The Next Web

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'Toss around the term “Millennial” in your favorite search engine and it brings up perceived characteristics attributed to the generation. There’s the how-to on working with them, why not to hire them, how they are narcissistic and selfish (yet still love/rely on their families), and most of all, their “always connected” obsession. The U.S. age group varies according to source, but the generation is roughly composed of those born between 1981 and 2000, according to Pew Research.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'Startups are the corporations of the future, so I have long believed that entrepreneurs who study existing corporate models, rather than ignoring them with disdain, will likely profit from the exercise. In today’s fast-paced world, that means recognizing early and capitalizing on the changes that are bringing many big companies to their knees, before that company is yours.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'After a successful debut last year , Crowdsourcing Week will be returning for its second edition. The annual week-long global crowdsourcing conference will take place in Singapore on April 7-11, 2014, and will see an expanded lineup of events that will convene many of the luminaries from around the world who are shaping the future of the growing crowdsourcing movement.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'The process of choosing a domain name is not unlike that moment in your teens or early 20s when you decided to get a tattoo. Yes, we’re going there, but stick with this for a moment. Those of you who’re inked, think back to the process leading up to that decision. You labored for hours about what exactly to get. What best defines you? What sort of message do you want to convey to the world about your person?

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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 3, 2013

'Since time immemorial, we’re told that our network of friends and family members are vital to our success. Who haven’t heard that “a friend in need is a friend indeed” or that “blood runs thicker than water”? Well, the tables may soon be turned. At least according to innovation consultant Alan Gregerman. Challenging conventional wisdom, Gregerman’s latest book “ The Necessity of Strangers: The Intriguing Truth About Insight, Innovation, and Succe

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Gust

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'I just read Social Proof Is the New Currency on the Social Media Today blog. Author Daniel Lay writes: . Whether you like Mark Zuckerberg’s mug or not, the social web is here to stay, and businesses that can integrate social proof into their marketing efforts seamlessly will join this new “socially rich” class. We mean richness in fans and followers, not number of zeroes in your bank account.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'Mat Ellis is the CEO and founder of Cloudability. There has never been a more exciting time to be a CIO (seriously). The growth of the Internet of Things gives us an interesting look at how the CIO’s role is changing. And, for many companies, this is a change they want — and need — to encourage. The Internet of Things forces us to look at the world – the technology world, at least – very differently.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'“You ever notice how the first slide in any pitch deck these days is ‘[industry] IS BROKEN?’” A friend pointed this out to me last week talking over coffee during a cold rainy New York afternoon. It was noted with a bit of smirk – both in terms of its consistency but also how it has a “to a hammer, everything is a nail” quality — the world is broken and entrepreneurs are here to make it better!

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'New content sites like Buzzfeed, Upworthy, ViralNova and PolicyMic*are growing fast through social sharing. Yesterday Facebook made some changes to their newsfeed algorithm that will deprecate low quality memes and highlight high quality stories that get clicked and read a lot. I have a guest post over at Forbes about why the combination of these two trends will make high quality content king once again.

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Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'Here’s what drives me nuts – when my 2pm appointment calls me at exactly 2 o’clock to tell me they are running late. Why did they have to wait until the last minute? But what really burns me up, is when they say they will be there in 15 minutes, yet arrives a half hour later. They lumber in at 2:30pm. Mind you, they promised 2pm.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Kevin Callahan, co-founder of Map My Fitness recounted his entrepreneurial journey at Austin Startup Grind at Capital Factory Monday night–two weeks after his company announced it was being acquired for $150 million by Under Armour. The acquisition will bring together a company that has never been sold […] The post Map My Fitness Co-Founder Kevin Callahan on his Entrepreneurial Journey and the Big Sale appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'The left is Android/Google’s Andy Rubin 2007. The right is Rubin 2013. Nice setup. Should we speculate that Rubin is highlighting he’s been building drones for six years now (same NYTimes author and photographer too)? Also, guy ages well eh?

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'Regular readers will know that I’m interested in robots. I think they will transform many elements of business and society over the next twenty years so I was very interested to read about Jeff Bezos announcement that Amazon has been experimenting with drone delivery and hopes to put the service live as early as 2015. Aside from the amusing question of whether Bezos deliberately timed this headline grabbing announcement to generate publicity for Amazon on the eve of cyber Monday, it’

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'How I Made Twitter Infinitely More Useful written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Twitter is a great tool. I’ve been using it since March of 2006 and it’s certainly here to stay as a communications tool for the foreseeable future. photo credit: Joffley via photopin cc. When Twitter hit the big time some years ago there was no manual for how to use it or even any best practices as we were all just experimenting with what was a new f

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Jeff Hilimire

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'~ I saw this meme and couldn’t resist using it for this post. Too funny… Sometimes with a startup you can look up and wonder what you’ve gotten yourself in to. If you didn’t wonder that from time to time I’d have to question whether your startup is taking the appropriate risks to be successful in the long run. I posted in the past on how to think like an entrepreneur , and one of the main points is that you have to be willing to take risks.

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Small Business Force

DECEMBER 3, 2013

"Do the right thing." "You are only as good as your word."Two phrases my Dad lived by and drove home to me at a young age, and have been thematic in my business life because they define integrity. For entrepreneurs they are equally critical. When you're starting out most of you will only have a great idea, a rational plan to execute that idea and your integrity.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'I’m super proud to announce that DataSift has just completed a $42 million financing round coming at the end of a year where its revenue grew several hundred percent year-over-year. Considering our revenue is SaaS revenue this achievement is even more remarkable. The timing of the announcement of this investment couldn’t have been timed more perfectly if we tried.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'Accelerators are often exciting, collaborative and deeply rewarding incubators that help you to grow your startup, develop a product or idea, and find follow-on investors. Although there are hundreds of accelerators to choose from, you’ll be competing against thousands of other applicants all vying for the chance to learn from one of these life-changing mentoring programs.

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