Mon.Feb 04, 2013

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Apple's iOS (iPhone 5) vs Android (Nexus 4) - My Thoughts

Babbling VC

I just received the Nexus 4 from Google last week as I felt it was time to get to know Android a bit. I'm so accustomed to the iPhone that I felt technology may be passing me by on iOS. I had played with various devices running different flavors of Android in the past. I wasn't impressed. What basically made me feel that it was time to change my mind was the raving reviews the Nexus 4 was getting.

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Great Entrepreneurs Build Deep People Connections

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurship is more about building a business than inventing a product. It’s more about the quality of the execution, rather than the quality of the idea. Most importantly, it’s more about being a proactive leader who connects to customers and the team deeply, rather than a bright light that struggles to be seen amidst the glare of a million other bright lights.

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The Real Deal: Art Mesher on ENTRUSTS the next Big Thing in Supply Chains and SaaS

deal architect

This continues a series of columns from practitioners I respect. The category "Real Deal" describes them well. I first met Art Mesher in 1995. We were both freshmen Gartner analysts and in class and bars he would passionately talk about.

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CallingCube – A Business Card In A New Dimension

YoungUpstarts

We all know the value of a good business card – it’s still one of the best tools for networking and marketing. But the business card has been around for over 100 years and it’s seen little innovation aside from the use of uncommon materials such as aluminum or plastic, or the implementation of QR codes to redirect recipients to an online webpage.

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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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Win8 like a first time visit to WalMart

deal architect

I have been playing with my Win8 Ultrabook for the last week, gradually exploring its features. My friend Louis Columbus tells me Microsoft has bought into “Personas” in its development philosophy simulating how different roles navigate its software. I think.

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Cloak Protects Your Devices On Public WiFi

YoungUpstarts

If you’re a frequent user of public WiFi but are fearful of having sensitive data being intercepted over such open networks, you may want to take a look at Cloak. Cloak ( https://www.getcloak.com/ ) is a VPN (Virtual Public Network) application for your iPhone, iPad and Mac computers that automatically detects unsafe connections and secures them, ensuring that your online sessions on sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Amazon are safe.

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The New SEO Method To Market Your Business

Mike Michalowicz

The goal of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for years and years was to make your blog , articles, videos and other content (like info-graphics) findable by search engines – ahem – Google. Visitors came second. The philosophy, and rightfully so, was that if you could get search engines to find you, you would draw lots of traffic (prospects).

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Why incumbents fail to respond to the threat of new entrants

The Equity Kicker

Fred Wilson posted yesterday about the emerging battle between Netflix and HBO. Netflix’s strategy of developing their own premium content is in full swing now that House of Cards has been released. For those that haven’t read about it (or, since Friday, seen it) House of Cards is a high budget, all-star-cast 13 episode drama series that Netflix has produced.

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Twitter hacked – reminder of connected Twitter apps

Eric Friedman

I was in the 250,000 or so users who “may” have had their Twitter account compromised last week. There has been a lot of speculation about whether or not this is connected to other security breaches elsewhere. I changed my password and actually audited where else I may have used this password – hopefully I am clear. However during the process Twitter reminded me of all the other sites/apps/services I have OAuth’d with in the past few years.

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Stocks Approach All-Time High (Who Cares)

Growthink Blog

The muted reaction to the major U.S. indices approaching all-times highs this past week felt a bit off for those that remember a time when folks that made their living recommending stocks were held in an almost mystical regard. Whether they be Wall Street investment analysts, venture capitalists, or even plain old stockbrokers, the bull markets of the 80s and 90s raised all boats and reputations.

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IP-Delivered TV: Are We There Yet?

Andrew Payne

I’ve started watching Netflix’s new original show, House of Cards. I’m only ~2 episodes in; it’s rough in some places, but I like it. It definitely has a unique feel and visual style. More deeply, it’s a $100m bet by Netflix they can “ become HBO faster than HBO can become us.” (One of the clearest strategy articulations I’ve heard in a long time.).

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The February cS Award and the January cS Award Winners!

crowdSPRING Blog

Back in 2011, we announced a monthly cS Award to honor quality work by designers and writers in the crowdSPRING community. The February cS Award. Last month we challenged users to find the best way to brand themselves or their companies. This month we want to continue the idea, but with words instead of pictures. How? We want you to write a short bio for your mySPRING Profile where we ask you to tell us a bit about you in the “ About me ” section.

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IP-Delivered TV: Are We There Yet?

Andrew Payne

I’ve started watching Netflix’s new original show, House of Cards. I’m only ~2 episodes in; it’s rough in some places, but I like it. It definitely has a unique feel and visual style. More deeply, it’s a $100m bet by Netflix they can “ become HBO faster than HBO can become us.” (One of the clearest strategy articulations I’ve heard in a long time.).

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The Structures of Social Enterprise

Business Plan Blog

'We are beginning to see more and more companies begin to blend their traditional corporate structures with a more modern obligation to philanthropy and social awareness. Social Entrepreneurism is on the rise and suddenly profit isn’t the only driving force behind big business. Across the nation, various legislations have passed to establish new corporate structures that aid the social entrepreneur in improving environmental, educational, social, and economic conditions.

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Tips for Using Postcards as Direct Mail Coupons

Up and Running

As a small business owner, you are probably always on the lookout for the most effective way to promote your company, to draw new customers, and to encourage current customers to do business with you again. One excellent way to encourage prospects and customers to use your services or purchase your products rather than your competitors’ is with coupons.

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Building a Consistent Blog Readership

Duct Tape Marketing

Many bloggers dream of writing that epic blog post. One that drives so much traffic, links and shares that the front page of Reddit is a foregone conclusion. photo credit: Ed Yourdon via photopin cc. Common wisdom suggests that to write anything even kind of like that you must plan and toil and slave over the writing until you’ve packed so much in there people must flock to it.