Sun.Nov 23, 2014

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Technical Entrepreneurs Often Fail By Early Adopters

Startup Professionals Musings

'Every technical entrepreneur is an early adopter of technology, so naturally they build things with people like themselves in mind. Unfortunately, for most solution markets, early adopters represent only 10 to 15 percent of the total opportunity, so it’s easy to get mislead on the real requirements of mainstream customers. Psychologists call this the confirmation bias.

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[Infographic] Does It Pay To Be Pretty?

YoungUpstarts

'Do looks matter when it comes to success? The answer, quite expectedly, is a resounding yes. But before you pick up your pitchfork in defense of equality, consider the numbers: the average call back rate when you submit a resume is 30%. An attractive male gets called back 47%, while their less attractive brethren gets called back 26% of the time. For women, the variance is staggering – a pretty female gets called back 54%.

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The Right Startup Advisors Are As Valuable As Money

Gust

'Warren Buffett advises President Obama, image via Wikipedia. If you are a new entrepreneur, or entering a new business area, it’s always worth your time to assemble an Advisory Board of two or three executives who have travelled that road before. You need them before you need funding, and if you select the wrong people, or use them incorrectly, no amount of money will likely save your startup.

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What is a real missed opportunity?

Life Beyond Code

'One of my favorite quotes is actually an African proverb. It goes like this: When you want to go fast, go alone. When you want to go far, go together. It’s easy to understand and equally easy to forget, unfortunately. With that in the background, let’s get to answering the question we started with: What is a real missed opportunity? In short, the “real missed opportunity” is your inability to proactively help people in your network to accelerate the pursuit of their dreams.

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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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The Right Startup Advisors Are As Valuable As Money

Gust

Warren Buffett advises President Obama, image via Wikipedia. If you are a new entrepreneur, or entering a new business area, it’s always worth your time to assemble an Advisory Board of two or three executives who have travelled that road before. You need them before you need funding, and if you select the wrong people, or use them incorrectly, no Read more >.

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Motivational Clips for Entrepreneurs: “Confidence Has Always Been a Difficult Thing for Me”

Scott Edward Walker

'“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar Welcome to our weekly series “ Motivational Clips for Entrepreneurs.” Each week, we post a favorite video clip to inspire and motivate entrepreneurs. Why? Because we know how tough it is being an entrepreneur; and whether you’re launching a startup, trying to iterate on your business model or raising funds, you need a little juice to help you push the ball forwa