Wed.Sep 17, 2014

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Infor: Design+Value

deal architect

'I have written in past about Infor’s micro-vertical strategy and its quest with its internal design agency Hook +Loop to make enterprise software “beautiful”. I saw more of that at Inforum in New Orleans this week, but I also signs.

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Entrepreneurial Leadership Can Save Any Business

Startup Professionals Musings

'One of the realities of being an entrepreneur is that you have to keep learning and changing to survive. Everyone on the startup team knows there is no buffer, and no personal isolation from impact based on your job description that can save you. Thus everyone has to make sure they are focusing on what is important, and making leadership decisions to save the business.

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Interview from Inforum

deal architect

'Dave Vellante and Jeff Kelly interviewed me for The Cube at Inforum about Infor, my book on the SAP Economy and other enterprise vendor trends.

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5 Tips For Turning Parenting Dilemmas Into Lucrative Inventions

YoungUpstarts

'By Kaylee Wickline, inventor of the Potty Wiz. We’ve all been there – in the midst of raising your kids, you’ve likely stumbled across a parenting dilemma that made you think, there really needs to be a better way to manage this. Maybe it was just a thought, or maybe you came up with a great idea to solve the dilemma. Either way, the thought of moving forward with your thought or idea probably makes you a little nauseous when you consider all that’s involved.

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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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Bad Notes on VC

Gust

'This week. On the phone …. Me: So, you raised venture capital? Him: Yeah. We raised a seed round. About $1 million. Me: At what price? Him: It wasn’t priced. We raised a convertible note. Me: With a cap? Him: Yes, $8 million. Me: Ah. I see. So you did raise with a price. It’s just a maximum price. You’ll find out the minimum when the next round is raised.

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A Guide To Establishing And Maintaining Good Business Credit

YoungUpstarts

'By Brian Manson, Credit Manager at Balboa Capital. Nothing is more important to the health of a business than having access to credit. At some point most businesses need credit, whether it is to purchase new equipment or fund expansion projects. It is critical to understand how to build and maintain business credit because the strength of your business credit directly impacts whether future lenders will have the confidence to lend money to you.

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What We’ve Learned From Exhibiting

YoungUpstarts

'by Kayleigh Herbertson, on behalf of Vufold. Exhibitions pose an excellent opportunity to get some face-to-face time with potential clients. Whatever your area of business includes, we guarantee that there is an exhibition for your niche and that those who purchase tickets to attend are far closer to a conversion, perhaps even with your product in mind.

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Why you need to innovate on three horizons

Version One Ventures

'How does your startup think about innovation? Is it a new feature that gets incorporated into the next release? Is it a new market breakthrough that’s years away? I recently held a mini Tweetstorm where I opened the conversation to innovation across three horizons: short-term, mid-term, and long-term. Here’s more dissection on the topic beyond 140 characters….

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9 Metrics Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Their Business Offhand

Up and Running

'There’s no excuse for not knowing how much money you are taking in, or how many people have purchased your product. Yet you might be surprised how easily business owners are stumped by questions like these. That’s why we asked nine members from Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) what metrics all founders should be aware of — always.

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OneSpot Brings Relevance to Internet Ad Space

SiliconHills

'BY LESLIE ANNE JONES Reporter with Silicon Hills News Matt Cohen is an old-school content guy. Two decades ago Cohen built the Houston Chronicle’s first website and developed the paper’s digital strategy. At the paper, Cohen noted that whenever they did reader surveys, subscribers always ranked the paper-edition advertisements among the top three things they […] The post OneSpot Brings Relevance to Internet Ad Space appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Your Small Business Accountant – Your Small Business Consultant

Up and Running

'Think of turning to your accountant for advice on meeting your business goals. Here’s what you know: your accountant can do your taxes. Here’s what you might not know: your accountant can help you accomplish your business goals. Accountants build up both financial and business acumen throughout their careers, and they’re often willing to share their knowledge with clients.

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Improving engagement with ecommerce apps

The Equity Kicker

'Commerce is moving mobile and mobile is moving towards apps. M-commerce apps are, therefore, the way forward. We have investments in a couple ( Top10 for hotels and Stylect for shoes) and I expect we will do more going forward. We are taking a serious look at another one right now. However, maintaining user engagement can be challenging in m-commerce.

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Free Conversion Optimization Course #ConversionOctober

ConversionXL

'New business season has kicked-off. It’s time to get the revenue up, conversions rocking. And I want to help you master the essentials of conversion optimization. So – this October I’m offering a 100% free conversion optimization course. The course is over email: you will get 10 carefully crafted lessons delivered to your inbox. Topic covered in this course: Mindset of an optimizer: getting the basics right.

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Different Gets Noticed

Mike Michalowicz

'A guy with a spiked backpack walked by me at the airport. Maybe this backpack is something popular with kids. (He told me he bought it at Target during the back to school rush.) But we weren’t at a school. We were at the airport, and he was the only person (kids included) with a spikey backpack. Everyone he walked by gave the backpack a glance.

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Why you need to innovate on three horizons

Version One Ventures

'How does your startup think about innovation? Is it a new feature that gets incorporated into the next release? Is it a new market breakthrough that’s years away? I recently held a mini Tweetstorm where I opened the conversation to innovation across three horizons: short-term, mid-term, and long-term. Here’s more dissection on the topic beyond 140 characters….

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Colors, Apps and Cognitive Shortcuts

Start Up Blog

'I have my apps set up so that they will automatically update whenever I am connected to wifi. It’s pretty handy to have the latest version of something, assuming of course they make it better than the previous version. But what I’ve noticed recently, or more aptly haven’t noticed, is that apps have a habit of changing their logo, or colour scheme.

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Fresh from the SPRING: LuW

crowdSPRING Blog

'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 LuW. Check out more great work on LuW’s profile page. Nicely done, LuW, nicely done! Related posts: 12 Questions: Meet Emanuel H?rd?u? (Transylvania, Romania). 12 Questions: Meet Angus Griffin (England).

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Apply for SXSW Accelerator 2015

Austin Startup

'SXSW Accelerator returns for its seventh edition to showcase some of the most exciting startup innovations in technology – do you know a company that could be presenting?

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Free Conversion Optimization Course #ConversionOctober

ConversionXL

'New business season has kicked-off. It’s time to get the revenue up, conversions rocking. And I want to help you master the essentials of conversion optimization. So – this October I’m offering a 100% free conversion optimization course. The course is over email: you will get 10 carefully crafted lessons delivered to your inbox. Topic covered in this course: Mindset of an optimizer: getting the basics right.

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BeHome247 Strikes Partnership with Kaba to Make Products for the Vacation Rental Market

SiliconHills

'BeHome247, an Austin-based maker of automated controls for the home, has struck a partnership with Kaba Oracode, a maker of keyless door locks. Together, the company are going to work together to provide products for property managers active in the vacation rental market. The companies made the announcement at HomeAway’s RezFest 2014 in Nashville, the […] The post BeHome247 Strikes Partnership with Kaba to Make Products for the Vacation Rental Market appeared first on SiliconHills.

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If Your Goal is to Work for Yourself, What's with the Outside Investors?

Small Business Force

If you asked any aspiring or current entrepreneur the question "why become an entrepreneur?," a majority of the responses would be something like "to work for myself," or "to be in control of my destiny." Yet, invariably, once they explain their business concept, in the next breath, they will tell you that they will be raising "x" dollars to accomplish "y" tasks over the next "z" months.

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Who is the most important person in a tech/web startup (visionary, programmer, etc.)?

Gust

'Since Bill Hewlett joined with Dave Packard in 1939 to create what is today the world’s largest personal computer company, there has arisen an evergreen debate as to who is more important in starting a tech company: the techie or the business guy? Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniak? Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer? Jim Clark or Marc Andreessen? I propose that it is time to reject the notion of the “business guy” (or “business gal”) entirely.

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How to Lose an Employee in 10 Days [with Video]

Up and Running

'For our latest webinar, we discussed “How to Lose an Employee in 10 Days,” outlining major mistakes an entrepreneur or CEO should avoid if they want to hold onto valuable employees. I was joined in this webinar by Matt Rissell, the CEO of TSheets.com. If you’re not familiar with TSheets.com, they are a cloud hosted time tracking system.