Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 8, 2013

'I know more about phone systems than I really care to. Having owned three companies of all different sizes over the past 17 years, I have unintentionally become skilled in integrating, configuring, upgrading and replacing phone systems. Good news for me, I have finally found the one system that (I expect) will never need to be replaced. This is a big deal, since it will allow me to use my (limited) brain power on building my business and not on phone maintenance and upgrades.

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Technical Review Software Review Marketing Technology 88

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2013

'These days every new entrepreneur understands that an innovative product or service is necessary, but not sufficient, to start a business. You have to build a web presence with marketing content to get visibility above the 51 million other new websites created last year, and attract the customers you need. But most entrepreneurs don’t know where to start.

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Widget Marketing Curation Audio 286

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 8, 2013

'by Hunter Hoffmann, Head of US Communications at Hiscox Insurance. Many young entrepreneurs started their business after having trouble finding a job, and that’s a good thing. Youth unemployment is at an all time high, and has stubbornly remained there for several years. It’s just really hard these days for people under 30 years old to get a job.

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New York City New York Europe Social Media 234

Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2013

'Image via LeadChangeGroup.com. If you really want to impress a startup founder as a potential employee, or you want to be a smart investor, you need to know the right questions to ask. These are the questions that get past the hype of a founder “vision to change the world,” and into the realm of real business strengths, weaknesses, and current health.

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Due Diligence Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Burn Rate 174

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

Startup

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

'Anthony Del Monte is the CEO and founder of Squeaky Wheel Media , a Web design and development agency based in NYC, as well as the co-founder of IHadCancer.com , one of the first social-networking sites for cancer survivors, fighters and supporters. When you look out of the window hours before you leave the office and it is already dark outside, you know it’s the special time of year right before the holidays – the time when you can start to think about the year that has passed.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 8, 2013

'I turned 48 on December 1st. I took a week off the grid (from the Wednesday before Thanksgiving until the Wednesday after my birthday) – part of my quarterly off the grid routine with Amy. We had a very mellow birthday this year, spent it with a few friends who came to visit us in San Diego at the tennis place we love to hide at, and basically just slept late, played tennis, read a lot, got massages, ate nice food, and had adult activities.

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Babbling VC

DECEMBER 8, 2013

'At this point, we''ve all probably heard of Bronnie Ware''s Top Five Regrets of the Dying : I wish I''d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. I wish I hadn''t worked so hard. I wish I''d had the courage to express my feelings. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

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Salary Turkey Mobile 100

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2013

'Holidays are upon us, folks and it’s time to give thanks. every business large and small owes a debt to those who have helped over the year and there is no better time to gift than now: your investors and lenders deserve a note, a bottle of wine or other small token to show your appreciation for their trust, their support, and (hopefully) their advice.

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Small Business Startup Campaign SEM 85

Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2013

'When selling anything we need to know where to focus our energy. Often there are two different realms we need to sell against. Convincing or demonstrating to the person that the product or service is good or better than the alternative. Convincing the person to exchange the thing in question for their money. Most good sales people know how to do both of these tasks, but sometimes it’s tricky to know which one is the focus question of the moment.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

'This post was originally published on the ooomf blog. Palms sweaty. Heart racing. You know the feeling. Whether it’s five people or 50, public speaking is a gut-wrenching experience for most of us. Before co-founding ooomf, I had a huge fear of speaking in public. Any time I had to present something in front of more than a handful of people, my stomach would turn to knots and my throat would get so tight I wouldn’t be able to speak.

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Reputation Audience Sales Community 167

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

'William Hsu is the co-founder and managing partner of MuckerLab. Many investors love “disruptive” businesses. This is in part because these businesses are unencumbered by legacy constraints that had previously been hardwired into the companies and industries these startups are trying to disrupt. One such business model is the “online marketplace,” an entirely new business category not possible (at scale) before the Internet.

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