Both Sides of the Table
MAY 15, 2013
'No. The one word the best entrepreneurs never accept. I said it. Now let me walk you through a broader story because avoidance of the word in and of itself will seem cliche. Stay with me. When I was little I had a role model for entrepreneurship – my mom. She was a natural leader. She was president of the UJA in Sacramento. From this I saw civic involvement and leadership first hand.
Agile VC
MAY 13, 2013
'When we meet with entrepreneurs and ask about their competitive advantage or special sauce, one of the common responses is first mover advantage. ”We’re the first company to do X in an rapidly growing market” or similar. I’ve always felt being the first mover is a comparatively weak advantage and have been thinking about this more recently.
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YoungUpstarts
MAY 12, 2013
'by Malcolm Pinkerton, Senior Director and Senior e-Commerce Analyst from Planet Retail. With the proliferation of blog shops and rise of online shopping in Singapore – and in Asia – the casual observer might be forgiven for thinking the brick and mortar shops will go the way of the Dodo. That’s not the case. Yes, consumers enjoy the convenience and choice of online shopping, but they will always love the sociability of visiting enticing and compelling stores.
David Cohen
MAY 17, 2013
'Veterans give so much in their service to our country, it’s always an honor to be able to give something back no matter how small. That’s why at TechStars we’re very excited to be offering another TechStars Patriot Boot Camp from July 17-19 at George Washington University in Washington D.C. This will be the second year for the event, an intense three-day program designed to teach and mentor Veterans and Service Members about entrepreneurship and help them build and develop innovative technology
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
crowdSPRING Blog
MAY 17, 2013
'Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!
TechEmpower
MAY 17, 2013
'We have posted Round 5 of our ongoing project measuring the performance of web application frameworks and platforms. In this round, we''re very happy to announce that a community member has contributed tests for ASP.NET running on native Windows. We''ve included Windows on EC2 results as a separate set of data within the results view but caution that the results should be considered preliminary.
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Start Up Blog
MAY 13, 2013
'I’m totally in love with Modern Seinfeld on Twitter ( @seinfeldtoday ). Each day I tune into the stream hoping for some more tweets which serve up more 140 characters of Seinfeld goodness. For the uninitiated, Modern Seinfeld is an ‘unofficial’ tweet stream in which each tweet is the synopsis for a fictional modern day Seinfeld episode.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 13, 2013
'For the past 5 years or so Google, Facebook and a handful of tech industry giants have been quietly buying scores of early-stage startups for their talent. And to keep up with the Jones’s it seems that Yahoo! has now employed the same strategy. And who cares, right? A couple of tech giants throw millions around in either cash (for which they have hoards) or part with some publicly traded stock.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 13, 2013
'The universal challenge of every startup founder is to get everything done that needs to get done, and still have a life. Even outside of business, everyone wants to accomplish more, while working less. I’ve been a student of these techniques for some time, but some time ago I saw a great summary that seems to pull all the key principles together. Stever Robbins, known on the Internet as the Get-It-Done Guy, outlines his strategies in his book “ 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 16, 2013
'by Glenda Eoyang, coauthor of “ Adaptive Action: Leveraging Uncertainty in Your Organization “. Joe has always been a successful leader. But recently he’s found that the strategic planning system that once served him well is no longer working. He used to be able to plan on a five-year cycle. Now, even one -year cycles are too long. Regardless of his best-laid plans, other forces in the organization keep overriding his strategies.
deal architect
MAY 13, 2013
'In the run up to SapphireNow this week I have seen several blogs and tweets about SAP’s new (as in last five years) analytical, cloud and mobile products – HANA, SuccessFactors, BYD etc. During the course of the week every.
Steve Blank
MAY 13, 2013
'The online world can be a dangerous place for the unprepared. And it’s just going to get worse. It’s time to teach Cyber Security as integral part of the high school and college curriculum and to all corporate employees. —-. I grew up in New York City and for a few years heaven on earth for me was going to Boy Scout camp in the summer near the Delaware River.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 17, 2013
'Being a risk taker in business is not the same as being reckless. Nevertheless, the word “risk” has a negative connotation to most of us, implying danger and possible loss. For true entrepreneurs, risk is viewed as a positive, with its implied challenge to overcome the unknown and hitting the big return. In fact, risk is an integral part of life, as well as every business, yet so few people learn to manage it properly, or even want to think about it.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 13, 2013
'by Jeff Hindenach, Editor with NextAdvisor.com. Getting a business loan is not always easy, especially in the current credit market. Many businesses are looking to business credit cards to help them fund startup costs when they are first building their business. So what should you consider when looking for a business credit card ? Why get a business credit card?
deal architect
MAY 16, 2013
'29 million cloud users announced at SapphireNow drew snickers including a snarky comment about “that must include all the pencils ordered on the Ariba cloud” :) More vexing is the question – does the HANA cloud have enough data center.
Steve Blank
MAY 13, 2013
'The online world can be a dangerous place for the unprepared. And it’s just going to get worse. It’s time to teach Cyber Security as integral part of the high school and college curriculum and to all corporate employees. —-. I grew up in New York City and for a few years heaven on earth for me was going to Boy Scout camp in the summer near the Delaware River.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 12, 2013
'In today’s business startup environment, if you don’t move fast, you get run over. Without a sense of urgency, people and businesses just can’t move fast enough. Speed is the driver because customers have a zero tolerance for waiting, and there are always competitors gaining on you. John P. Kotter, in " A Sense of Urgency ," delves into the how-to required of entrepreneurs on that first step, avoiding pitfalls along the way.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 17, 2013
'by Joyce D. Tucker. From medical records to I-9 forms, the human resources department of any business, large or small, is probably cluttered with paperwork. Even if you keep records digitally, you may wonder how much storage space you need to devote to records that are years old. On the off chance that your company may one day face litigation regarding an employee, it’s essential you know how long to keep these records.
deal architect
MAY 15, 2013
'Silver’s the new green …sang the Taco Bell TV commercial “It’s all about the Roosevelts” as it celebrated dimes to promote its sub $ 1 menu. At SuiteWorld this week I wanted to break out in that rhyme at the.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 17, 2013
'At this year’s NVCA meeting , my partner Jason Mendelson (who was the chair of the event) interviewed Dick Costolo, the CEO of Twitter. Dick is an awesome CEO, awesome human, and awesome interviewee. Among other things, he’s hilarious, and PandoDaily wrote a fun summary of the interview in their post What CEOs could learn from comedians.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 16, 2013
'Whether you are trying to motivate your team, close a deal with a customer, or get funding from an investor, a casual conversation is usually a waste of your valuable time. These result is a founder who is always “too busy,” but never seems to get the business done and the team moving. All real business is conversations focused on creating results.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 16, 2013
'The upcoming Crowdsourcing Week is a five-day conference to be held in Singapore on June 3-7, 2013, that will explore everything crowdsourcing, open innovation and crowdfunding. We grab Epirot Ludvik Nekaj (pictured above), the founder And CEO Of Crowdsourcing Week , for a quick chat on where crowdsourcing is headed in the coming years for this part of the world. 1.
deal architect
MAY 15, 2013
'We hear so much about Silicon Valley and Bangalore and Shanghai that is refreshing to hear about innovations in unexpected places. Mobile healthcare in Rio''s slums Pods at Abu Dhabi airport for work and sleep DUMBO -NY''s creative new hotspot.
VC Cafe
MAY 12, 2013
'Most startups will fail in their first two years of operation and only one percent of the startups that pitch to VCs will end up receiving funding. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 15, 2013
'Customer service has always been reactionary, meaning someone has to wake up and answer website email requests. That’s just not savvy enough to hold today’s fickle, less loyal, and ready to jump customer. Great startups are getting ahead of the game with “anticipatory customer service,” like providing smart phone access to product and account data to head off complaints.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 17, 2013
'If you’re a mobile warrior who travels and often need to rely on WiFi networks around you, you probably know the frustration of connecting to a WiFi network – free or otherwise – only to get crawling (or non-existent) data transfer speeds. Well, there’s an app for that. SpeedSpot is a free mobile app that lets you test the internet speeds – ping, upload, and download – of WiFi networks around you, so you can make an informed decision on which ones to connect
deal architect
MAY 12, 2013
'On the innovation blog Topological Data analysis The Polymath Cancer Dream Teams Big Data infrastructure at Facebook Qualcomm brings more power innovations Mobile is Job 1 for MLB Lockheed and quantum computing The Big Data of SIRF The Railroad revival.
Rembrandt Communications
MAY 16, 2013
'What are you going to do to build buzz? Spring is here, and that means it’s the perfect time to start new projects and reach out to potential new clients, media-members and advertisers. Whether you are looking to get a story in the news or boost sales, here are a few tips to help you [.].
Lightspeed Venture Partners
MAY 16, 2013
'Well it looks like the Department of Homeland Security is investigating Mt. Gox and the primary complaint is operating an unlicensed money transmittal business. Things do not look good for Mt. Gox. Its US accounts are being seized. This will likely lead to US customers of Gox (principally buyers of Bitcoin) gradually abandoning the platform, either buying Bitcoin and moving it away, or withdrawing their USD directly.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 15, 2013
'VIPs checking out the NUS Living Lab booth at InnovFest 2013. Trialling interactive digital solutions can be somewhat of a headache without sufficient beta testers to do proper market testing, so the folks at NUS Enterprise and NUS Interactive and Digital Media Institute (IDMI) earlier this week announced an initiative that would turn the National University of Singapore (NUS) Kent Ridge campus into a gigantic test bed to help new interactive digital media (IDM) or info-communication solutions
Life Beyond Code
MAY 11, 2013
'I was advising a young student who is getting into his first real job and wanted to keep everything plain and simple. The outcome was the following six simple growth equations. 1+1 = ? This is where you are working without a purpose. You don’t know what you want in life so you are confused whether you are growing or sliding sideways. The anxiety to “get things right” robs a lot of your growth. 1+1 = -1.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 16, 2013
'As I’m coming out of my depression, I’ve been reflecting on the hundreds of emails I’ve gotten from entrepreneurs, investors, friends, and people I don’t know talking about their own struggles with depression. It’s remarkable how much stigma is associated with depression in our society, which makes the struggle with depression even harder. .
Lightspeed Venture Partners
MAY 14, 2013
'It’s no secret that that I see the opportunity for Bitcoin to disrupt multi-billion-dollar markets and dramatically cut transaction costs for people around the world. We are in the early stages of innovation in this ecosystem, and Lightspeed wants to encourage that innovation. So today, I am thrilled to announce that Lightspeed Venture Partners will anchor the newly created Boost BitCoin Fund.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 14, 2013
'If you’re a small business achingly stuck with an outdated IT infrastructure that’s hindering your opportunities for growth, you may be in luck. Microsoft has launched the Get2Modern SME IT Makeover Contest , where small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore will stand a chance to modernize their operations with free Windows 8 Pro notebooks and tablets, one-year Office 365 Small Business Premium subscription (for up to 20 users) and migration services from an authorized Microso
BeyondVC
MAY 17, 2013
'External branding starts with developing a consistent, internal message first. When you think of branding and positioning, remember that your first line of offense and the most important representation of your company comes from your employees. Make sure you have a succinct, crisp and clear 2-3 sentence pitch on what you do and that everyone from the CEO down to the engineer or QA can repeat the same mantra.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 15, 2013
'I’m excited to join David Cohen and his team in announcing TechStars in Austin. From the TechStars blog: “The Managing Director of TechStars Austin is Jason Seats. Jason is a “ techie ” and entrepreneur. Rackspace acquired his company Slicehost in 2008 and then made him VP of Engineering. Jason is an active angel investor and has been with TechStars since 2011 with two very successful programs under his belt as Managing Director.
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