YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 7, 2014
'It is surprising just how much admin is involved in running a company, especially one-man operations where the budget is simply not there to employ a secretary. The owner simply drowns in paperwork, failing to keep on top of invoices and bills and often incurs hefty fines for non-payment due to a mislaid tax form. All too many new businesses fail because of this sort of problem.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 7, 2014
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YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 7, 2014
'By Jacqueline Whitmore, author of “ Poised for Success: Mastering the Four Qualities That Distinguish Outstanding Professionals ” They say it’s who you know that counts, which is what makes networking events so appealing to most people. But what if you’re an introvert? What if you’re not good in social situations? Are you doomed from ever excelling in business because it’s hard for you to meet the right people?
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 7, 2014
'After a year of zero travel for business, I’ve started to venture out into the world again. I just got back from my third business trip this summer – this time to Seattle for the past three days. After 20+ years of traveling 67%+ of the time for work, I was sick of it. So I’m wandering back in with a little trepidation. I’ve decided to take a very different approach.
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
AUGUST 7, 2014
'As a small business owner, you are very much aware of some of the expenses facing you in the first couple of years. One of the expenses you may not have considered is insurance. In the back of your mind, you know you need it. But perhaps you have put off the big decision because of how difficult it can be to get accurate information and advice. Most of the information and advice we get about insurance comes from the insurance industry.
David Teten
AUGUST 7, 2014
'Oscar Wilde said that a cynic is a “a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.” A startup CEO should know both. One of the most powerful levers a CEO has to impact profitability is pricing. Typically, a 1% price increase has more than twice the impact on profit of a 1% volume increase. However, optimizing pricing is hard enough for the CEO of an established company, let alone a startup with a new service, often for a new market.
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SiliconHills
AUGUST 7, 2014
'By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News In December of 2011, Facebook bought Austin-based Gowalla and relocated a bunch of its workers to Palo Alto. Sherry Birk, director of recruiting at Gowalla, moved with them. She later left Facebook to join another startup: Dropbox, based in San Francisco. But Birk longed to get back […] The post Dropbox Cultivates an Austin Culture and Continues to Hire and Expand appeared first on SiliconHills.
Up and Running
AUGUST 7, 2014
'Most companies are continually looking for ways to get an edge over their competitors, and a time-honored method is simply to spy on the other guys. Technically, it falls under the category of market research, unless, of course, it’s actual spying. But, we’re not going to get into corporate espionage here—we’ll stick with the “market research” strategies that are legal, if somewhat sneaky.
Mike Michalowicz
AUGUST 7, 2014
'Never forget where you came from, there a countless lessons buried in your past. Never let your past define you though. The lessons are for learning not for defining. The post Where You Came From appeared first on Mike Michalowicz.
Berkonomics
AUGUST 7, 2014
'Let’s focus not upon the process of marketing and positioning, but on you. How should you become the best marketer you can be, even if you are a first time entrepreneur or a seasoned CEO? There’s an answer for that. The title of this insight helps us find a formula: LALA. Berkonomics books available at www.berkus.com. Listen! The first rule of marketing and positioning is to listen to the marketplace.
The Entrepreneurial Mind
AUGUST 7, 2014
'The Entrepreneurial Mind : Jason Moore. Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Tumblr Stumble Digg Delicious The post Healthcare Entrepreneur Jason Moore Stops by for a Visit appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.
Early Growth Financial Services
AUGUST 7, 2014
'This might be a hard pill to swallow, but less than 1% of entrepreneurs succeed in raising funding. Female founders fare even worse: with new research from HBS, MIT’s Sloan School, and Wharton quantifying “a profound and consistent gender gap in entrepreneurship.” Want to know how to set yourself up beat the odds? Angela Lee of 37 Angels and Sirk Roh, EGFS’ Chief Operating Officer kicked off our recent webinar on raising capital.
ConversionXL
AUGUST 7, 2014
'This is the first of a two-part series on mobile conversion and how to improve it. It’s based on thousands of user tests conducted by UserTesting , the leading usability testing service for mobile apps and websites. If there’s a consensus about anything in the fast-changing mobile market, it’s the idea that mobile eCommerce conversions are lower than they are on personal computers.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 7, 2014
'By Richard Weinberger, PhD, CPA, CEO of the Association of Accredited Small Business Consultants and author of “ Propel Your Small Business to Success: Accelerated Actions to Maximize Profit “ You’ve developed a solid marketing plan. You have competent sales assistants inside your company, and good sales reps on the road. Your customer services gets good ratings, and your products get great reviews.
Up and Running
AUGUST 7, 2014
'Is it OK to fail? Most people believe that failure is something to be embarrassed about, or to sweep under the rug. But is there something about owning our failures that gives us the keys to succeed? Included below are 15 quotes from some of history’s greatest known thinkers and leaders on why failure doesn’t have to be as devastating as we think.
Duct Tape Marketing
AUGUST 7, 2014
'How Mobile Marketing is Changing the Face of Events written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. It’s guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s post comes from Adam Hope. ‘Mobile marketing’ Image Credit: Osman Kalkavan. In today’s increasingly mobile world, more and more marketers are focusing their activity primarily at mobile users.
The Equity Kicker
AUGUST 7, 2014
'I read two facts this morning that got me thinking about how TV will look in the future: YouTube stars are more popular than mainstream celebs with US teens. 16-24 year olds watch substantially less TV (50% of watching activities vs 69% for all adults) and more YouTube (8% of watching activities vs 2% for all adults) – see this Tweet from Benedict Evans.
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