Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2015
I’ve heard many investors and some executives repeat the mantra, “Never offer exclusive deals,” and since this blanket statement is generally bad advice I thought I’d offer the less conventional but I believe more practical version of why exclusive deals can actually be a huge bonus for a startup and why I actively encourage them.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 22, 2015
Here’s a shocking statistic – according to a survey by London-based insights agency Opinion Matters last year revealed that a shocking 85% of enterprises have a backlog of between one and 20 mobile applications. That’s right, mobile app development is lagging far behind the operational needs and burgeoning mobile use in the enterprise, highlighting the dire challenges faced by enterprises when it comes to mobile application development.
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crowdSPRING Blog
JUNE 22, 2015
How transparent is too transparent? At crowdSPRING we have worked hard since we first launched to share information openly and honestly with our users, our investors, and our team. We communicate regularly with customers about site issues, new features, and our policies and procedures. We ask for feedback and suggestions and, when users choose to share their ideas with us, we consider these carefully and seriously.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 22, 2015
The good news is that recent big company financial woes and layoffs have generated a flood of candidates with real experience seeking positions at startups. The bad news is that many of these frustrated employees may have already reached their level of incompetence ( The Peter Principle ). They are not the ones you need in the few key team positions to drive your startup.
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
Brandanew
JUNE 22, 2015
Live Mint writer Charles Assisi recently posted a fun article on buying “ fake followers ” on Twitter in India. He bumped his Twitter following from two thousand to 47 thousand (and at the time of writing this post it’s over 70K) by spending $20 with a specialized Twitter-fame purchase firm. Would you now consider his profile as influential?
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 22, 2015
by Cameron Johnson. Persuading people to believe in your mission can be a challenging task, especially when you have no idea on where to begin. Being a wonderful manager to a team of employees is far different from running a business. Businesses require a lot of input, and being able to increase sales should be the first priority. In order for one to ensure that their business is not only attaining productivity but that it’s also profitable, it is vital to learn how to motivate and influence po
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YoungUpstarts
JUNE 22, 2015
by Courtney Tobe, Marketing Manager of Tobe Direct. If a small business focuses its entire attention on Internet marketing, it could be making a big mistake. Traditional marketing like direct mail can still be highly effective, despite email, despite social media, despite mobile apps and despite all the rest. Here are a few specific examples of how direct mail marketing can boost a small company’s ability to generate leads and retain customers: 1.
The Equity Kicker
JUNE 22, 2015
This slide is from Benedict Evans’ presentation Mobile is eating the world. The subtitle reads “Smartphones and tablets taking half of browsing and a third of purchasing” Pause to take that in for a second. A massive and growing share of the market is on iOS and Android. The growth in these market share figures continues to surprise me.
Start Up Blog
JUNE 22, 2015
…there are not that many bison hunters any more. This is a very short way of saying that all jobs eventually get replaced by technology. Technology will take the role of many white collar jobs, just like machines have taken away many blue collar jobs, just like the plough took away many farming jobs. Technological Unemployment will always be a fixture in human existence – and always has been.
YFS Magazine
JUNE 22, 2015
In business, you learn the world is not rational or fair. So, we have to be both—as much as we can—if we want the world to be a better place.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
JUNE 22, 2015
[ Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] Mariana Fataccioli is a food, health and wellness blogger who has the impressive claim to fame for having amassed a following of 100,000 people in 6 months on Instagram. She has also pulled off the considerable feat. The post Mariana Fataccioli: How This Health Food Blogger Generated $100,000 In Revenue And 100,000 Instagram Followers In Her First Year Of Business appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com. [ Down
Hunter Walker
JUNE 22, 2015
An entrepreneur raising their A Round recently shared that one potential VC passed while telling them they wanted to do the deal “but couldn’t convince my partners.” This (and other variations such as “our partnership couldn’t get aligned around this one”) can be confusing. Here’s my guide on how to interpret: 1) “I Didn’t Want to Do This Deal & Never Even Showed It To My Partners” Ahh, the soft pass.
SiliconHills
JUNE 22, 2015
Qualcomm Inc. has donated $1 million to the University of Texas’ Cockrell School of Engineering for its new Engineering Education and Research Center. The Qualcomm gift will provide funding for the new home of UT Austin’s Wireless Networking and Communications Group in the new engineering center, which opens in 2017. The new space will be […] The post Qualcomm Donates $1 Million for New UT Engineering Center appeared first on SiliconHills.
YFS Magazine
JUNE 22, 2015
If your accountant can’t answer these questions, it might be time to find a new one.
Hearpreneur
JUNE 22, 2015
This motivational video is for entrepreneurs, startups and business owners to start their week off on the right foot. True desire in the heart for anything good is God’s proof to you sent beforehand to indicate to you that it’s yours already… You already have it. Claim it. . Dreams without goals remain dreams and ultimately fuel disappointment.
Bryce Dot VC
JUNE 22, 2015
Yesterday was Fathers Day. Which is an awesome day to be a dad, especially in a house filled with kids. In general, they don’t want you to lift a finger. It’s their day to serve you. Or something like that. That’s great and all, but I have a hard time with sitting back and letting people take care of me so I busied myself around the house in the morning instead of lying there and having breakfast served to me in bed.
SiliconHills
JUNE 22, 2015
Social Solutions Global from Baltimore announced Monday it has acquired Austin-based Community Techknowledge. Both companies are privately held and the financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. CTK, founded in 1999, has more than 60 employees. The company will become part of Social Solutions Global, which was founded in 2000 and has more than […] The post Social Solutions Global Buys Community Techknowledge appeared first on SiliconHills.
Duct Tape Marketing
JUNE 22, 2015
Quick Fixes to Polish Your Online Presence written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. You want to go to dinner, but your regular pizza place is packed. You turn to Google. You want to order flowers for your mom for Mother’s day. You turn to Google. You have a new candidate coming in to interview this afternoon.
SiliconHills
JUNE 22, 2015
Dropoff announced Monday that it has closed on $7 million in Series A funding. The Austin-based startup, founded in November of 2014, provides on-demand, same-day delivery of all kinds of products for businesses in Austin and Houston. Greycroft Partners led the investment with participation from new and existing investors including Correlation Ventures, Texas Atlantic Capital […] The post Dropoff Gets $7 Million in Funding appeared first on SiliconHills.
Up and Running
JUNE 22, 2015
Try not to make this face. I’m often asked by entrepreneurs how to best present to investors, and how to deal with all of their questions. A big fear that most people have before they pitch to an investor is about getting a question they don’t have the answer to. They want to know how to deal with being unprepared in the moment and having to answer on the fly.
Mike Michalowicz
JUNE 22, 2015
Also Available On. Show Summary. Bestselling Author Hal Elrod joins us for Episode 33 of the Profit First Podcast. Our Guest. Hal Elrod died at age 20, hit head on by a drunk driver, he broke 11 bones and his heart stopped for 6 minutes. After 6 days in a coma and being told he would never walk again, he defied the odds and went on to become a hall of fame business achiever, international keynote speaker, ultra-marathon runner (which means he’s run 52 consecutive miles), and most notably
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