUGUST 9, 2014

'Take your choice (these are both real, honest-to-God pitches, and I’ve got the originals in my possession): Contestant A. CluelessCo is an internet startup company seeking $2 million of equity financing to fund our company for at least one year. CluelessCo will become the main consumer outlet for the internet, digital cable and satellite TV, and cell phones and PDAs.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 9, 2014

'Research from Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC) reveals that in 2013, US venture capitalistscommitted $29.4 billion to 3,995 deals, with investments in internet-specific companies reaching the highest total since 2001. The idea is simple. Venture capitalists fund projects that demonstrate a high probability of success. These investments represent the next generation of technologies and grow to become the next Facebooks and Googles of the world.

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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

Startup

SiliconHills

AUGUST 9, 2014

'When the temperatures hit triple digits in Austin, many homeowners dont want to mow the lawn. A new startup, part of Techstars in Austin, has a solution. LawnStarter, founded in August of 2013, wants to take the pain out of lawn maintenance by hooking up homeowners with lawn care crews. The company officially launched this […] The post LawnStarter Launches in Austin to Simplify Lawn Care for Consumers appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup 89

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 9, 2014

'Weekend Favs August Nine written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr or one that I took out there on the road.

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Social Media Small Business Media Management 60