Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

There has been a lot of public debate over the past several weeks about whether it’s a good thing to be “gross margin positive” or not and commentary always reminds me that some people at startups don’t quite understand financial metrics or even how to think about which ones are healthy. When I publicly Tweeted that all companies should be gross margin positive many people pointed out that Amazon wasn’t profitable for many years.

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The Next Web

APRIL 26, 2016

After announcing its presence in over 130 new markets early this year, Netflix has truly become a global content company. That is not to say it’s been easy for Netflix to adjust its services to meet the needs of developing markets with varying maturities, while still maintaining success in more developed areas. Balancing efforts in markets with differing needs is something that not many tech companies have been able to achieve due to three main challenges – lack of financing, straggling te

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 26, 2016

. Making the decision to break the mold and start a business is an exciting step, but building a successful company is a challenging endeavor. This is particularly true for tech startups – whose industry evolves at a rapid pace. In no small way, the success of your venture will depend on the details of your business plan. Your strategy should be comprehensive yet concise and easy to understand for investors.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 26, 2016

Conversion rate optimisation is a hot topic these days. Google Trends identifies it as an official “breakout” term meaning searches for that phrase are up over 5,000% over the last few years. We’re looking at an arms race here. Most of these people searching will be improving their conversion rates which will enable them to pay more for traffic and still hit their customer acquisition cost targets, and unless you match them you will find it hard to compete.

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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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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 26, 2016

By Sean Blanks, Marketing Director, cartridgesave.co.uk. Phone calls, email notifications, impromptu meetings: the office can be such a hectic environment it can feel like a massive struggle to get anything done. It’s been proven that every time you’re interrupted, it takes one-to-minutes to regain focus on the original job in hand. If this is happening numerous times an hour, it’s easy to see why some days it feels impossible to meet your deadlines.

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YFS Magazine

APRIL 26, 2016

Multiple passions can cloud your clarity. Not being able to just choose one thing to do with your life can be really frustrating and painful. Both for your psyche and for your bottom line.

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Cloud Entrepreneur Business Plan 80

YFS Magazine

APRIL 26, 2016

Consumers are constantly making buying decisions. But they are also making informed decisions by vetting the brands they deal with more carefully.

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SiliconHills

APRIL 26, 2016

AlertMedia, a platform for interactive mass notification, announced Tuesday it has raised $4 million more in a Series A-1 funding round. Silverton Partners led the round which included ATX Seed Ventures and other current investors. The Austin-based startup announced last June that it had raised $4.16 million in Series A funding. The latest round is […] The post AlertMedia Raises $4 Million More in Venture Capital appeared first on SiliconHills.

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YFS Magazine

APRIL 26, 2016

When things stay the same over time, as business owners we have a tendency to take our positive circumstances for granted. Sometimes, these circumstances include serving major clients that keep us cash flow positive and afloat.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2016

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 depmod. Check out more great work on depmod’s profile page. Nicely done, depmod, nicely done! Related posts: Fresh from the SPRING: LOREWREN. Fresh from the SPRING: JALdesigns.

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YFS Magazine

APRIL 26, 2016

If you are one of a growing number of entrepreneurs who sell handmade goods online, chances are you use Amazon to reach new customers. But by doing this, you are not helping your brand.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

APRIL 26, 2016

Getting a Mandate to Innovate is Key. Larger companies typically have an innovation process in place. They don’t always work, but the majority of the Fortune 1000 has some kind of innovation process or system. There is an implied consent then, to innovate, at those organizations. There are people, budgets, expectations. At smaller companies, the Mis-Fortune 5000 as I sometimes jest, there is often not a process in place.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 26, 2016

Content Is No Longer King written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. No matter how you plan to grow your business content has become the entry point and catalyst for effective growth in most every channel. No, content is no longer king – that’s so last decade, but more on that in a bit. I’ve been writing a great deal about growth of late because I’ve become fascinated with the struggle it presents.

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Scott Edward Walker

APRIL 26, 2016

I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting articles, blog posts and video clips relating to startups, entrepreneurship and legal issues. Below are my five most popular tweets (via bitly ) for the past three weeks, the first three of which are Quora-related. Cheers, Scott. Top 5 Tweets. Quora: “How much equity should I give to a niche celebrity who wants to join my pre-revenue startup?

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SiliconHills

APRIL 26, 2016

The post SparkCognition Lands $6 Million in VC Funding appeared first on SiliconHills.

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