Steve Blank
MARCH 31, 2014
'President Bieto, Dean Sauquet, members of the faculty, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen….Thank you for the kind introduction. I’m honored to be at a university noted for knowledge, and in a city with 2000 years of history – home of Gaudí one of the 20 th century’s greatest innovators. I’d like to start with a request. Everyone, hold your phone up in the air like this.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 31, 2014
'These days, your online Internet reputation is your reputation. Of course, having no reputation is usually better than a bad one, but don’t wait for someone else to establish a good one for you. It’s time for every business and business person to proactively create a positive presence, before someone else puts you in a defensive mode that is hard to win.
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deal architect
MARCH 31, 2014
'On Friday, I wrote about Suvir Mirchandani, a 14 year old who has analyzed how the government can save in printing costs. Tongue in cheek, I called him Deal Architect Jr, because of the $ 400 million savings potential his.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 31, 2014
'by Andy Core, author of “ Change Your Day, Not Your Life: A Realistic Guide to Sustained Motivation, More Productivity and the Art Of Working Well “ Finally ( finally! ), the days are getting longer, and winter’s frigid temperatures are rising. (Okay, so that last part is happening more slowly than most of us would prefer, but it is happening.
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
deal architect
MARCH 31, 2014
'Dr James Cash of Harvard Business School had a great talk last week at the Oracle Industry Connect event. Among other things he said IT should be involved in strategic planning at companies, not just try to be “aligned with.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 31, 2014
'by Brandon Levey, creator of Stitch Labs. Amazon Prime just increased its price from $79 to $99 per year and it’s causing a stir with consumers. But there are a few things about Amazon’s service that will keep customers coming back for more. How can you leverage the Prime model for your own business to create loyal customers? 1. Push for customers to “qualify” for free shipping.
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YoungUpstarts
MARCH 31, 2014
'If you’re a huge Japanophile, here’s an interesting new website to check out. 100 Tokyo is a website that showcases hot products, events, people and places in Japan’s largest metropolis, covering subjects such as design, fashion, art, food, technology, architecture, tourist attractions, accommodation, events and more. Features of the site include maps and a bookmark function to enhance convenience for tourists planning a visit.
deal architect
MARCH 31, 2014
'We had a power outage yesterday afternoon, so my wife and I escaped to a movie. And as we enjoyed The Grand Budapest Hotel, I thought about comments John Hofmeister, CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy and former President of.
The Next Web
MARCH 31, 2014
'Sandi Lin is the CEO and co-founder of Skilljar, which provides online course software for businesses. Every entrepreneur has faced the nearly impossible task of naming their startup. Branding sounds like a fun activity until you realize: There are virtually no decent.com domains available. Negotiations are very time-consuming and potentially fruitless, especially on a lean startup budget.
The Equity Kicker
MARCH 31, 2014
'I just read an inspiring post about The surprisingly large cost of telling small lies. It tells the story of an angel investor called Peter who warns of the cost of lying. Talking about small lies such as exaggerating metrics or omitting facts he says: that telling lies is the No. 1 reason entrepreneurs fail. Not because telling lies makes you a bad person but because the act of lying plucks you from the present, preventing you from facing what is really going on in your world.
Start Up Blog
MARCH 31, 2014
'Old school, and still cool, business coach Brain Tracy has an important question we should ask ourselves: “What type of company, would my company be, if everyone in it, were just like me?” Now, on the face of it it seems like a simple prose. How hard do we work, what kind of effort do we put in, how do we treat people and would we like others to behave the way we do.
Hunter Walker
MARCH 31, 2014
'Mobile app notifications are still horrible. Without sufficient carrots or sticks, most developers fall back to waaaaay too many in order to juice engagement. And the notion of “user control” is a whole bunch of toggles in the app menu and iOS settings. Blech. Has anyone shared data on whether the number of users who default out of app notifications at point of install is increasing?
SiliconHills
MARCH 31, 2014
'BY STACY ALEXANDER EVANS Reporter with Silicon Hills News The Lefsetz Letter is no Slashdot or Ars Technica. Yet the blog’s founder, Bob Lefsetz—a modern day philosopher of sorts, who proselytizes on everything from popular music to aging—has some compelling thoughts with surprising relevance for the tech world and business. “If you can tell a […] The post Chasing Tales: Invodo Harnesses the Power of Story to Drive Sales for Clients appeared first on SiliconHills.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
MARCH 31, 2014
'As you know if you read my recent article about common email mistakes and the 50+ comments along with it, a big part of my new advanced blogging formula involves getting to know my audience better. I am pleased to say that the first part of this process is now up and ready for your feedback. It begins with … Read the rest of this entry » The post I Have 3 Questions For You (And A Bonus For Answering!
Duct Tape Marketing
MARCH 31, 2014
'The Greatest Opportunity In Social Media Marketing Today written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing In my forthcoming book Duct Tape Selling (Portfolio May 15th) I make the case that sales professionals must think and act more like marketers. In doing so, I lay out the systems and tools I believe they need to employ in order to make this shift.
Jeff Hilimire
MARCH 31, 2014
'Joe Koufman pointed out to me recently that the old “My Tools” section on my blog was fairly out of date. And he was as right as Google Wave was wrong. Yeah, Google Wave was on there. I removed the page from my blog as I don’t think its relevant any longer, but I copy and pasted it at the bottom of this post for your amusement. Let’s start with the tools I’m still using that were on the past list.
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 31, 2014
'You''ve never run a company or raised money before. Sure, you''ve built little projects and there was that lemonade stand when you were little, but this is for real. Real money is showing up at your door and you''re in the enviable position of getting to choose who you work with. Even if you haven''t gotten offers yet, your time is valuable and you can''t pitch everyone.
Feld Thoughts
MARCH 31, 2014
'I’m going to start doing something new on my posts. Rather than having separate posts promoting stuff I’m up to, I’m going to begin including a short header in each post with either a thing I’m involved in or something I read recently that I think is particularly germane. For now, I’ll style these in italics – at some point I’ll come up with some new CSS to set it apart more clearly.
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