Early Growth Financial Services
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'This guest post by David Cheng was originally published on Zenpayroll. If you’re looking to start a business, there’s no better time. But being an entrepreneur can be daunting. Where do you even begin? Fortunately, there are lots of great online resources for first time (or serial) entrepreneurs. Here are our 15 favorite bloggers for starting your small business.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'Describing something as the “ Woodstock of…” has taken to mean a one-of-a-kind historic gathering. It happened recently when a group of educators came to the ranch to learn how to teach Lean entrepreneurship to K-12 students. — We Can Do Better than Teaching Students How to Run a Lemonade Stand. Over the last few years it’s become clear that the days of teaching “how to write a business plan” as the cornerstone of university entrepreneurship are over.
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YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'Like it or not, healthy finances mean that you’re running a healthy business. As much as the idealistic startup wants to think it can change the world with shoddy accounting and a go-getter attitude, this simply isn’t the case. Strong businesses have strong fundamentals, and among the most important of those fundamentals falls into the hands of the accounting and finance department.
The Equity Kicker
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'Vinod Khosla wrote on Techcrunch yesterday about the reinvention of medicine and whilst he didn’t mention artificial intelligence (AI) by name his underlying message was that within a decade AI will transform the way patients are diagnosed and prescribed. Medicine is becoming big data and predictive and learning algorithms are the tools that will drive insight from that data.
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
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'Becoming bored with your job can creep up on you – often the transition to an almost apathetic autopilot happens over time until you find yourself uninspired and unhappy. Changing jobs might seem like the best solution – and sometimes it is – but there are some things you can do right now to help get your mojo back on track. 1. Do Some Study. Not only can undertaking professional development help you to achieve your career goals, it can also renew some of your spark and help you feel motivated
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'While watching </scorpion> last night, Amy made the comment that we are the bridge generation. I asked her what she meant and she responded that we are the generation that will have gone from punch cards to implants. I thought this was profound. BTW – </scorpion> was pretty good, although it’s getting crappy reviews according to Wikipedia.
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SiliconHills
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'BY SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Jacqueline Hughes seems the antithesis of a typical event coordinator—what Austin Technology Council’s Grover Bynum calls “whistle and clipboard” people. Event coordinators have reputations for being frenetic, type A, wearing frozen, stressed smiles. Hughes, curled up in an easy chair at Techstars Austin, seems relaxed, chill, though […] The post Startup Week Founder Jacqueline Hughes: The Person Behind the Community appeared first on Silico
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'by Simon Markland, director at VOOVit. Business travel is on the rise. A recent survey found that 33% of companies are anticipating a significant increase in the number of staff business trips, as the global economy continues to recover. Business travel is very different to a holiday in the sun – here are some tips to make sure your next trip goes off without a hitch.
Mike Michalowicz
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'Leadership is one of those things that every successful entrepreneur must have in order to succeed, but identifying what good leadership entails may not always be clear-cut for everyone. So just what kind of leadership style should you have? You can weed them out by taking a look at these 11 leadership styles that you must avoid if you want to succeed!
ConversionXL
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'A very common scenario: a business runs tens and tens of A/B tests over the course of a year, and many of them “win” Some tests get you 25% uplift in revenue, or even higher. Yet – when you roll out the change, the revenue does not increase 25%. And 12 months after running all those tests, the conversion rate is still pretty much the same.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'It’s nice to see that people are recognizing that innovation isn’t always in Silicon Valley. Writing you today from Three Oaks, Michigan, aka “Michiana” Steve Case’s article this morning in the Washington Post – Why innovation and start-ups are thriving in ‘flyover’ country – is spot on. Case , you may recall, was co-founder of AOL.
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'You know your business needs money, but are you ready to fundraise? Find out how to prepare your business for fundraising. Let’s not beat around the bush: businesses need money to succeed, and that money does not appear out of thin air. Some businesses are blessed with angel investors. Others utilize the most traditional routes by seeking loans or seeking the support of an investment group.
VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.” —Mark Twain. We had three goals in mind this year. When we set off on organizing Techbikers 2014, for the third year, defined success as meeting these three goals: Get everyone IN and BACK safe? —?
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'Does your packaging match your brand and attract customers, or is it more of an afterthought? Advertising budget: check. Marketing budget: check. Product development budget: check. Product packaging? Uh, check back later. If you’re like most small businesses, product packaging is often a last minute detail for you, or at least not at the top of your priority list.
SiliconHills
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News TeVido BioDevices, a startup in Austin, recreates nipples and other body parts with 3-D printers using human cells. iTraumaCare in San Antonio has created a life-saving clamp that quickly and easily prevents blood loss. WiseWear, based in both San Antonio and Austin, has created a patch-like fitness […] The post The Central Texas Life Sciences Industry is Booming appeared first on SiliconHills.
Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'If you''re attending the Innotech Austin conference in Austin on October 15th, you should stop by the Beta Summit from 11am - Noon to check out some of the newest, freshest technologies from Austin.
Start Up Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'There are lots of ways entrepreneurs can make money. Some even have a valid legal status, but with questionable ethics. But all businesses which survive have some kind of value transfer. The real question worth asking is this: Was there is more value in total after we got involved? If the answer to that is ‘yes’, then we’ve done much more than just make money.
Duct Tape Marketing
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'How to Get Paid for Everything You Do written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit: Historias Visuales via photopin cc. Far too often I see business owners and entrepreneurs just getting started that simply don’t value what they do enough because they don’t have the validation that comes with landing high-paying clients.
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'The Cost of a College Education. I just looked up how much my alma mater costs in tuition. Fordham University, the 56th best college in the country, is now $44,000 a year. That''s a 6% annual increase since 1997 when I started and it was $16,000 a year. Take that forward to when my future kid might be going to school and you''re talking $141,000 a year tuition.
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