YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2017

How much time do you spend worrying about your competition? Pamela Springer, CEO of ORIS Intelligence is a veteran executive with more than 20 years’ experience growing tech-based companies, including re-starts and IPOs, including building Manta Media into one of the largest, most trafficked websites in the US.

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Private Equity Later Stage IPO Early Stage 113

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 24, 2017

We had a chance to hear a little from Gerald about his company, product design, development and his entrepreneurial journey. Tell us about you, your background and what led you to start your business? We are going to be focusing on digital marketing in 2017 to help us grow. Image Credit: Gerald Beranek.

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Product Entrepreneur Vertical Design 54

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 24, 2017

The idea of hiding out from her a separate place has never made any sense to me so we turned the second floor into a retreat center which friends and companies in our portfolio are starting to discover and use, especially since it’s a lot less expensive (free) than renting a hotel conference room for the day – and a lot more pleasant.

Portfolio 75

Portfolio Leadership Naming Management 75

David Cohen

JANUARY 26, 2017

Brad Feld and I just visited several cities on this trip to learn more about the great startup communities there. I can’t say enough about the job our team on the ground has done there to get this program off on the right foot. Brad, always the book salesman, was able to talk about a bit about Startup Life.

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Australia Denver Silicon Valley Hosting 75

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 25, 2017

Last week, I wrote about the “Commercially Important People, the " CIPs ," in all of our business lives, and of the importance of being very clear as to who they are (and are not!), Or, more softly how can and will our CIPs feel better about themselves and their life prospects by speaking to and working with us? read more.

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Sales Social Media Media Technology 48

Eric Friedman

JANUARY 25, 2017

It is amazing how much information is out there about starting up a company, entrepreneurship, and almost any topic around starting a business — and yet the knowledge gap is large. Some founders are well informed about the details surrounding financing terms and definitions, while others are new to the topics.

Programming 60

Programming B2C Equity Incubator 60

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I was also very clear about the parameters without being prescriptive. The process took about two weeks from start to finish, and I secured a registered trademark for the name later that year. Being completely gluten free, there is nothing wheat about buckwheat. Thanks to Joseph Liu, Career Relaunch Podcast ! #2

Naming 85

Naming Entrepreneur LLC Software Review 85

The Startup Toolkit

JANUARY 25, 2017

Talking to customers about this sort of question is a huge waste of time and is yet another customer development antipattern (see also novelty , big-name , and meetings ). It’s using a process as an excuse to avoid the scary work of putting your dreams on the line. If you did use them, why did you stop?”

Vertical 21

Vertical Video Conversion Business Model 21

Up and Running

JANUARY 25, 2017

Because it was my first business, I was very wet behind the ears, and probably made just about every mistake imaginable. As we deplaned and jumped in our taxi which would take us to the conference room where the investors were waiting to hear our pitch, my mind was racing. But then, it happened. Second, the feedback was mixed at best.

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Venture Capital Cofounder Security Partner 89

Up and Running

JANUARY 24, 2017

We sent an email outlining what we knew so far, warning them not to click on links in any emails they’d received from the bogus company, and to forward anything suspicious to us. We combed through emails our clients forwarded to us, and asked our IT person to check our site and see if there’d been a breach. So far, so good.

Startup 92

Startup Email Web Security 92

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 23, 2017

Tess Wicks tells us something totally the opposite. where she shows business owners that they’re never too small to think big about business. Tess Wicks tells us something […] On this episode we talk with Tess Wicks and discuss how Profit First can be applied to start-up businesses. Creative Profit Co.

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Cofounder Analytics Software Finance 69

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2017

I wrote recently about disruption – and its impending escalation. dissertation, and it’s certainly one that people have been talking about for many years, but now it’s here and showing up in some very simple, yet recognizable ways. Remember how long we talked about the mobile revolution before it showed up as an everyday reality?).

Artificial Inteligence 52

Artificial Inteligence Social Media Database Operations 52

The Startup Toolkit

JANUARY 27, 2017

What I am saying is that some non-zero portion of the people who appear to be extremely successful (and give us advice as such) are in fact completely full of s**t. And since they believe what they say (even if they’re wrong), our b t filter fails us and we follow them too readily. End result?

Silicon Valley 31

Silicon Valley Bankruptcy Restful Founder 31

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

There are only 182,000 ATMs across India with only 15% of adults using an account to make or receive payments with 72% of bank accounts showing zero balance. India has about 200 million mobile subscribers and is adding 5 million new users monthly. McKinsey Global Institute’s report found that about 1.6 report concludes.”

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India Mobile SMS Tanzania 109

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2017

It wasn't about how to be better price negotiators or about tactics for getting dealflow. It was about investors trying to be better people. His dishonesty wasn't just with us, it was with himself. Unfortunately, women will not save us from these men. But the feminine--the feminine will save us all.

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Iran Leadership Developer 132

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 23, 2017

It might seem obvious to talk about having a USP, something that makes you stand out from the crowd. Roll with the punches, but never forget what got you excited about the business in the first place. The election of Donald Trump and Brexit in the UK will both have long term implications for many businesses in the US and Europe.

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Europe Agile Lean Reputation 122

entrepreMusings

JANUARY 27, 2017

I take it as a sign of the actual decent health of our country that there was not one violent outburst, of which I am aware, during these marches on January 21, 2017 in any US city. The march to me was not about President Trump and we weren’t there to protest him being our president. We were not there to riot and cause mayhem.

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entrepreMusings

JANUARY 27, 2017

I take it as a sign of the actual decent health of our country that there was not one violent outburst, of which I am aware, during these marches on January 21, 2017 in any US city. The march to me was not about President Trump and we weren’t there to protest him being our president. We were not there to riot and cause mayhem.

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