Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

'Almost every entrepreneur starts their journey by developing a solution, based on their knowledge of a new technology or required service. Developer skills are necessary, but not sufficient, to build a business. A real business requires leadership – thought leadership to attract customers and mind share, as well as people leadership around a team, partners, and investors.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

'If you’ve done your research, you’ll know that one of the best ways to grow your new business is to get involved in social media. It has all kinds of benefits, from engaging with your audience to creating a stronger web presence. The following 12 tips are perfect for new businesses: 1. Don’t Go for the Hard Sell. Social media is not for selling, OK?

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Social Media Media Audience Analytics 144

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

'I wrote about the challenges of partnerships last year and I’m going to have another go at it today. Over allocating resources to partnership deals is one of the easiest and common mistakes that startups make. This is from the A Founder’s Notebook : Startups should say no to 99% of partnership opportunities. Most partnerships never go anywhere and don’t make sense for the startup to invest significant effort into the relationship due to being time and money constrained.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

'As an entrepreneur myself, I’m always on the lookout for words of wisdom from fellow innovators. Looking to the rule breakers (who often evolve into rule makers) for ways to successfully challenge the status quo has given me the following six suggestions for my fellow entrepreneurs. 1. Strive for minimalism. . Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, has found that he works best with a streamlined workspace that’s free of distractions.

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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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SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

'By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News Mass Venture is the first equity-based crowdfunding portal to receive certification from the Texas State Securities Board under its new intrastate crowdfunding rules. The San Antonio-based crowdfunding portal will focus on raising money for real estate ventures, but it is open to all types of equity-based crowdfunding […] The post Mass Venture of San Antonio Approved as Texas’ First Equity-Based Crowdfunding Portal appeared first on Si

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San Antonio Texas Equity Security 85

aweissman.com

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

'"Since we don''t know where we''re going, we have to stick together in case someone gets there" - Ken Kesey I was flying from NY to SF the other day and at one point the gentleman I was sitting next to asked me if I was flying towards or away from home. I told him NYC was my home and I was on a business trip. He then said, "let me guess, Internet business.

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Framework Startup Internet Conversion 44

Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

'One of the participants in Advice For Good , after donating an hour of time to a charity and then blogging about it on the AFG website, asked me if she could ask the list of advisors four questions to help her with her startup. What a great way to use the AFG community! Because each question has many answers, I’ll share these over time so its not too overwhelming of a blog post.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

My new podcast launched yesterday. It’s called Zen Founder , and it’s focused on finding the balance between startups, relationships, and life. I co-host it with my wife Sherry , a clinical psychologist, and the first 4 episodes are ripe with discussion about: How to stay sane while starting up. How to structure an annual retreat. How to punch procrastination in the face.

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Founder Cofounder Hosting Search 27

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

'Besides wanting to know what exactly is in her mom’s mouth, we also want to know where this little cutie Scarlett learned everything there is to know about identifying typefaces. This is a skill every designer can use, so I recommend watching this adorable girl strut her stuff! So… it’s time now for “the chickening,” aka our weekly Roundup!

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Small Business Design Social Media Startup 78

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

'How to Maintain a Consistent Brand Identity Across Social Networks 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 – enjoy this post from Xavier Davis. When social media marketing first began it was rather easy to maintain a consistent brand identity.

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Social Network Networking Social Media Audience 57