Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2016
What happens to a company when a visionary CEO is gone? Most often innovation dies and the company coasts for years on momentum and its brand. Rarely does it regain its former glory. Here’s why. Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 26, 2016
by Leigh Stringer, author of “ The Healthy Workplace: How to Improve the Well-Being of Your Employees – and Boost Your Company’s Bottom Line “ Over the years, we have developed work styles that are not good for our physical, mental or emotional health. . It’s not that we’re bad people, or that we aren’t working hard. The problem is that what our minds and bodies need at a basic level is in conflict with our work style.
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Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 22, 2016
For decades, efforts to satisfy customers have been built around demographics – capitalizing on race, ethnicity, gender, income, and other attributes. Today, in this age of pervasive social media and two-way communication, the focus needs to get beyond demographics into personalities. Customer personalities define customer experience, and sets what they love, and what they hate.
ConversionXL
OCTOBER 27, 2016
It will come as no surprise, but like most things in life, conversion optimization will benefit from a strong strategic approach. This generally includes aligning your goals and resources to build out a roadmap, or at least a framework/process, for your experiments. Much like in other disciplines, while experts agree that strategy is important, they can sometimes differ in their approach to such a strategy.
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
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2016
What happens to a company when a visionary CEO is gone? Most often innovation dies and the company coasts for years on momentum and its brand. Rarely does it regain its former glory. Here’s why. Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 25, 2016
Starting your very own e-commerce company can be an exciting proposition. In many ways, getting an e-commerce company off of the ground is easier than a standard business; depending on your business model, you may not have to keep as much physical inventory, hire as many workers or deal with as many tax considerations. However, there are numerous concerns that are identical to brick and mortar businesses.
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crowdSPRING Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2016
The biggest trend in marketing in 2016 has been the idea of “agile marketing.” Workfront, a project management solution provider, defines it as : A tactical marketing approach in which teams identify and focus their collective efforts on high value projects, complete those projects cooperatively, measure their impact and then continuously and incrementally improve the results over time.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 24, 2016
Successful entrepreneurs are usually hard-driving, and highly focused on some specific goals, like being the dominant player in a given domain, or the low-priced provider of their product. Yet other entrepreneurs will talk for hours about all their ideas, and how they intend to change the world, but I don’t hear any specific goals or milestones. Many people are very hesitant to set specific goals, due to lack of self-confidence or whatever.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 28, 2016
by Reed Gusmus, director of marketing at QASymphony. The outright and abject failure of a software development project is a surprisingly common occurrence, and the reasons for a specific project’s failure tend to revolve around three easily avoidable mistakes. Since failure ought to be viewed as an entirely unacceptable outcome, it is essential that software development professionals recognize the most common issues that ultimately lead to the complete demise of a project that once held a
View from Seed
OCTOBER 26, 2016
Today, we talk to startup legend and self-made millionaire, Matt Ruby, founder of Vooza — thought leader, disruptor, and the next Steve Jobs. Alright, alright, so none of that is true — but we DO talk to a guy named Matt Ruby who parodies the startup world through his video production company, Vooza. Not only are they hilarious, but they partner with some REAL startups to create hilarious videos too.
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 28, 2016
The third edition of Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist is going to print and pre-orders are up on Amazon. For everyone who has purchased, read, or reviewed our previous editions, thank you! While it’s difficult to know exactly how many copies have been sold (the joy of publisher metrics), it’s around 100,000 to date, which blows our mind since we had no expectations around this when we wrote the book in 2011.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 26, 2016
With the pace of change ever escalating, entrepreneurs today can’t afford to acquire talent through traditional hiring alone, and need to revise the perception that “talent” is only full-time employees. At the same time, more people in the workplace don’t want to be “employees.” According to an Intuit study , that number is quickly rising and will approach 40 percent by 2020.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 23, 2016
In March 2016, Rosanne Hortensius left the Netherlands to launch online couponing platform Saleduck in Southeast Asia. As the company’s Commercial Manager, Hortensius was armed with the responsibility of setting up the office’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur as well as growing the local team. Along with Ben Rogmans – Saleduck’s CTO and co-founder, the two have spearheaded the movement towards expanding Saleduck in five countries within Southeast Asia and are now looking towards furthering th
Up and Running
OCTOBER 25, 2016
If you’ve looked for a job in the past five years, you’ve probably made sure to spruce up your LinkedIn profile. But, LinkedIn isn’t just a social networking site for job seekers—it’s also a great marketing platform for businesses. If you’re looking to become an expert voice in your particular industry, you may want to consider adding LinkedIn to your social media marketing arsenal.
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 25, 2016
As we come to the end of a particularly noisy and contentious election cycle, a thought echoes over and over in my mind – we need more entrepreneurs in Congress. As I continue to believe that innovation and entrepreneurship are the key drivers to our economic future, it’s frustrating to hear such little cogent discussion around it. I recently got a call from a long time friend, Martin Babinec.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 28, 2016
Steve Jobs was a one-in-a-million entrepreneur who seemed to violate many conventional rules of starting a business and dealing with people, yet undeniably achieved great success. According to various reasonably credible reports, including his authorized self-titled biography “ Steve Jobs ,” by Walter Isaacson, he often ignored customer input, berated team members, and misused key business relationships.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 25, 2016
by Leslie Katz, Greenberg Traurig LLP. “Today, I follow the rules. Tomorrow, I will work to change them,” a serial entrepreneur recently told me. This statement reflects the increasing recognition of the importance of, and the nexus between, the growth of technology and the political, legislative, and regulatory arena in which startups now operate. While regulators are becoming more familiar with the nature and capability of startups to change aged industries rapidly, the idea that a company can
YFS Magazine
OCTOBER 22, 2016
The online marketplace is inundated with untrained “coaches” that seem to have all of the answers to entrepreneurial and personal challenges.
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 23, 2016
This is a line my friend Jerry Colonna uses when something like the AT&T – Time Warner deal occurs. As time passes, the line has shifted to “We were right – just fifteen years early.” Jerry was Fred Wilson ‘s partner at Flatiron Partners. We were all investing in Internet-related stuff at the end of the 1990s. Jerry and Fred had one of the most successful VC funds during this time period until the Internet bubble burst and blew us all up for a while.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 23, 2016
Isn’t it amazing that some people you know always seem to be working hard, but never seem to get anything done? As an entrepreneur, you need to avoid partnering with these people, or hiring them into your startup. The challenge is to find people who get things done, as well as work hard. LinkedIn profiles and resumes still focus too much on responsibilities rather than results.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 26, 2016
Running a startup is exhilarating. While there are a seemingly endless number of challenges to overcome. It is also your chance to change the world. For an increasing number of successful startups, they are foregoing London, New York, or Silicon Valley for the business-friendly UAE. In fact, some have dubbed it the Silicon Valley of the Middle East.
Mike Michalowicz
OCTOBER 26, 2016
There are literally millions of blogs on the Internet, yet you know that starting one for your business could still be a good idea. Business blogs – done right – are a great way to drive traffic to your website, establish yourself as an expert in the field, and even build a rapport with your customers. But just starting a blog is not good enough! Blogging Visibility.
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 27, 2016
At the end of the day yesterday I gave a talk at the opening of Galvanize Boulder. After, during the Q&A, someone brought up depression and I went on a long ramble about my own struggles over the years, how I’ve grown and developed, how it has impacted me, and what I do today to work on my mental fitness. During another ramble on introvert / extrovert, I told the crowd I was exhausted from the past few weeks and rather than stick around and mingle, I was going to head home to spend a q
YFS Magazine
OCTOBER 26, 2016
If you want to learn invaluable lessons about leading people, you don’t need to look any further than Bruce Springsteen's recently published memoir, Born to Run.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 26, 2016
Launching a startup is a huge step into the world of entrepreneurship. Important steps need to be taken before your new business can officially be launched, such as establishing a customer base and securing funding. You also need to make sure that you have done the groundwork by gaining a sufficient education and knowledge of the business world. Here are five things that every budding entrepreneur needs to know before launching a startup business: Learn the Industry.
Up and Running
OCTOBER 24, 2016
This certainly feels like the age of the startup founder. The cheerleading tech press and massive valuation rounds have built a mystique around startup culture. It seems like exciting new companies are popping up daily, led by founders just a few years out of college (or never having finished school). The allure of this narrative is obvious: the smartest kids in the room get to hire their friends and build a company with other people’s money.
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 26, 2016
If you are a VC then you know Dan Primack. You also probably know that yesterday was the last day he wrote his magnificent daily newsletter The Term Sheet. It’s been a daily read of mine for – well – as long as I can remember. So I was delighted to see this tweet from Dan first thing this morning. Of course I’m gonna write another email newsletter.
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 27, 2016
A friend recently told me a story that had nothing to do with business, but unintentionally had a great lesson for all of us. He had asked his arborist if he could move a mature tree from one part of his property to another – to make room for an addition to his home. “Yes,” replied the professional. “And how much would it cost?” To which the arborist responded, “We’d charge $18,000 for that.”.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 24, 2016
by Elliot Tomaeno, founder of ASTRSK. When building your startup, you probably took a DIY approach to just about everything. You taught yourself how to fundraise , you learned how to identify an ideal home base , and you spent countless hours figuring out how to build your personal brand. You probably feel pretty darn proud of yourself. I don’t blame you.
YFS Magazine
OCTOBER 25, 2016
When you run your own business, you’re the person who has to give yourself a pep talk, and if you employ other people, then you are the positivity gauge.
K9 Ventures
OCTOBER 27, 2016
So much of what we do in the tech industry is about innovation, disruption, and changing the status quo. But, when it comes to how we go about doing that some of the smaller details tend to get re-used based on previous norms and templates without being revisited or questioned. One of these norms is how founder vesting and employee vesting works. I won’t get into employee vesting today as that has much more to consider than I have time to cover in this short post today.
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 26, 2016
Bright minds that look at things in innovative ways are going to be the future of the healthcare industry, according to Dr. Vonda Wright, Orthopaedic surgeon and keynote speaker at MedTechTX 2016. But it’s not just about inventing a cool gadget and thinking the healthcare system will automatically embrace it. Healthcare startups have unique challenges […] The post 11 Tips for Healthcare Startups from MedTechTX 2016 appeared first on SiliconHills.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 26, 2016
If you’ve sustained an injury in your workplace, you may be wondering what action to take following the event. Understanding your rights as an employee and the responsibilities of your employer are crucial to ensure your accident is managed correctly. While this process can be overwhelming, you can make things a little easier by taking the following steps immediately after you’ve been injured in the workplace: 1.
YFS Magazine
OCTOBER 28, 2016
The great thing about marketing in creative industries is that the possibilities are endless – your creativity is the only limit.
Mike Michalowicz
OCTOBER 25, 2016
We all know an effective marketing campaign can be the key that unlocks the door to a world of new customers. The trouble is that consumers are buried under a sea of images and attempts to separate them from their money. What’s ideal is word of mouth – the better-than-anything-you-could-pay-for form of spreading the word about companies and products worth supporting.
VC Adventure
OCTOBER 27, 2016
Earlier this month Seattle Seahawks defensive end Cliff Avril announced that he would support building homes in Haiti – devastated most recently by hurricane Matthew. For every sack Avril gets this season he’s donating $6,000 which is enough to build a home that is both hurricane and earthquake proof. The charity that Avril is doing this through – New Story – is one that my wife and I know well.
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