Thu.Jun 05, 2014

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Cable Company Fuckery

Feld Thoughts

'John Oliver and his new show Last Week Tonight has become Sunday night entertainment in my house. He’s simultaneously brilliant and hilarious. Oliver took on Net Neutrality on Sunday. Due to my cable connection being down, I didn’t see it until Monday when I was able to watch it on my DVR. He started off by reminding us that American’s simply don’t respond to “boring” so he suggested we change the phrase “Net Neutrality” to “Cable Company Fu

.Net 161
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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

'Has your company’s customer retention rate increased, decreased or remained status quo over the past five years? Have you outlined and initiated a formal customer retention strategy? In a study by Harvard Business School , it was found that increasing customer retention by even 5% can increase profits between 25-95%. And yet…Forrester found that 70% of CMOs did not list retention as a top priority.

Retention 115
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Small Business Success Doesn’t Come Without Travel

Startup Professionals Musings

'Sponsored by VISA Business With all the new technology available today for video conferencing, interactive social media, and webinars, you may think that travel is no longer a requirement for starting a small business. You would be wrong. According to a recent industry report on travel spending, small businesses buy 37% more airline tickets than big business travelers, and spend 24% more when on the road.

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How To Develop Your Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

'Has your company’s customer retention rate increased, decreased or remained status quo over the past five years? Have you outlined and initiated a formal customer retention strategy? In a study by Harvard Business School , it was found that increasing customer retention by even 5% can increase profits between 25-95%. And yet…Forrester found that 70% of CMOs did not list retention as a top priority.

Retention 112
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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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Pivot – Firing the Plan Not the People. 2 Minutes to See Why.

Steve Blank

'If you can’t see the video click here Filed under: Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development.

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

'Has your company’s customer retention rate increased, decreased or remained status quo over the past five years? Have you outlined and initiated a formal customer retention strategy? In a study by Harvard Business School , it was found that increasing customer retention by even 5% can increase profits between 25-95%. And yet…Forrester found that 70% of CMOs did not list retention as a top priority.

Retention 105

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The 4 Phases For Developing A Customer Retention Strategy

ConversionXL

'Has your company’s customer retention rate increased, decreased or remained status quo over the past five years? Have you outlined and initiated a formal customer retention strategy? In a study by Harvard Business School , it was found that increasing customer retention by even 5% can increase profits between 25-95%. And yet…Forrester found that 70% of CMOs did not list retention as a top priority.

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Stuck in a rut? An exercise on how to be an out-of-the-box thinker

The Next Web

'Jason SurfrApp is the founder of IWearYourShirt.com. His new book, Creativity For Sale, is an in-depth look at how to turn passion into profit. When it comes to thinking creatively for business, most people believe you have to be wired a certain way or use a certain side of your brain. I disagree. In fact, I think the more naturally creative you are, the harder time you have focusing on the business side of things (marketing, promotion, sales, etc).

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How to Calculate ROI For a Small Business

Up and Running

'Return on investment (ROI) is a financial concept that measures the profitability of an investment. There are several methods to determine ROI, but the most common is to divide net profit by total assets. For instance, if your net profit is $50,000, and your total assets are $200,000, your ROI would be 25 percent. A common definition of ROI is “a profitability measure that evaluates the performance of a business by dividing net profit by net worth.” In a small business, the uses of ROI

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15 productivity tips for a startup parent

The Next Web

'Sahil Parikh is the founder of Brightpod, a Web-based project management software for marketing teams. I have a three-year-daughter and a productivity startup. Both demand my time during the day and it’s only fair that I set aside time to nurture both my babies. Spending time with my family is as important to me as building my startup. Don’t believe me?

Product 149
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What to do when someone falls asleep during your presentation

Start Up Blog

'I do a lot of public speaking. When I am presenting to a large audience there isn’t a presentation where I don’t spot a person who has actually fallen asleep. Now you might think I am crazy admitting it here, but I know it has nothing to do with me. In fact, I’ve had people fall asleep and after the talk others come up and tell me it was the best presentation they’ve ever seen.

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An ‘iPhone moment’ for wearables may be close

The Equity Kicker

'The wearables industry at the moment can be likened to smartphones in the pre-iPhone era. As it was with Nokia Communicators and Blackberrys , quite a few people have them but the experience is generally not very satisfactory and the mainstream isn’t buying yet. In large measure I think that’s because most of them don’t do much more than count steps and step count data isn’t that interesting.

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Hugh opportunities do NOT command amazing pre-money valuations.

Berkonomics

'Dave’s note: Popular Bill Payne returns this week with a thoughtful take on valuations. By Bill Payne. One entrepreneur has a company which appears to be scalable to a $30 million exit value in five to eight years, and a second entrepreneur’s venture seems to be scalable to $200 million in exit value in the same time frame. Yet, at the pre-revenue stage of development, angel investors price both companies at a pre-money valuation of $1.5 million.

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“I Run My Business Out Of My Cell Phone:” How Mobile Is Powering a Fitness SMB

Hunter Walker

'Like many local businesses, the fitness and wellness industry has seen many new tools to manage backoffice/scheduling, demand generation and social media/community building. Our mutual friend Rob Bailey connected me with Jennifer Pattee who, as founder of San Francisco’s Basic Training , is using everything from crowdfunding to Yelp to power her business. 1.

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Beyond Technology, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Focuses on Helping Children Worldwide

SiliconHills

'By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News A lot of people in Austin and beyond know the story about how Michael Dell started his computer company at the age of 19 in a dorm room at the University of Texas with $1,000. He grew the company into a multi-billion dollar international computer maker and […] The post Beyond Technology, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Focuses on Helping Children Worldwide appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Cut Costs & Make Customers Smile

Mike Michalowicz

'A while back, I received an email from two awesome entrepreneurs in Florida, Jorge and Jose from www.EcuDoctors.com. I have had the privilege to know these guys for a few years now, and their business is kicking butt. Any who… Jorge dropped me a note that I thought would trigger some ideas for your own business. Here is his note: Today I got a box from one of my customers and it had a bright green note inside that brought a BIG SMILE to my face.

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Postmates Launches in Austin

Austin Startup

'Postmates, which is like “Uber" for stuff, unlocks the inventory of a city by connecting customers with a dedicated fleet of couriers to deliver anything in under an hour. Postmates is currently doing over 15,000 deliveries a week in six cities across the U.S., and starting today will allow Austinites to get nearly any item — from takeout and groceries to retail items and even prescriptions — delivered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Austin 72
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Book short: Life Isn’t Just a Wiki

OnlyOnce

'Book short: Life Isn’t Just a Wiki. One of the best things I can say about Remote: Office Not Required , by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, is that it was short. That sounds a little harsh – part of what I mean is that business books are usually WAY TOO LONG to make their point, and this one was blessedly short. But the book was also a little bit of an angry rant against bad management wrapped inside some otherwise good points about remote management.

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Postmates Launches in Austin and Wants to be the Fedex of Home Delivery

SiliconHills

'By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The self-proclaimed “Uber” of on demand delivery, Postmates, has launched in Austin. The San Francisco-based company wants to be the “FedEx” of home delivery, said Bastian Lehmann, CEO of Postmates. Postmates chose Austin for its expansion because of high demand and a hungry consumer base wanting more […] The post Postmates Launches in Austin and Wants to be the Fedex of Home Delivery appeared first on SiliconHills.

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5 Quick Tips for Buyers in Naming Projects

crowdSPRING Blog

'Finding the perfect name is a very important step in your business. Once your brief has been written and your project is posted here on crowdSPRING, we have 5 quick tips to get you on the road to success! 1. The Creatives are limited to 10 entries each unless YOU give them a score of 3, 4 or 5 stars. Want to see more entries from the ones who are on the right track and giving you some great ideas?

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Marketing Automation: What is it and Why Should I Care?

Duct Tape Marketing

'Marketing Automation: What is it and Why Should I Care? 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 Scott Thomas – Enjoy! . Marketers, meet your secret weapon: marketing automation. Only recently, has this underutilized method of demand generation been brought to the forefront of public attention.

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The mobile game I’m playing now: Duet Game

Jeff Hilimire

'Duet Game (iOS only) is driving me nuts. I test a lot of mobile games and very few hold my attention. Kingdom Rush (both the original and the sequel, Frontiers) have remained a mainstay in my mobile game rotation. Recently I was into Marvel Puzzle Quest and for a brief time I was playing Hearthstone. But currently I’m into Duet Game and TwoDots (I’ll write about that one next week).

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CIOs Are from Mars; CMOs Are from Venus: Seven Ways To Bridge The Great Divide

YoungUpstarts

'by Forbes magazine publisher Rich Karlgaard and author of “ The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success “. Behind closed doors, in the corner offices of companies throughout the nation, a heated C-suite battle rages on. On the surface it looks like a battle waged over the corporate budget — a tale as old as time — with both sides seeking to claim a bigger portion of the pie.

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What Founders Need to Know About Startup Equity

Early Growth Financial Services

'Equity is a startup’s lifeblood. And, just as with any other element of building a successful business — putting the right team in place, setting and hitting milestones, and effectively managing cash — developing your capital strategy is an important a piece to get right. One thing to remember: your equity is precious: don’t be lavish in giving it away.

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