YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'by Julie Miller and Brian Bedford, co-authors of “ Culture Without Accountability: WTF? What’s The Fix? “ Almost every leader has been there. One minute you’re living the company values, and the next you’re making an exception — for yourself. Perhaps you have an official policy of being super-responsive, but when an especially problematic client calls, you avoid him for a day or two.

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For Entrepreneurs

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'Three years ago I spent a lot of time looking at SaaS business intelligence companies. I loved what I saw in the demos: easy data connections, slick looking graphs, powerful drill down tools and custom dashboards made the tools look like no-brainers. And then I began my diligence calls. All of these bells and whistles […].

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'Max Wheeler is CEO of Alminder Inc., creator of the Mynd Calendar app for the iPhone. We all make New Year’s resolutions in January, and most of us break them before we have even taken down our holiday decorations. Stop eating chocolate? Yeah, sure. But, when it comes to keeping your work and family life organized, there’s a way to stay on track. The secret: using your electronic calendar as more than just a date keeper.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'If you really want to impress a startup founder as a potential employee, or you want to be a smart investor, you need to know the right questions to ask. These are the questions that get past the hype of a founder “vision to change the world,” and into the realm of real business strengths, weaknesses, and current health. Some founders try to deflect these questions by talking incessantly, so you often need to be calm, patient, and persistent to get the answers.

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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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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'Let’s admit it – not all of us are equipped with the right skill sets to be able to run a company, much less one that’s listed on the Fortune 500. And the question is – what are the qualities that’s required for someone to actually qualify to run one of the top tech companies in the United States? And how do you know if you’re good enough?

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'This post originally appeared on the ooomf blog. “As long as you get your eight hours in.”. I used to hear this phrase a lot. The thinking is that as long as you put in a set amount of time working (usually at least eight hours or more) you will do well at your job and be successful. We learned that eight hours of work a day is what we’re supposed to do almost as soon as we step foot into a classroom.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'Nope, Amy isn’t pregnant. But Bart Lorang’s (founder/CEO of FullContact ) wife Sarah is. And Bart has started a new blog called Startup Baby. Well – it’s sort of a blog, or a Medium thing – whatever those are called. His first post is awesome. It’s titled Holy S**t! I’m having a Startup Baby! Here’s a taste.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'The growth of the online social stay and vacation market has been garnering quite a bit of attention, spearheaded in the United States by San Francisco-headquartered Airbnb but which has pretty much spread across the world. But Singapore-based travelmob is also eyeing a piece of that action, especially in the Asia Pacific – the social stay marketplace, which helps match property owners in the region to travellers seeking quality short-term accommodation, is pushing aggressively into the

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'Last night, I went to go see Dallas Buyers Club. It''s a very powerful movie. Whether it''s accurate or not, is debatable , but it''s theme is something that resonated with me. We, as a society, put in place structures like government and big corporations largely as an organizational efficiency. By pooling our resources and centralizing control, theoretically, we can more effectively do things like police neighborhoods, manufacture things and defend our borders.

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'It seems trite and obvious to write that the best products are designed around what customers need and want, yet it is still surprisingly common for companies to make decisions based on what’s important for themselves. Digital magazines are a great example. Physical magazines have been suffering from declining circulations for a while now and their owners have mostly struggled to charge for their content online.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes. Everything Entrepreneurship #10 features a host of great questions from our listeners, including our first ever audio question sampling the smooth aussie-accented sounds of Andrew Hellmich. Andrew asked about how to determine demand for an ebook project before putting in all the work creating the ebook. You will also find out how Walter … Read the rest of this entry » The post How To Gauge Demand For Your Ebook, Mastermind Tips, Options For Non-En

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'Dell Ventures, the investment arm of Dell, has announced a new $300 million Strategic Innovation Venture Fund. The goal of the venture fund is to find the next Michael Dell, said Jim Lussier, managing director of Dell Ventures. The fund will invest in early-to-growth stage companies, particularly targeting storage, cloud computing, big data, next generation […] The post How to Get Dell Ventures to Invest in Your Startup appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'It is likely the most common question I get… “What is your best advice for entrepreneurial success?” My answer varies in the words I use, but the theme is always the same – authenticity. . Your greatest entrepreneurial success won’t be the money you make. It won’t be the things your business did. Or how many awards you win. Your greatest entrepreneurial success will happen the day you decide to unabashedly be your true-self to your fullest potential, and enable your business be you

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'The Best Way to Sell a Service Is. written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing photo credit: jonny goldstein via photopin cc. I’ve been selling a service for many, many years and I can tell you that selling something people can’t touch and feel has its challenges. No amount of explaining, documenting and outlining can replicate the conditions of actually experiencing the service in action.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'Austin-based Datical announced it has landed $3 million in Venture Capital led by Mercury Fund. Other participants in the Series A fund included Austin Ventures and other investors. Datical plans to use the money to expand its development of its database software, to market its products and on customer service. Daniel Nelson, CEO, Robert Reeves, […] The post Datical Receives $3 Million in Funding appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Jeff Hilimire

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'I tell people all the time that being in Atlanta Tech Village is something truly special, for so many reasons ( here are a few ). A few weeks back, Michelle Nunn came to visit , and then last Friday the Mayor came and hung out with us while he was touring the Village. This place is too much fun. The Dragon Army team (minus Richard ) hanging with Mayor Kasim Reed.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'Datical today announced it has secured $3M in Series A financing led by Mercury Fund.

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The Startup Toolkit

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'Every so often, the looky-loos seize their pitchforks and condemn the startup world, saying: These startups are just toys and features. Why isn’t anyone trying to change the world !? To which the only acceptable reply is: Bollocks! Because hidden within their complaint is the incredible claim that they can see the future. That they can judge how today’s companies will change tomorrow.

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Bryce Dot VC

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'“Three years ago the company consisted of Jordi hand-soldering on a folding card table in his garage and me and my kids packing kits on the dining room table. Now we’ve got 35,000 square feet of factory space with four high-end pick-and-place lines, three CNC lines, and factory managers hired from companies such as Samsung and Foxconn running the show.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'Mick Rigby is the CEO Yodel Mobile , where he brings more than 20 years of experience as a strategist in advertising and marketing. We’ve almost reached the tablet-to-PC tipping point where the cheaper, more portable tablet form factor is becoming the de facto device for browsing and consuming online content. Pick your analyst report – they all pretty much indicate that 2014 will see consumers approach and pass the tablet horizon.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News The whole time the OP3Nvoice founders were at Techstars London, they kept hearing the same advice: this technology is too great to focus on a single vertical; you should build a platform. And for that, you should go to America. “It was terrifying and exciting at the […] The post Techstars London Startup OP3Nvoice Moves to Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.

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