Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2016

Photo Credit: Christopher Michel. Hunter Walk: I know you started Dogster, one of the seminal early online communities, but I don’t know Dogster’s founding story. How did the site come about? Ted Rheingold: In 2003 I owned and ran a web service business called OneMatchFire , and made a number of image sharing products for customers (or as side projects).

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 15, 2016

What drives your decision-making? Trick question. Two drivers are behind the wheel: system one and system two. Which system is driving right now? Which system was driving when you bought that new house? How about when you solved difficult math problems in Grade 11? As it turns out, logic is literally a scarce resource. So, if you’re making a truly rational argument, you’ll want to ensure you’re optimizing for system two.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2016

More than ever before, people want to buy from, work for, and invest in companies that matter. Whether you are an entrepreneur starting a new business, or a corporate executive seeking to revitalize a mature business, the challenge is the same – to become the obvious choice within the hearts and minds of your customers, your employees, and your chosen communities.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 15, 2016

By Dr. Karen M. Reddington, president, FedEx Express Asia Pacific. Is it unrealistic for us to expect small business to go global from day one? Not if we have the right policies in place. In the 21st century, businesses don’t need to be big to go global. Today, all they need is a mobile device, a shipping platform and a big idea. Even the smallest business has access to communications and technology tools that were beyond the reach of even large companies just 15 years ago, and SMEs are increasi

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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

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 15, 2016

I’m a solo runner. While I regularly get asked to go on runs with other people, I almost always decline, as one of my great joys is to run alone. There is one exception – I love to run with CEOs and founders of companies. There are some great stories about the outcomes from these, like my runs with TA McCann that resulted in our investment in Gist.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 15, 2016

As you prepare for an upcoming exhibition, one of the most important considerations to take into account is the design of your display. This is, after all, the central piece of collateral that is going to attract visitors to your booth and encourage them to engage with your on-site representatives. Without a well-designed display, it really doesn’t matter how compelling your marketing message or call to action is.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 15, 2016

By Dan Streeter and Tim Brown, co-authors of “ Old School with New Tools “. In the 2008 Olympics, Michael Phelps won the Gold Medal in the Men’s 100M butterfly, beating out Milorad Cavic by a mere.01 second. Literally, in the 1/30 th time it takes to blink, Phelps’s dreams were realized and Cavic’s dreams were dashed. Over the course of a sales person’s lifetime, it’s inevitable that you will face this same struggle.

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YFS Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2016

Accounting is an unavoidable part of self-employment. It is not only a mandatory requirement by the taxman, but can also help you control your business’ finances.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 15, 2016

By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News Nationwide the venture capital industry had one of its best years ever in 2015. And that’s true for Austin too. Austin ended the year with $740 million in VC investments, up 20 percent from 2014, in 99 deals, according to the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and […] The post Austin VC Investments up 20% in 2015 to $740 Million appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Start Up Blog

JANUARY 15, 2016

No one likes it when people are pushy… so the mere concept of a push notification as a name seems kinda wrong to me. The thing I’d really like when it comes to an notifications from an app is this: A gift of understanding. Unexpected, surprising, delightful from someone you like, trust and maybe even love. Information which is completely relevant and delivered just at the moment I need it.

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YFS Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2016

Here are seven awesome business ideas for every fresh-faced graduate who doesn’t have a ton of capital to invest in a business.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 15, 2016

Lawn care is a big business nationwide. But it’s a highly fragmented industry with a lot of mom and pop businesses. That’s where LawnStarter has found its sweet spot. The on-demand lawn care service has found success in Austin, Orlando, Florida and Washington, D.C. hooking up lawn care providers with customers and now it’s branching […] The post LawnStarter Expands to San Antonio and Four Other Markets appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 15, 2016

7 Steps For An Effective Social Media Marketing Plan written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit: pixabay. With 2016 under way, one thing is clear: social media is now a vital marketing channel for businesses of all sizes. The common question a few years ago, “why should our business use social media?”, is now being replaced with, “how can our business grow with social media marketing?”.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 15, 2016

j2 Global, based in Los Angeles, announced this week it has completed the acquisition of two Austin-based companies. j2 Global bought Offers.com, a digital media company based in Austin and MX Toolbox, founded in 2004, which provides managed IT services for small businesses worldwide. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Offers.com, a coupon, […] The post Two Austin-based Companies Acquired by j2 Global of Los Angeles appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Mucker Lab

JANUARY 15, 2016

The way we do everything has been turned upside down: how we read, how we communicate, how we get from point A to point B, how we eat and how we get help when we need it. We are living through the “ re-imagination — of nearly everything ,” and we are seeing this re-imagination very clearly within the self-help industry — an industry that was once dominated by headset-wearing gurus and their physical product lines of books, workbooks, VHS tapes and CDs.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 15, 2016

OneSpot announced this week it has hired Jon Driscoll as its chief revenue officer. Driscoll previously worked at Spredfast. At OneSpot, Driscoll will be responsible for sales strategy and business development. He reports directly to OneSpot CEO Steve Sachs. Austin-based OneSpot has created a content marketing platform and its clients include Kraft Heinz, Mondelēz International, […] The post OneSpot Hires Jon Driscoll as its Chief Revenue Officer appeared first on SiliconHills.

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