Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
'If you Can’t Make Time, MakeSpace. A few months ago I wrote about an entrepreneur, Sam Rosen, whom we brought on as an EIR at Upfront Ventures. I would have liked to have been even more Upfront with you back then about our intentions with Sam but out of respect to him we held back on our broader thesis until now. Today we announced our launch. Here’s the deal.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
'The new hot topic for entrepreneurs the last couple of years is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. The problem is that crowd funding means something different to everyone, and even I have been confused by the different ways the term gets used.
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YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
'While the world has over the past few years been riveted on the revolutionary civil uprising that’s been taking the Middle East by storm called the Arab Spring, there’s been a far more silent – and likely as important – revolution taking place there that might ultimately do more to change the face of that region. Where there’s been the overthrowing of governments, mass protests and even outright civil war, there’s… entrepreneurship. “ Startup Risi
The Next Web
SEPTEMBER 22, 2013
'Toying around with the idea of starting a company? Worried about things that may go wrong or making the wrong decisions? Did you just start a company but are concerned about how you are doing things? You are not alone, and you definitely are not in unchartered waters. There are not only many thousands of people just like you who are working on starting their own company or have just launched their company, but there have been thousands of people who were once in your shoes who’ve gone on to gro
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
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
'Last week, in the midst of Denver Startup Week, we had a full day Foundry Group Exec conference. Ben Deda from FullContact convened about 100 execs from our 60 or so portfolio companies for the day. We had seven topics of one hour each, led by a different set of execs. The result was an incredible range of discussions across an amazing group of people.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
'Some aspiring entrepreneurs are so desperate for funding, or naïve, that they ignore the obvious signs of scams and rip-offs on the Internet, praying for a windfall. One would think that with all the sad stories and tools published over the past twenty years, this problem would be behind us. But people are still begging for more technology or laws, often to protect them from themselves.
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Start Up Blog
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
'Like most human experiences or endeavours they live in a state of flux. They evolve. I’ve been thinking alot lately about the concept of luxury. And while luxury is a relative concept based on location, wealth, opportunity and many other factors, it seems to me as though technology is the most influential factor in its evolution. Most luxuries are temporal and may exit the fray based on technological advances or shifts in social behaviour.
Duct Tape Marketing
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
'How to Leverage Mobile Technology to Gain Insights Into Your Marketplace written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is Willie Pena – Enjoy! photo credit: blakespot. In the next few years, marketing will be almost totally mobile.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
'A good entrepreneur is not necessarily born a good salesman. In fact, they are often the opposite, more focused on building things rather than selling them. Yet, in today’s world of information overload, marketing and selling skills are critical to the success of every startup. The alternative “If we build it, they will come” approach has long been relegated to the field of dreams , after Kevin Costner’s movie by the same name.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
'by Vickie Milazzo, author of “ Wicked Success Is Inside Every Woman “ It’s a fact: women in business are on the rise. We’ve all heard of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, both of whom rocketed Wonder Woman-like through the glass ceiling to become household names. And those two famous females are hardly alone: women now occupy 24% of corporate senior leadership positions around the world.
deal architect
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
'Reacting to the Oracle in-memory switch announcement, Vishal Sikka of SAP has commented “ it hasn’t been released yet, so please come back and talk to us when it is available” He is right. Makes for a lot of idle.
Rembrandt Communications
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
'Use Them and Lose Sales! You are busy and do almost everything at your business. I get it. You work a lot of hours and still try to find some time to stay in shape and see your family and friends a little more. And with all of this activity, I’m sure you posted an […].
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
'We all know entrepreneurs who have overcome adversity, like the recent business recession or personal setbacks, and achieved success. There are famous people like Walt Disney and Nelson Rockefeller, who overcame learning disabilities, and people like J. C. Penney and J. K Rowling who struggled through personal bad times before finding their true legacy.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
'by DJ Miller. From 2010 to 2012, the percentage of Americans following brands on social media jumped from 16 percent to 33 percent. That’s a significant increase, but it also means two-thirds of local social networkers aren’t following brands. Start-up companies have much work to do to make meaningful social network connections. Read on to discover how to foster these bonds and brand your business online: Make Facebook Part of Your Sales Staff.
deal architect
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
'Oracle OpenWorld has always been an engineering showcase. Lots of feature/functions, speeds and feeds. This one is no different with lots of wow around in-memory, cloud and engineered systems But a nice addition this year has been more profiling of.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
SEPTEMBER 21, 2013
'Last year I recapped a few episodes of season 4 of Sharktank from a VC’s point of view. A few people have asked me to do the same, at least for the Season 5 premier. So here goes! (You can watch it here for a couple of weeks if you didn’t see it last night). POSTCARDS ON THE RUN. The first pitch was most interesting to me because it most closely resembled a company that I may actually see in my day job as a VC.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 22, 2013
'After you have heard a few startup success stories, like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, you may be tempted to invest some money yourself, maybe by pooling your funds with other investors who claim to have a great track record. My advice is to leave the investing in startups to the professionals (or friends and fools). First of all, despite a few visible blowout successes, the odds of a payback from investing in startups is very low (that’s why VCs look for 10X returns to cover failures).
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
'by Amanda Smith. Managing a growing business could mean dealing with more and more task each day. Poor time management and prioritization of work can often lead to unintentional negligence of other more important tasks. Thankfully, you can always turn to technology to get the assistance that you need. If you feel like you are juggling tons of work and ending up compromising quality, you may want to think about getting a virtual assistant.
deal architect
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
'During his OOW keynote last night, Larry Ellison invoked the iPhone to make fun of his own product naming prowess. In doing so he announced to the audience what I was thinking throughout his speech. Game Changer. The in-memory switch.
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
'I get demos every day. Multiple times a day. I don’t want to see a powerpoint deck – I want to play with something. I don’t want to hear a description of what you do – I want to see a demo. I don’t want you to tell me your background, where you went to school, or where your grew up. I want to see what you are working on.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 21, 2013
'A lot of executives have noticed that the workplace is being flooded by a new generation of workers, and they are questioning who will be the winners, and who will be the losers. In reality, Gen-Y is here, and they are already inheriting our businesses, so let’s figure out how to make them winners, or we will all be losers. By definition, Gen-Y is the generation born between 1977 and 1995 (synonymous with Millennials).
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
'Singapore is considered to be one of the easiest and best places in the world to start a business – in fact, Singapore ranks just behind the United States, in having the highest level of total entrepreneurial activity among 25 selected economies globally, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2012 Singapore Report. If you’re looking to start your own company here, probably the best resource to start from is the government-run Enterprise One site, where there are guides to
deal architect
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
'The M6 32 TB machine, the in-memory switch, a growing network of IaaS data centers soaked up the sun at Oracle OpenWorld this week. There were also plenty of on-premise apps sessions. In the shadows were Oracle cloud apps which.
Version One Ventures
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
'Conventional wisdom says that web-based companies must be scalable on all levels. Start-ups should avoid any kind of manual intervention or heavy lifting to acquire, onboard or retain users… after all, users automatically flock to, sign-up to and stay with great products. However, as we’ve seen time and time again, conventional wisdom doesn’t always know best.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
'Many entrepreneurs are convinced that banks are not worth the effort for startups, especially early-stage ones that still don’t have a revenue stream, or collateral to back up their financing needs. A question I get all the time is “Can I ever expect any backing from my bank for a great opportunity?” The short answer is that some banks will help, if you do your homework.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
'by Sam Michaels, founder and managing editor of Cloud Accounting Today . The difference between cloud accounting and a traditional PC-based accounting program is that cloud accounting is a service that is accessible on any number of computers via the internet, whereas PC-based accounting is in-house and usually limited to just one computer. This form of accounting software model is referred to as SaaS (Software as a Service).
deal architect
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
'Julian Guthrie’s new book catalogs the improbable path that brought together the billionaire, Larry Ellison and the radiator mechanic, Norbert Barjurin and their runs at the 2003, 2007 and 2010 America Cup. With the amazing come from behind victory of.
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
'Techstars has launched another “powered by” accelerator, this time with Sprint around mobile health. It’s based in Kansas City (Sprint’s headquarters) and is our fourth powered by Techstars accelerator, joining Nike , Kaplan , and R/GA. I’m an enormous fan of four things about the Sprint Accelerator – what we call “PBTS” (powered by Techstars), mobile health, Kansas City, and Sprint.
Mike Michalowicz
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
'The first time you went to Starbucks, words like Tall, Venti, and Macchiato may have confused you. That was by design. Star Bucks knows that loyalty is formed out of belonging. When a group can distinguish itself with its own internal language, the loyalty only strengthens (and so. Of course, the trick is getting new folks quickly acclimated to the language so that they feel like insiders and not outsiders.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
'by Steve Musick, CEO of Destiny Capital . In the startup universe, growth is the Holy Grail. It’s what drives us to innovate, take creative risks, and challenge the status quo. The pursuit of growth is no longer just a strategy; it seems necessary to most founders. Our lust for growth, however, comes at a cost. In the U.S., research indicates that between 50 and 90 percent of all entrepreneurial endeavors fail within the first few years.
deal architect
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
'While Joe Tucci of EMC was clearly in sales mode, but his relatively short keynote at Oracle OpenWorld touched on several major themes that need lots more industry discussion Big Data is not so much about existing, internal, structured information.
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
'Our new video is almost out. Let’s do over / under bets on whether it’ll be here before Twitter goes public. In the mean time, enjoy the teaser. If you’ve forgotten what you are in for, or never saw the first video, take a look at I’m A VC. The post The Worst of Times Is Just Around The Corner appeared first on Feld Thoughts.
The Next Web
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
'This post is brought to you by Lenovo Inspire Me. More info can be found at LenovoInspireMe.com , where you can enter our competition to win the trip of a lifetime. _. We’re taking a slightly different approach to our second feature in the Inspiring Entrepreneurs series. A fortnight ago, Boris interviewed Reed Hastings on his business lessons and experience, but now I’m shaking it up with a look at a 26-year-old founder who is disrupting the mobile and social networking spaces: Kik CEO and fou
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
'by Tiffany Matthews. Every start up business needs all the help it can get. With a only a handful of people juggling multiple tasks, it can be utter pandemonium. In this scenario, it can be tricky to figure out what needs to be done first and what can be done at a later date. And if you’re starting out small with only yourself or a small pool of people, then you need some online tools to make your lives a little easier and a little less chaotic. 1.
Mike Michalowicz
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
'It is a paradox. Success requires a clear vision. The more you can see it, the more likely you are to achieve it. I get it. In fact I believe in it so much that I repeat a “success mantra” every morning and ever night. I have a clear vision for what I have defined as success in my business, in my health, in my spirituality and in my family life.
The Equity Kicker
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
'We’ve been thinking recently about how to combine design thinking with the lean startup methodology. The diagram above was drawn by Tim Brown , CEO of IDEO to describe the three tenets of design thinking (for those that don’t know Tim is perhaps the world’s leading proponent of design thinking). Lean startup has a lot to say about viability (will customers pay?
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