YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
By James Pooley, author of “ Secrets: Managing Information Assets in the Age of Cyberespionage “. You can be sure that most of your employees are active on social media. For younger ones, in fact, Facebooking, Instagramming, and Tweeting are as natural as breathing. But suppose an employee shared pictures of your product prototype? Posted a draft patent application your company was about to file?
Version One Ventures
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Back in July, we wrote about network effects in marketplaces and social platforms and how they are critical to defensibility. In the post, we talked about the difference between direct and indirect network effects, and how they may or may not relate to virality. Since then, we have been further developing our investment thesis on social platforms and want to add more nuance to the discussion.
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YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. I love it when entrepreneurs start a pitch with a “Big Vision” and end it with their how their idea will achieve “World Domination.” However, equally important is the ability for entrepreneurs to break down that path to world domination into realistic milestones that line up with funding rounds.
deal architect
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Availability - summer of 2017. Or later. Seriously, as I conclude in 2.0, S/4HANA will need to go through significant morphing and maturing I want to advise and observe customers implementing the 9 strategies I have in 2.0 to optimize/diversify.
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
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Entrepreneurs have always believed that their product or service must show real value to customers, but today the smart ones are even able to make their marketing valuable. The days are gone when marketing was all “pushing product.” Now customers seek out people who are willing and able to add value, with expertise and insight, even before they have a product.
deal architect
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Pleased to be part of a joint webinar with Panaya Sr. Director of SAP Product, Nir Paikowsky, on the truth, complexity and trends behind S/4HANA. Register here for the session on Tuesday, September 29 at 1 pm US est. Panaya.
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YFS Magazine
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
I strongly believe in the power of working remotely — it gets employees away from the office and helps them balance their busy lives. But remote work comes with its own challenges.
Hearpreneur
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
The idea of exactly what your business is going to be usually comes first. Secondly, most often, is giving a title to your idea. What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Some people turn to their childhood for inspiration or a beloved family pet. It could be a made up word you dream of one night and feel it has the right ring to it. Even still there are some people who study foreign words for the perfect meaning behind their chosen business.
The Equity Kicker
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
As you might have seen we launched The Path Forward last week as a guide for ecommerce and marketplace entrepreneurs in their first year (diagram above). We’ve been using it internally for a while and we’ve noticed that we find it easiest to get excited about startups that are at Step 1: Valid Idea, and Step 3: Valuable Business. When we meet new companies at Step 2: Valued Product, entrepreneurs have made choices and started down a path which inevitably shuts off some opportunities
ConversionXL
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Lots of people on the internet are running tests, can I just copy their winning tests? Let other people do the failing, I’ll just test (or implement) the winning stuff. Good idea, right? Using other people’s A/B test results has been popularized by sites like WhichTestWon , and blog posts boasting about ridiculous uplifts (most of those tests actually NOT run correctly, stopped too soon – be skeptical of any case study without absolute numbers published).
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
[ Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] I had the pleasure of living with Navid Moazzez for a week in San Diego in a house Natalie Sisson rented. It was a lot of fun living with so many online marketers and lifestyle entrepreneurs. Before. The post Navid Moazzez: How To Make Up To $40,000 A Month Hosting Your Own Online Virtual Summit appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com. [ Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] I had the plea
SiliconHills
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News Austin’s healthcare landscape is poised to change dramatically with the new Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas, said Josh Jones-Dilworth. Dilworth is a member of The Fifty, a group of Austin residents who have committed to raise $50 million to help finance the new […] The post Innovation is Key to the Future of Austin’s Healthcare Industry appeared first on SiliconHills.
Growthink Blog
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
In a recent post , I talked about what businesspeople can learn from the world of sports as to leveraging data and metrics to improve decision-making and get a leg up on the competition. The discussion that followed piqued that age-old question always asked by Sport-Crazy Businesspeople : How much from can we really learn and put to use in our businesses the various lessons and principles from sports and games?
YFS Magazine
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Here are five ways you can inject more drive, passion, and energy into your company.
crowdSPRING Blog
SEPTEMBER 16, 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 jendralpiggy. Check out more great work on jendralpiggy ’s profile page. Nicely done, jendralpiggy, nicely done! Related posts: Fresh from the SPRING: GoldBug. Fresh from the SPRING: ReesQ.
Duct Tape Marketing
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Why Landing Pages Are So Useful For Your Website written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Rick Perrault and Oli Gardner. Landing pages are no longer a nice thing dreamed up by Internet marketer types to squeeze people into marketing funnels. No, landing pages are a thing. They are foundational in terms of lead capture and guiding people along the path they choose to take.
Jeff Hilimire
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
I was reflecting recently on the ways that I find out about things. News about what’s going on in the world, what’s up with my friends, etc. I decided to take a quick inventory on the apps and devices I use on a daily basis to stay informed on such things. (in order of most used / where I learn the most). Industry news (news on mobile, technology, gaming, etc.): Flipboard on my phone.
Seeing Both Sides
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Every fall, I deliver a presentation at Harvard's iLab, open to the community, on what makes the Boston startup scene so special. It has become a nice opportunity to step back and appreciate all the rich resources entrepreneurs have at their fingertips in the Boston community. Here is this year's version (which I'm delivering this afternoon), complete with a lot of updated content and data on our local tech hub: . .
entrepreMusings
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Tibetan monks creating an intricate mandala that they will soon wipe away to illustrate the impermanence of life events. Later they will throw the colored sand into a nearby river and then start the process over again. Life seems to have a lot of rejection, failure, and unmet expectations in between occasions of blissful acceptance, success, peace, and happiness.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
You have to teach entrepreneurs how to fish rather than serving dinner for them. And wishing you had asked for help much earlier in a startup. Giving help and getting help. Those were the messages from the two latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111. Frank Rimalovski. Frank Rimalovski , executive director of the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute joined me in the studio to discuss how the Entrepreneurial Institute is transforming the culture at NYU; a
Brandanew
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Yesterday, I met up with the CEO and founder of an Ann Arbor Startup- High Five Pedal tours. Dave Cicotte, is on to the last week of his full time job, before he takes the final plunge. He is aiming at a St. Patrick’s day (March 14, 2016) launch and was naturally full of excitement. I’m a week and a half old in Ann Arbor, Michigan, so it was quite interesting to talk to another Startup founder over a falafel wrap.
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
If you’re interested in writing for Bplans on a regular basis , we want to hear from you. If it’s a once-off submission however, please use our single contribution form. Otherwise, read on! We’re looking for smart writers with a good knowledge of what it takes to start a small business, to get a business funded, or to work through the various aspects of planning a venture.
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