Sun.Jan 11, 2015

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The Rise and Rise of the Corporate CTO

deal architect

'The CTO role is a critical one in most technology vendors. Not so much, if you ask executive recruiters, in the corporate world. To me, it is a case of poor titling. The CTO is the VP of R&D or.

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10 Actions To Make Sure Your New Business Will Scale

Startup Professionals Musings

'Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are scalable, and ready to scale. But what does that really mean? Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets.

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Turning Emotion into A Powerful Choice For Positive Change

YoungUpstarts

'by Jackie Barretta, author of “ Primal Teams: Harnessing the Power of Emotions to Fuel Extraordinary Performance ” . Emotion, more than anything else, spells the difference between stellar and mediocre team performance. Fear and negativity keep a team stuck in old patterns, while optimal emotions have the power to sharpen minds and spark breakthrough innovations.

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How To Create An “Automatic Money Machine” That Runs Behind Your Blog

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

'Let me ask you a question… Do you have an email list to go along with your blog? Yes, you probably do. By now most bloggers realize the importance of adding an email list to your blogging strategy. Now let me ask you, how do you use that email list? The post How To Create An “Automatic Money Machine” That Runs Behind Your Blog appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com.

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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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Facebook’s Hidden Commerce Business

Hunter Walker

'“What iPhone case should I buy?” That was the question I posted to Facebook and within 24 hours had a dozen+ responses from trusted connections. Facebook (and Twitter) have tremendous commerce businesses, it’s just today they’re hidden from view. They occur in comments and questions. They sometimes contain links – so at least there’s referral traffic – but often it’s cut/paste of text recommending a gadget, a band, a book.

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Deals Homebrew Lost: 2014 Edition

Hunter Walker

'Blake asked for a follow-up to my post on the two deals we lost in 2013. Thanks for bringing up such painful memories! 2014 was a great year for Homebrew (or at least I *think* it was – check back in 10 years and I’ll tell you definitively). Bunch of new companies (currently 17 core investments) and five of our earlier startups raised additional financing.