Sun.May 26, 2013

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Why We Choose Safety Over Excellence (And How To Reprogram)

YoungUpstarts

'by Christine Comaford, author of “ SmartTribes: How Teams Become Brilliant Together “ Brett is over the moon. He has just received a long-awaited promotion and with it the opportunity to present to his firm’s key clients. But his excitement is short-lived: In almost every client meeting, he freezes up and stumbles over the material despite the fact that he knows it well.

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More New Florence

deal architect

'On the Innovation blog The Walking Billboard The next generation of UI Essay Grading Software Home theater with small room and budget The Amazing logistics of the Afghanistan withdrawal The Long Data of the PGA Tour The “Glass Collective” A.

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8 Reasons All Angel Investor Money May Not Be Equal

Startup Professionals Musings

'A few angel investors have slipped or fallen from their lofty perch, so entrepreneurs must take great care to validate the character and reputation of every prospective investor. The entrepreneur’s tendency to be in a huge hurry to obtain the funding can end up being disastrous, and play into the hands of these less scrupulous investors. Many entrepreneurs believe all money is created equal.

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I ate the bones

deal architect

'We are such creatures of habit. KFC has been running commercials like below. For decades they have convinced us the Colonel’s original, “secret” recipe had not changed. So, this is a clever way of introducing their boneless, skinless version of. Little to do with IT, but interesting!

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

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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Abstainer vs. Moderator

Feld Thoughts

'I love summer – it’s by far my favorite season of the year. While the summer solstice (6/21) is the official beginning of summer, I always view summer as being bookended by Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend. So – for me, summer has begun. As I was walking Brooks this morning for his early morning poop, I pondered the dynamic of “abstainer” vs. “moderator” which Amy pointed out to me comes from Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project.

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Pricing Strategies: 13 Articles You Need to Read

ConversionXL

'Most businesses struggle with their product pricing strategies. Am I charging too much or too little? What’s the price elasticity like? How can I grow sales with the right pricing? Here’s one answer that you’re not going to like: there is no one magical pricing strategy. However, you CAN make more money by doing it better and actually having some strategy in your pricing.

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Platform thinking: How to disrupt Craigslist

The Next Web

'Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Sangeet Paul Choudary, who analyzes business models for internet startups at his blog Platformed.info. You can follow Sangeet on Twitter at @sanguit. Craigslist , that ugly set of electric-blue links that still stands around like an exhibit from the museum of early web design. Poor design and a general lack of features haven’t come in the way of the site’s popularity.

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