Steve Blank
MARCH 15, 2017
If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you get there? I was having a second coffee with an ex student, now the head of a marketing inside a rapidly growing startup. His company had marched through customer discovery, learning about the customer problem, validated solutions and was now scaling sales and marketing. All good news.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 15, 2017
Startup investors tell me they invest in a new venture with a higher caliber of people, rather than the product or service, and I agree. In my role as a business advisor, I see successful businesses most often emerging from great teams rather than great products. Yet I find the people building teams are usually product experts, often with no experience in team building.
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YoungUpstarts
MARCH 14, 2017
by Eliot Burdett, co-founder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting , and author of “ Sales Recruiting 2.0: How to Find Top Performing Sales People, Fast “ Diversity in the workplace has been an issue since the civil war. In February, 1869, a letter to the editor of the New York Times questioned why female government employees were not paid the same as male counterparts.
Up and Running
MARCH 15, 2017
As an entrepreneur, you know that not every part of the job is glamorous. Buying insurance can feel like a hassle, but if you invest in finding the right policies now, you’ll save yourself from potential legal headaches and unexpected costs down the road. You probably have a lot of questions surrounding what specific risks different types of coverage actually protect against, and whether or not they apply to your business.
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
Version One Ventures
MARCH 15, 2017
Three weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending the Domino Data Science Pop-up , which was one of the best days of talks on data science that I have attended. You can check out recordings of the talks as well as copies of the presentations on SlideShare. I won’t dive into all the nitty-gritty discussions on math and statistics, but I do want to share some insightful discussions surrounding the definition and role of data scientists in today’s startups.
Austin Startup
MARCH 15, 2017
Over the past several weeks, I have been rolling out a series of Spotlights on the Lontra Ventures portfolio. BlazingDB is the third in this series, after RackN and Appbase. By now, a few trends are emerging. All of the founding teams are very highly technical and incredibly well-educated with passion and emotional intelligence needed to excel in the hyper fast start-up world.
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View from Seed
MARCH 15, 2017
VC evaluation of seed-stage startups can seem arbitrary or imitative at times. Internally, the scarcity of tangible business metrics – product usage or revenue multiples for example – can make an investment decision feel daunting. Presented with various unknowns from any one pitch, VCs often lack an existing information infrastructure to examine in forming an opinion.
deal architect
MARCH 13, 2017
I am seeing proof points this generation of enterprise software buyer is not committing to large suites from a single vendor. There are many reasons for that as I describe in this blog post. Having said that, the broader a.
Austin Startup
MARCH 15, 2017
By the time Silicon Valley white privilege culture, tech magazines that promote only white faces, Ethereum/Bitcoin fanboys, sellout black tech wannabees and globalists promoting their blockchain consortium get a hold of this article, it’s already too late and the game already ended a while ago. The African-American community with a global movement known as the Afro-Tech quietly mastered blockchain/distributed ledger technology several years ago to benefit urban communities.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 13, 2017
by Cameron Johnson. There are approximately 28 million small business in the United States, and each one is vying for growth and an increased share of profits in the marketplace. Small businesses are responsible for as much as 65 percent of the new jobs created since 1995. Clearly, other small businesses are finding productive, efficient ways to grow, and you may be wondering what steps you can take to foster growth and development in your venture.
Duct Tape Marketing
MARCH 14, 2017
Create a Referral Engine That Works Every Day written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. I’ve written about this topic many times, but it just never get’s old! (Check out the referral marketing archive on Duct Tape Marketing ) The fact is, although I’ve been writing about the idea of referral generation for years, it always remains relevant, no matter what marketing trends and technologies come and go.
deal architect
MARCH 13, 2017
Most large vendors still talk in terms of selling entire application suites, growing their “wallet share” of customer IT spend, and the joy of their “all you can eat” buffets. It all sounds so retro, 90s talk because so many.
Austin Startup
MARCH 13, 2017
South by Southwest interactive portion is just about wrapping up. Stay tuned for a complete run down on: IBM’s Experience studio — Including a new Watson SDK for Unity and Voice VR (tried and tested). The “internet of caring things” and the “cognitive study of elderly care”. I had a conversation with “Watson” who assessed my personality type (I’m a Dynamo by the way — and I have the t-shirt to prove it).
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 15, 2017
If you’ve arrived at the genesis of an idea which you think can make money, it’s probably a fair bet that you won’t immediately want to explore the minutiae of HR. But the early steps you take in this area are crucial. TribeHR co-founder and CEO Joseph Fung said : “Ask any startup CEO to rank their greatest challenges, and inevitably human resources makes the list.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 12, 2017
If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use social media. There are many ‘experts’ out there telling you how to do it, or even offering their services. But very few are talking about how to measure your results and return on investment (ROI), and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment.
deal architect
MARCH 15, 2017
In my recent book, Silicon Collar, I profiled a number of examples of machine learning, cognitive computing and other evolving artificial intelligence. With growing and diverse data sets and massive computing power we have never had so much opportunity to.
Austin Startup
MARCH 14, 2017
Written by Chad Hall, Cofounder + CEO at RemodelMate , a humble ventures company that intends to disrupt the home improvement industry by setting the standard for residential renovations and transforming the buying experience for customers as well as the way that contractors attract customers and sell their services. As we — myself and my cofounder, Victor Etongwe — drive through Dandridge, TN, still 6 hours and 38 minutes from our headquarters in Washington, DC I am reflecting on our very first
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 15, 2017
by David Lester, Brightworks Managing Director, US Finance Lead. Welcome to the 21 st Century, where although we’re not quite as established as The Jetsons predicted, groceries can still be delivered by drones, some cars can drive themselves and dating app analogies can be used in the business world. Yes, you heard that right, and you’d be surprised what businesses can take away from dating apps in order to get customers to swipe right on their brand.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 13, 2017
When I started mentoring entrepreneurs and startups a few years ago, I anticipated that I would get mostly tough technical questions, but instead I more often hear things like “Where do I start?” I find that the basics are actually the hardest to answer, just like your parents found out when they first tried to fill you in on the “facts of life” a long time ago.
YFS Magazine
MARCH 13, 2017
Entrepreneurship is an adventure of creativity, self-education, and personal development—a passionate labor of love. Now imagine layering on power-ups.
Austin Startup
MARCH 14, 2017
RideAustin #SXSW Weekend 1 Rideshare Recap (and yes — we’re still true to our open data pledge even while getting beat up in the press)… By Andy Tryba & Marisa Goldenberg Ah the joys of the spotlight… With 70k visitors and all eyes on Austin this week for SXSW — we at RideAustin certainly received some sharp (and legitimate) criticism on the hours on Saturday where we weren’t at our best.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 16, 2017
Search engine optimization is a practice used to help your website rank higher in the search results fields of major search engines. Optimizing your website and knowing the algorithm changes expected in 2017 can help improve your page rank and business. Check out the following tips to help ensure you are using the best SEO practices for 2017. 1. Replace Keyword Research with Audience Targeting for Best Results.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 17, 2017
The most powerful way to grow your business and your career these days is to become a visible influencer in your domain. People follow influencers on social media to find what they buy, who they vote for, and which social causes they support. You don’t have to be the smartest person in the room to be an influencer, but you do have to understand and practice some key techniques.
YFS Magazine
MARCH 17, 2017
Entrepreneurs rarely miss a beat. They're on top of it all. However, one thing they need, yet often forget, is a personal website.
Austin Startup
MARCH 17, 2017
By Andrea Conant Most conferences you go to and can’t wait until it is over so you can go to the bar. Not this one. The fun part of South by Southwest is actually going to the sessions. You are in awe and overcome with a sense of euphoria over the fact that there are so many people across the country who care like you, are dejected like you, optimistic like you, cynical like you, energized like you, yet still hungover like you.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 15, 2017
Succeeding in business depends on scaling customer growth. All of the marketing activities won’t matter if it doesn’t translate into growing the size and revenue from the business’s customers. There are a few considerations that you must keep in mind if you want to scale your business quickly during its infancy. Optimise the conversion process. Startups usually have little financial capital to invest and they have an urgent need to generate a high return on investment so they can reinvest and gr
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 11, 2017
If you are just plain tired of working so hard, or your startup is not getting the traction you expected, should you shut down cleanly, or just file for bankruptcy and walk away? For those who think that bankruptcy is the easy way out, think again. Bankruptcy should always be the absolutely last resort. The “advantage” of filing for bankruptcy, of course, is that it gets creditors permanently off your back, with no continuing lawsuits, based on funds derived from selling all assets.
Rembrandt Communications
MARCH 17, 2017
Do you know how to prepare for these hidden truth for the best results? Recently, I spoke at an event for The Professional Writers’ Alliance, to help new copywriters advance their careers. Here are some of the tips I shared… 4 Secrets About Running Your Own Copywriting Business You Rarely Hear …And how to prepare […]. The post 4 Secrets Exposed – Running a Copywriting Business appeared first on Boost sales fast with content marketing strategy and PR here.
Austin Startup
MARCH 17, 2017
Staying ahead of the curve in a competitive world Written by: Farouk Dossa , Senior Account Executive SXSW is a film, interactive media, and music festival and conference held in Austin, Texas that draws thousands of people from all over the world. My colleague Joel Zien and I spent four action-packed days checking out the latest technology, meeting hundreds of people, and of course, having fun!
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 13, 2017
by Steven L. Blue , President & CEO of Miller Ingenuity and author of “ American Manufacturing 2.0 “ When I started to write this article I originally titled it “Culture Is Not a Four Letter Word.” It was intended to address the CEO’s who think culture is a squishy, beer for lunch, feel good concept that doesn’t deserve a place at the grown-ups table.
Brandanew
MARCH 15, 2017
Every day, we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data. To help get your head around just how much data this is, think of it in terms of blue-ray discs. It would fill 10 million, the height of which, when stacked, would measure as tall as four Eiffel towers on top of each other. In other words, we’re generating a lot. But is this a new trend? Well, 90% of the world’s data has been created in the last two years alone.
aweissman.com
MARCH 14, 2017
Today we have have posted The Riff #1 to Soundcloud (and soon to iTunes , Google Play and other places I suppose). The Riff is a 24 minute, unedited single conversation about one topic with one person who knows something about that topic (ie, a riff). David Tisch and I are the interviewers. We conceived of this idea and after a few months of planning we have started to put these into the wild.
Austin Startup
MARCH 15, 2017
What is all this VR, AR, MR stuff? My last day at SXSW 2017. I spent my final day of South By Southwest on the VR/AR track. It was the official open for those sessions, but it would be the only one of the three days I could experience. As much as I would have loved to learn more, I’d arrived on March 10th for the start of the design sessions, so having even a single day of the AR/VR was great.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 17, 2017
Startups are notorious for blowing through their initial funding in a short amount of time. They have to find office space, hire talent, and purchase equipment, office supplies, and anything else they need to get going. It’s normal for a new business to have these expenses, but startups have a tendency to spend large on things they don’t need while cutting corners when they shouldn’t.
YFS Magazine
MARCH 16, 2017
The most successful entrepreneurs share common qualities and personality traits that are crucial to success in business. Which ones do you possess?
Up and Running
MARCH 13, 2017
In my article, What You Really Need to Know About Cash Flow , I pointed out that most people think in terms of profits instead of cash. In this article, I wrote: Although cash is critical, people think in profits instead of cash. We all do. When you imagine a new business, you think of what it would cost to make the product, what you could sell it for, and what the profits per unit might be.
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