Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

'If you have a software development background like mine, Im sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 8, 2014

'Borys Musielak is the founder and CEO of Filmaster. When we raised a seed round for Filmaster from a German fund HackFwd in Spring of 2011, we were one of the first Polish startups to work with a foreign investor. Traditionally, Web companies in Poland were focused on the local market of 40 million people, which seemed big enough to scale their business.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 8, 2014

'…but the hustle is sold separately. I love this picture that was doing the rounds on Twitter this morning. In English-English we would say something like ideas are cheap, and execution is everything. This is soooo much better. Dreams are more exciting than ideas and ‘hustle’ captures the work of startups much better than ‘execution’, particularly at the early stages.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 8, 2014

'Erik Torenberg is Product Hunts first hire. This article originally appeared on the CMX Hub. Ive been thinking about building online and offline communities for the past few years. Community isat the center of what I do, from planning in-person events (rap cyphers, book clubs, happy hours) to creating online and scalable communities (rapt.fm,Product Hunt).

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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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Up and Running

AUGUST 8, 2014

'Let’s face it: developing a marketing budget for a small business is usually not a very big priority. Typically, we just don’t have enough money to warrant having a formal marketing budget. Sometimes we just ignore doing one because it’s depressing. After all, if you don’t have any money to put towards a marketing budget, what’s the point of creating one?

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A Crowded Space

AUGUST 8, 2014

'Liz Gannes published a well-done series on the on-demand economy on Recode. She talks about the rise of food delivery startups, on-demand rides, on-demand laundry services, etc. There is certainly a huge wave of these startups that are all harnessing the power of having every worker walking around with a GPS-enabled smartphone (as I’ve said before, the smartphone is a great logistics device). .

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Up and Running

AUGUST 8, 2014

'It seems like today’s hottest startups and small businesses are being led by 20-something wunderkinds. So, if you’re over 30, does it mean that it’s too late to start your own business? We asked our Bplans.com executive team, as well as friends on LinkedIn , and they had some interesting answers. “What is the right age to start a business?

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

AUGUST 8, 2014

'The Entrepreneurial Mind : Tom Haarlander and Arciplex. Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Tumblr Stumble Digg Delicious The post Entrepreneur Recognizes Importance of Culture appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 8, 2014

'Promotional gear, goodies, swagwhatever you call it, items with your company name and logo are a great marketing tool. They provide a way to connect with customers, improve brand awareness, and help drive your sales up. Crane, a home appliance and wellness company, uses promotional gear to promote their brand and products at various events and trade shows.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 8, 2014

'Just Work the Program 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 guest post is from  Justin Belmont   Enjoy! Photo Credit: Barber Chair. Many barbershops go beyond a simple haircut to treat customers to a grooming extravaganza.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 8, 2014

'You’ve likely heard it a million times: People who are successful follow their passion. Its 100% true. Yet so many people misunderstand what passion really is; they build a business around something that theyre not really passionate about at all, and then they fail. If you want to succeed, and I am pretty sure you do, you first need to get what passion isand is not.

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