Thu.Oct 23, 2014

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[Infographic] How Major Companies Motivate Their Employees

YoungUpstarts

'In a time where competition for top talent is fierce, many companies are rolling out the red carpet for the best of the best; at the same time thinking up and implementing the best perks to retain those they already have. From on-site medical services to concierge help, or generous maternity benefits to stipends to travel, technology companies – and increasingly non-tech companies as well – adopt the industry-leading employee welfare initiatives that put many other companies’

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Announcing Version One Fund II

Version One Ventures

'On behalf of our team at Version One, I am incredibly excited to announce that we have just closed our second fund. Version One Fund II is $35M, slightly larger than our initial fund. In many ways, Version One Fund II is identical to Fund I. It’s the same investing team (myself in Vancouver and Angela in the Bay Area), roughly the same areas of focus, and the same commitment to being the most active and value-add investor at the table.

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ZTE Zmax: The Best Phone For Business?

YoungUpstarts

'by Jessica Oaks. When it comes to smartphones, there are many options. But not all smartphones are created equal, and some are better suited for specific tasks and functions than others. There is a reason that the Blackberry held out for so long after all of its competition went touch-screen only, and that reason is it was a good phone for business.

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How side projects saved our startup (and how to do them right)

The Next Web

'Mikael Cho is the co-founder of Crew, a network that connects short-term software projects with handpicked developers and designers. This post originally appeared on the Crew blog. We had no money. We changed our business model and had three months worth of cash left to turn things around. If we didn’t we were toast. Done. We needed to find customers.

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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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8 Things You Should Give Up To Move Forward

YoungUpstarts

'by Lisa Orto, content manager at GoHunters.com. Small question: What kinds of people usually achieve great success? Most of the successful people are usually confident, self-conscious and focused. These people never stay at one place for too long; they prefer developing and moving. If you want to make some positive changes in your life and achieve your goals, you should say no to some things that stand on your way.

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If your prototype takes more than 90 days to build, the idea is too big

The Next Web

'Kuty Shalev is the Founder of eight hours to develop, and when it first launched, it had one singular function: to send “Yo” to the user’s friends. The app survey of more than 7,000 consumers, what makes consumers “sticky” is simplicity. If you’ve got a great idea for a product, you should set your sights on creating a prototype in 90 days to test your idea, gather feedback and get to market quickly. 90 days forces you to focus One advantage to building a prototype in 90 days is that it forces

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Presenting yourself in the best light: How to properly set up for a video meeting

The Next Web

'Yoav Hornung is an award-winning young filmmaker and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Veed.me, a video production marketplace. We all know that there’s nothing like a face-to-face meeting. Actually, at Veed.me, when we say “face-to-face,” we actually refer to meeting in person while in reality, we find ourselves holding more and more video calls.

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Your Guide to Launching a Home-Based Business

Up and Running

'Thinking about starting a business from your home? Plenty of well-known businesses have started with simple home-based roots. For example, in 1994 Jeff Bezos founded Amazon from his garage in Washington, and Harley-Davidson started out of a home—and a shed—in Wisconsin. In fact, statistics show that 69 percent of U.S. entrepreneurs start their business at home.

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The rise of native advertising

The Equity Kicker

'There’s an interesting post up on Stratechery asking whether we are approaching Peak Google which features the graphic above. The central argument is that in the way IBM fought to protect their PC platform and missed the Windows opportunity and Microsoft fought to protect its Windows franchise and missed the web opportunity Google will fight to protect their search platform and miss the native advertising opportunity.

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Texas Approves Equity-Based Crowdfunding Rules

SiliconHills

'By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News Texas companies will soon be able to raise money from the average investor. The Texas State Securities Board voted 4-0 on Wednesday to approve new intrastate equity-based crowdfunding rules. The rules are expected to go into effect in late November, said Bob Elder, the board’s spokesman. “The […] The post Texas Approves Equity-Based Crowdfunding Rules appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Ello World

VC Adventure

'At the front end of every new investment we hope we’ve found the next break-out company. But it’s rare when you have the feeling that you’re investing in a business that may both be that and has the potential to touch millions of lives. We feel we’ve found that in Ello – a social networking business that’s part Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook, but at the same time all its own.

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Doing More, Faster: The Hidden Secret

Mike Michalowicz

'If you are like most people in business, you are looking to do more, faster. This is evident from even a quick search on Amazon.com for books about productivity. One search will net you over 40,000 hits! That subject is the Holy Grail for the majority of us. We all seem to have the same goal – make a boatload of money in the least amount of time. Productivity Killers.

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Thoughts On Bringing Your Employees Into Startup Board Meetings

Hunter Walker

'One of my blogging rules of thumb: if confronted with the same question several times in a short period of time, turn it into a post. So since several Homebrew founders have recently asked about bringing employees into Board meetings, here’s my answer (sans the crazy gesticulating you get from me in-person). As background, Satya and I are believers in the value of Boards post seed funding because it gives founders what we think of as ‘leadership momentum.’ In general you want

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Peter Thiel Says Technology and Science Are Under Attack in the U.S.

SiliconHills

'By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News Society right now has an intense dislike or hatred of all things scientific or technological, said Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal. To illustrate this, just look at all the movies produced by Hollywood that show technology that doesn’t work, that kills people, that destroys things and that […] The post Peter Thiel Says Technology and Science Are Under Attack in the U.S. appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Five for Friday v4

Start Up Blog

'Here’s 5 pieces of information that got me thinking this week. Reading, viewing and listening pleasure for the impending weekend. Enjoy! 1. Are you suffering from Stuffocation ? Author James Wallman takes about it here at Google. 2. Another reminder that the future is phygital – Both physical and digital have a place. One is not superior to the other.

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Peer-to-Peer Bike Share Startup Spinlister Launches in Austin

SiliconHills

'Spinlister, a bike sharing service, launched in Austin this week. The company provides a peer-to-peer bike rental service. It already has more than 150 bikes listed on its site and plans to have more than 1,500 bikes actively listed by March of 2015. Spinlister is gearing up for the demand from big events like SXSW, […] The post Peer-to-Peer Bike Share Startup Spinlister Launches in Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Stealing time

Berkonomics

'It’s a big issue within any company. With easy access to Internet shopping, games, social networks and more, employees are able to find many ways to focus on personal issues while at work, detracting from productivity and demonstrating a dis-respect for the time paid for by their employer. In fact, if we were to be direct, we might label it “stealing time,” and consider it a crime of sorts.

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Does size matter?

OnlyOnce

'Does size matter? It is the age-old question — are you a more important person at your company if you have more I smell something big and brilliant here reporting into you? Most people, unfortunately, say yes. I’m going to assume the origins of this are political and military. The kingdom with more subjects takes over the smaller kingdom.

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Q&A with David Orshalick, Candidate for Mayor of Austin

SiliconHills

'This past weekend, the Austin Technology Council featured a guest post from Austin Mayoral Candidate David Orshalick in its meet the candidates for Mayor series. Silicon Hills News is asking each of the candidates a series of follow up questions. Their responses will all be posted here following their guest blog posts with ATC. This […] The post Q&A with David Orshalick, Candidate for Mayor of Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Elder Care as Consumer Product

The Entrepreneurial Mind

'The Entrepreneurial Mind : CEO and Co-Founder of Evermind, Dave Gilbert, talks about his transition into entrepreneurship, specifically medical technology, and the lessons he learned in the past that he’s applied to Evermind. Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Tumblr Stumble Digg Delicious The post Elder Care as Consumer Product appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall.

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Why You Need Social Media for Customer Support

Duct Tape Marketing

'Why You Need Social Media for Customer Support written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. It’s guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest post is from Abby Perkins – Enjoy! photo credit: shutterstock. There’s more to running a successful business than having an incredible product or service.

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Startup Fundraising Trends: Ask the VCs

Early Growth Financial Services

'In case you missed our recent webinar, we featured panelists Lucas Nelson, Principal, Gotham VC; Marlon Nichols, Director, Intel Capital; Alan Wink, Director of Capital Markets for EisnerAmper LLP; and Sirk Roh, COO for Early Growth Financial Services. Not only was the conversation lively, there was even a bit of a West Coast versus East Coast smackdown.

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Ello World

VC Adventure

At the front end of every new investment we hope we’ve found the next break-out company. But it’s rare when you have the feeling that you’re investing in a business that may both be that and has the potential to touch millions of lives. We feel we’ve found that in Ello – a social networking business that’s part Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook, but at the same time all its own.

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How To Optimize Mobile Pages To Drive Phone Leads

ConversionXL

'According to a study of 3,000 mobile searchers by Google & IPOS, nearly half indicated that they are more likely to convert elsewhere if they can’t call a business directly from the search result. That same study shows that phone calls are a powerful measure of purchase intent and are most likely to happen when a prospect is ready to convert (see the full study here ).

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