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Why petrol cars will not exist in 10 years

Start Up Blog

If you haven’t already realised, cars are no longer machines, but rolling computers. This also means that cars will move from being powered by fossil fuel engines to electric motors. It’s already started, and it is going to happen much more quickly than we anticipate. I’d go as far to predict that there will hardly be a petrol car on the road in 10 years.

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Sales 2.0: Why Can’t Sales Be As Efficient As Online Dating?

David Teten

I’m teaching a class for Founder Institute July 8 on accelerating sales with technology. This has been a passion of mine for well over a decade, ever since I realized how inefficient sales was and how technology could be used to speed up the process. This is a core theme of my book, The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online. Sales, raising capital , looking for a company to invest in , dating – these are all different facets of the same search process.

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Episode 5 on Sirius XM Channel 111: Pete Newell, John Kuhn, Matt Weingart, Takashi Tsutsmi and Masato Iino

Steve Blank

My guests this past week on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Pete Newell , managing partner of BMNT Partners. John Kuhn , who works at BMNT Partners. Matt Weingart, program development manager in the Strategic Development Office at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Takashi Tsutsumi and Masato Iino , founders of Learning Entrepreneur’s Lab in Japan.

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Cyber Thieves Take A Bite Out Of Summer

YoungUpstarts

by Andrew Bagrin, founder and Chief Executive Officer of My Digital Shield (MDS). Cyber crime is getting the Hollywood treatment again with last week’s debut of “Mr. Robot,” a new TV series that follows a cyber security hacktivist who shut down DDOS attacks by day and hacks criminals in his free time, all in the name of doing good. It’s an interesting twist in the criminal case of the week format that’s sure to raise some eyebrows.

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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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It’s Summer! Don’t Worry About SEO!

Rembrandt Communications

Happy Independence Day from Ranking Stress! It’s summer, and that means you’ll want to spend more time away from your office. But with all of the recent SEO news about the search engines changing their algorithms, you may think you need to put in more hours to study these changes and act accordingly. Well, I […]. The post It’s Summer! Don’t Worry About SEO!

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[Infographic] Online Shopping Habits – Women vs Men

YoungUpstarts

If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, how do Martians and Venutians differ when it comes to shopping online? As you can imagine, somewhat differently. Men and women have rather differing needs when it comes to shopping online, whether it is about pricing and promotions, the use of mobile devices, or the kinds of goods and services they purchase.

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How To Do Your Own PR — 3 Tips For Startup Founders

YFS Magazine

In order to grow, most entrepreneurs need to invest in PR – though, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a financial investment that comes with hiring an outside firm or consultant.

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Don’t make permanent decisions with temporary feelings

The Equity Kicker

Don't make permanent decisions with temporary feelings. — banksy (@thereaIbanksy) July 2, 2015. When I saw Banksy’s tweet this morning I thought ‘great advice for life’ Then I thought it’s great advice for investment decisions too. Most obviously investment decisions should be rational rather than emotional, based in analysis of likely long term outcomes.

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We have officially kicked off our 2015 Private SaaS Company Survey!

For Entrepreneurs

For the fourth year in a row, I am working together with David Spitz and his team at Pacific Crest Securities, an investment banking firm (@dspitz and @PacCrestSec, respectively on Twitter) with a specific focus on SaaS, to survey SaaS companies in order to share benchmarking data and insights on the growth and operations of the […].

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How to Recognize and Put a Stop to Employee Burnout

Up and Running

Many, if not all, companies deal with employee burnout. When employees feel burnt out and under-appreciated, then productivity and revenue of the company decreases. Are you worried an employee’s flame is sputtering? Here are the most common signs of a burnt out employee. Missing in action. When an employee suddenly starts missing work more often than normal, it’s usually a sign that the employee is burnt out.

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7 Ways To Accomplish More And Conduct Effective Business Meetings

YFS Magazine

Many small business owners have a difficult time in getting positive result from their business meetings. Here's a look at 7 ways to get more results.

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Bottom up budgeting creates waste. Top down!

Berkonomics

Many people believe that bottom up budgeting leads to waste and misdirection. The advocates of top-down budgeting are strong in their belief that if you give each person or department no guidance, they will budget to their wants or specific needs, not to those that support a corporate goal. So, they argue: Give your people a top-down generated target.

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How Would You Rather Fail?

Mike Michalowicz

Entrepreneurship is risky. It is fraught with challenges. While you can choose to do exactly what you love to do, there is a real possibility that you will fail. The alternative is a career where you will likely do what you don’t want. It’s a career, but there is a catch. You can fail there too. And worse, others can decide if you fail (you’re fired!).

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Shareholders Approve NPX’s Acquisition of Freescale for $11.8 Billion

SiliconHills

Shareholders for NXP Semiconductors and Freescale Semiconductor approved NXP’s acquisition of Freescale for $11.8 billion on Thursday. Of the votes cast during special meetings for both companies, more than 99 percent voted in favor of the merger. At the close of the deal, Gregory L. Summe and Peter Smitham will become non-executive directors of NXP, […] The post Shareholders Approve NPX’s Acquisition of Freescale for $11.8 Billion appeared first on SiliconHills.

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The Demise of Facebook’s Organic Reach

Duct Tape Marketing

The Demise of Facebook’s Organic Reach written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Since its launch in 2007, Facebook’s Pages have promised businesses a free online presence with which to connect to customers, offering the opportunity to publish updates and promotional content directly into their news feeds.

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What Are We Talking About When We Talk Valuation?

Early Growth Financial Services

Valuation is one of those ubiquitous words: at least when it comes to discussions around startups — and, of course, stock market multiples. But it can be confusing because there is not just one type. In fact, there are several types of valuations and they come into play at different times in a company’s lifecycle. For example, there are the private company valuation figures that get bandied about: think the numbers people reference for Uber and AirBnB for example.

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How to Use Infographics Effectively

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Use Infographics Effectively written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Click to view larger via Mammoth Infographics. Because of the constant bombardment of information we experience on a daily basis, the average human being now has a shorter attention span than a goldfish! In the digital era, marketers have to change and adapt their strategies in order to get their messages heard amongst the many other competing voices.

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"That’s not to say that venture funding isn’t an effective tool to rapidly build a."

Bryce Dot VC

“That’s not to say that venture funding isn’t an effective tool to rapidly build a company. Seven percent of the Inc. 500 companies are venture backed, compared with just 2 percent in the general small-business universe.” - 93% of Inc 500 fastest growing companies have not taken any venture funding.

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11 Things That Work More Often Than Not in A/B Tests

ConversionXL

While there are no universal rules in conversion optimization, there are some things that tend to work more often than not. This article will give you some of these tactics to test for yourself. Let’s be realistic: websites are highly contextual, and what works for website A, doesn’t work for website B. In addition, the concept of a tactic is one thing, its impact is all about the specific implementation.

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Evergreen Marketing Inspiration: 5 Successful Social Media Campaigns

Brandanew

Everyone can market on social media – well, according to them! Because if it isn’t watched, what’s the point of running a marketing campaign at all? These days there are no guarantees that a campaign will be sure-shot successful. It may or may not click with your audience. Nevertheless, the unpredictability of social media hasn’t discouraged marketers across the world to try different antics every time a product or service is launched and some of them aren’t just successful, but highly ins

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11 Things That Work More Often Than Not in A/B Tests

ConversionXL

While there are no universal rules in conversion optimization, there are some things that tend to work more often than not. This article will give you some of these tactics to test for yourself. Let’s be realistic: websites are highly contextual, and what works for website A, doesn’t work for website B. In addition, the concept of a tactic is one thing, its impact is all about the specific implementation.