YoungUpstarts
JULY 14, 2015
by Asif Khan, CEO of Caremerge. Successful startups most always don’t happen overnight. It takes time, patience and hard work to navigate the ups and downs of starting a new business. It is important, however, to minimize mistakes early on so that you can continue to shape and grow your startup into a successful business. Having taken stock of my own hard-earned lessons, here are 5 tips on how to minimize typical startup missteps: 1.
Up and Running
JULY 14, 2015
More is always better, right? Not so fast—raising more money than you need can actually hurt your business. Most businesses need to raise external funding from investors to take their company to the next level. An early stage startup will want to access funds to help further validate its business proposition. A more established business that already has traction may be looking for funding to help accelerate growth.
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Steve Blank
JULY 14, 2015
My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Alexander Osterwalder – inventor of the Business Model Canvas. Oren Jacob , ex-CTO of Pixar and now CEO of ToyTalk. —– The focus of our first segment was on Alexander Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas – how and why he created it and how startups and large companies are using it to search for repeatable, scalable business models.
Brandanew
JULY 14, 2015
In most recent times, we have been overwhelmed by your responses on all media channels, and to be honest, it has been tough to keep pace with the emails that we have been receiving. As a lean Startup, client communication has taken precedence, and unfortunately, even though we are trying super hard, we have not been able to write back to every Email from our readers.
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
JULY 14, 2015
By Brandon Moxam, Director of Brand Development at U.S. Lawns. Small business owners often struggle to create an effective brand image that differentiates their company from its competition. This is especially true for brands outside of the traditionally “sexy” industries—technology, fashion, media etc. Regardless of your industry, product, or service, having a compelling brand image is essential.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 14, 2015
I noticed this post today from Ezra Galston titled “ Dear Brad, Fred & Mark: How The Hell Do You Do It? ” The premise is that either I (I won’t speak for Fred or Brad) have some magical solutions that allow me to produce a lot of content, or I’m super human or conversely I could read it as a negative post in that I’m somehow neglecting my duties as a mentor and advisor to the startup companies in which I’ve invested or to the fund that I manage. **. tl;dr
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Up and Running
JULY 14, 2015
Last week, I had the privilege of hosting a one-hour Q&A session with Ann Rea, a successful artist and entrepreneur who is devoted to destroying the myth of the “starving artist.” Our audience members submitted so many great questions that had to do with how to turn a creative passion into a profitable business. Other questions from our session included: What’s the best way to decide what to work on first if you have multiple interests?
YFS Magazine
JULY 14, 2015
Here's an inside look at 13 business tools that could potentially change your entrepreneur world.
Up and Running
JULY 14, 2015
What is a SWOT Analysis, and why should you have one? SWOT is an acronym that stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats, and as the name implies, it is an organized list of just those things. A key reason to create a SWOT Analysis is to help you develop a strong business strategy. Knowing your own strengths and weaknesses, as well as the threats and opportunities you face in the marketplace, can really give you a lead on your competitors.
YFS Magazine
JULY 14, 2015
How can you effectively build positive brand recognition for your business? Start with these five tips.
Mike Michalowicz
JULY 14, 2015
My friend blurted out “I can’t take it anymore.”. Really? You can’t or or you won’t? Stop saying you can (or can’t) do something. It only speaks to your perceived ability, but is also a non-commitment. Inaction follows non-commitment. Start saying will (or won’t). These words speak to your commitment, and action follows commitment. I already know you can.
Duct Tape Marketing
JULY 14, 2015
18 Point Checklist for the Perfect Website Redesign Launch written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. We’re in the process of a total redesign and restructure of the Duct Tape Marketing site so I’ve recently written about some of the processes we use to ensure a smooth redesign. I’ve been blogging since 2003 and have 1os of thousands of backlinks and lots of pages that rank in long tail searches, so I’m proceeding very cau
Jeff Hilimire
JULY 14, 2015
My book reading process is to read a book on the Kindle while also listening to a book via Audible , mostly on my commute or on runs. This is helping me crush my book goal for the year of 12 books (one a month), and hopefully reach my stretch goal of 20. Here’s a list of the 9.5 books I’ve read so far and my thoughts on them. Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life (autobiography of Steve Martin) , is a book that I had read a long time ago but decided I would listen to on Audible because St
Rob Go
JULY 14, 2015
I’m really excited to announce our recent investment in Scratch. You can read some coverage here. The problem that Scratch is solving is something that is quite near and dear to my heart. Since I’ve worked in the consumer internet space, I’ve been interested in the problem of product discovery. How do you select from the vast choice presented by the internet?
Early Growth Financial Services
JULY 14, 2015
Originally published in Upstart Business Journal. What is the most difficult question that VCs ask and what is the best way to tackle it ahead of time? What is your hole? “The classic VC role is that of an interrogator, trying to break you for a key secret. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Folks who watch the TV show “Shark Tank” know this feeling.
Rob Go
JULY 14, 2015
I’m really excited to announce our recent investment in Scratch. You can read some coverage here. The problem that Scratch is solving is something that is quite near and dear to my heart. Since I’ve worked in the consumer internet space, I’ve been interested in the problem of product discovery. How do you select from the vast choice presented by the internet?
YoungUpstarts
JULY 14, 2015
by Q Manning , CEO of Rocksauce Studios. Everyone has an idea for the next big app. Just the other day, a friend pitched me a dating app that would give men geolocation details about all of the women in a bar, allowing them to strike up more natural conversations. For a man, that would be fantastic, but what woman would upload her personal info and location to be viewed by every random stranger in the city?
Feld Thoughts
JULY 14, 2015
Here’s the scenario. A company raises $1m of seed money from angels in a convertible note with a $6m cap. Assuming equity is raised at or above that cap, the total dilution, before the new money, is 16.6% (equivalent to an equity financing of $1m at a $6m post money valuation. The company spends the $1m building and launching their first product.
Up and Running
JULY 14, 2015
This week we get an email from one of our listeners. Peter and Jonathan discuss startup incubators, and our guest Caroline talks to us about the “F” word and 10 reasons why startups fail. 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).
The Equity Kicker
JULY 14, 2015
Market size – or more accurately addressable margin opportunity – determines how valuable a company can be, and the size of the exit in turn determines how much a company should raise. Alex Iskold, MD of Techstars New York put it like this in a recent post : Venture Capitalists are looking to deploy millions of dollars, and they are looking for multiple times return on that capital.
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