Fri.Aug 07, 2015

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Was that a debate about our industry?

deal architect

I enjoyed the GOP debate last night – lots of complex. thorny issues we face as a country but at several points I thought they were talking about the tech industry if you substitute one or two words in what.

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8 Ways An Investor Pitch Differs From A Product Pitch

Startup Professionals Musings

When pitching to investors, entrepreneurs always seem to start with a customer pitch, then add a slide or two about the business. In reality, they need a separate pitch about the business, carrying over only a slide or two about the solution. Remember, investors are buying into the business, not the product. Investors are business experts, while the entrepreneur is more likely the product expert.

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Place Branding: 3 Unique Storytelling Projects For Branding A City

Brandanew

Cities are not just places. They are living, breathing and morphing organisms. The inherent eccentricities of cities, the most common knowledge amongst their dwellers, are essentially considered the primary identity of a city. For instance Suketu Mehta wrote about Mumbai exploring its fragile and peripheral hidden tales- tales about the life of people away from the mainstream urban experience.

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Avoid Depreciation When Buying A Business Vehicle

YoungUpstarts

Whether you’re running a business that involves a van to transport equipment around in, deliver products or just require an executive car for commuting and client meetings purposes, it can be a costly expense. Getting the best value for any vehicle you hope to purchase is the main aim but it’s vital to consider depreciation too. Depreciation can provide a big loss for your company, which can be especially damaging for start-ups and small businesses when there’s only one or two vehicles in use.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

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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Carpool.VC Interview

Feld Thoughts

Jonathon Triest and Brett deMarrais of Ludlow Ventures are doing a fun video podcast series called Carpool.VC. As Jonathan and Brett drive to work, they do a podcast interview. It’s hilarious, fun, and informative. I did it early (6am California Time) on Tuesday. In it, you’ll learn my spirit animal, doppelganger, how Jonathon and I met (I’m now an investor in Ludlow Ventures), and a bunch of other random things.

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How To Be More Productive At Work

YoungUpstarts

Do you know how to gauge your productivity at work? Are you more of a morning person? Or, do you need a cup of coffee (or two or three) first before tackling your inbox? Learn when you are most productive, and try to get the most important items out of the way first. As your attention span and productivity level start to dip, then you can focus on the smaller tasks to accomplish.

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UnaliWear Makes Smartwatches for Older Adults

SiliconHills

By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News Joan Hall worked as a model most of her life. Now she’s 81 and lives independently in San Antonio. Her daughter, Jean Anne Booth, who lives in Austin, wanted to keep tabs on her mom and make sure she is ok but her mom refused to wear […] The post UnaliWear Makes Smartwatches for Older Adults appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Selling Your Goods In-Store Versus Selling Online: Legally, What’s the Difference? [Part 2]

Up and Running

Delivery policies and the legal obligations associated with delivery of goods may sound like something that you just want to shelve for later and hopefully never think about. But, understanding the risks involved in delivering goods to your customers will ensure that you are legally protected, and help to make sure that your hard-earned profits don’t end up down the drain if a legal issue arises.

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10 Debate Techniques To Improve Your Negotiation Skills

YFS Magazine

Here's a look at ten debate techniques that will come in handy the next time you need to hash things out.

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Twitter Link Roundup #281 – We Love Great Resources for Small Business, Startups, and Design!

crowdSPRING Blog

Artists got skills, yo. As a person whose entire career has been devoted to supporting the work of artists, I like to think that I have seen great works unfold before my eyes. And I have. But when I saw this video, I was blown away – the artistry and skill behind this pencil astounds me every time I watch. I think it will astound you as well. Now close your mouth – you look silly with your jaw hanging down to your chest.

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Your Small Business News Roundup 8.7.15

Up and Running

Bringing you the latest news on small business and more—this week it’s startups at the White House, why it’s freezing cold in your office, and the “right to be forgotten.” . The shifting internet. Last year, Europe’s highest court extended citizens the “right to be forgotten” by online search engines. Now, France and other countries are pushing Google to extend these protections to its global sites.

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Demo Days and the General Solicitation Conundrum

The Startup Lawyer

If you’ve been to accelerator or incubator demo days, you’ve likely seen a presentation that either flat out mentions the specifics of a financing round in progress or the details of a proposed financing.

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3 Simple Steps to Determining Your Website’s Conversion Rates

Duct Tape Marketing

3 Simple Steps to Determining Your Website’s Conversion Rates written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit: 123rf.com. The idea of conversion rate is nothing new, but I’m always surprised by how many small businesses with a web presence are ignoring this key metric in their business. If your website is a key component of your sales and marketing process, determining your conversion rate can paint an accurate (and often surprising)

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I charge everything at night

Jeff Hilimire

I was thinking about this the other day, but I seem to charge everything that needs charging at night. My laptop – I have a Macbook (not a Pro, not an Air, just… Macbook ) and the battery lasts me all day. If I charge it at night, I never have to plug it in during the day while I use it. My iPhone – I have the iPhone 6+ , and the battery is ridiculous.

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Accelerator Pitch Days and the General Solicitation Conundrum

The Startup Lawyer

If you’ve been to accelerator pitch days, you’ve likely seen a presentation that either flat out mentions the specifics of a financing round in progress or the details of a proposed financing. In the last couple years, however, some accelerators have been concerned that their demo days constitute, for their portfolio companies, a general solicitation for … Continue reading → The post Accelerator Pitch Days and the General Solicitation Conundrum appeared first on Startup

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Episode 10: How to Pitch Your Business, and Brand Storytelling with Park Howell | The Bcast

Up and Running

Photo credit: ParkHowell.com. This week Peter and Jonathan talk about how to pitch your business, and Park Howell (from The Business of Story podcast) explains how to tell your brand story. Subscribe: Stitcher | TuneIn | Pocket Casts | PlayerFM | Soundcloud. Do you have a question you’d like us to answer on the show? Tweet at us: @Bplans (include the hashtag #BCast).

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Demo Days and the General Solicitation Conundrum

The Startup Lawyer

If you’ve been to accelerator or incubator demo days, you’ve likely seen a presentation that either flat out mentions the specifics of a financing round in progress or the details of a proposed financing. In the last couple years, however, some incubators and accelerators have been concerned that their demo days constitute, for their portfolio companies, … Continue reading → The post Demo Days and the General Solicitation Conundrum appeared first on Startup Lawyer.

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GOP Debate: No Mention of Manufacturing

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

A short post to make an observation. Say what you will about the GOP debate last night — and there is much to say — there was no attention paid to manufacturing. Search the transcript, you’ll not find the word mentioned a single time. Wow, it’s a very big point to miss. In related topics innovation was mentioned once, and infrastructure, a huge problem, was not mentioned at all.