TechEmpower
DECEMBER 17, 2013
'Merry Christmas web framework performance aficionados! What better way to celebrate the holidays than by cheering on your favorites as they race through a variety of application fundamentals in the biggest web platform grudge match of the season? We certainly can''t think of anything more festive. Now at 90 frameworks and 230 permutations (variations on configuration), Round 8 has something for everyone.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 17, 2013
'One of the questions I’m most often asked by CEOs is how to hire sales people. I’ve written a lot about recruiting and hiring at startups including my controversial post on whom not to hire and my rapid response to the flame war. I’ve also written extensively on sales and on which sales execs to hire and how to think about the different kinds of sales leaders.
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Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 14, 2013
'Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process. Reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 19, 2013
'By Sean C. Castrina, author of “ 8 Unbreakable Rules For Business Start-Up Success “ If you’re bootstrapping your own business, you know all about doing more with less. The ability to stretch a budget is a survival skill, especially in those cash-strapped early days. And because you know you’re never much more than a bad quarter or an unexpected expense away from closing your doors, you’re always looking for new ways to save money.
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
The Next Web
DECEMBER 19, 2013
'Ryan Hoover is the co-creator of Product Hunt , creator of Startup Edition , and instructor at Tradecraft. Follow him at @rrhoover or visit his blog to read more about startups and product design. Can we all agree resumes are crummy? Can you really communicate your life’s accomplishments and skill-set through an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper? Does anyone even read your resume anyway?
Gust
DECEMBER 15, 2013
'Image via niaje.com and www.yec.co. There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. Yet, according to many sources , over 90 percent of all businesses are started and grown with no equity financing, and many others would have been better off without it.
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YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 16, 2013
'by Julie Miller and Brian Bedford, co-authors of “ Culture Without Accountability: WTF? What’s The Fix? “ Almost every leader has been there. One minute you’re living the company values, and the next you’re making an exception — for yourself. Perhaps you have an official policy of being super-responsive, but when an especially problematic client calls, you avoid him for a day or two.
The Next Web
DECEMBER 17, 2013
'Amanda Foley is a writer and marketing associate at audience.io , a New York and London based audience development company. Naming your startup can be one of the most difficult challenges for an entrepreneur. Not only do you need to come up with something relevant, but you have the added stress of worrying about the verb effect, if it’s easy-to-spell, globally understandable, catchy, memorable and gives off the right impression.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 19, 2013
'Here at Palo Alto Software, we spend all day every day building software and writing advice for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Some of us on staff are entrepreneurs ourselves. And that means we have a lot of favorite small business tools and resources to share. This is our list of favorite things from 2013. Some are truly “from 2013″ and were introduced this year, and some have been around for awhile but saw pretty significant updates in 2013.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 17, 2013
'Entrepreneurs have no trouble focusing on how to build a product, and the good ones know how to find and nurture those first critical customers. Many, however, don’t know how to take their small business to the next level. What I’m talking about here is a level of discipline and skill necessary to collect and analyze the relevant business data, known as metrics.
For Entrepreneurs
DECEMBER 16, 2013
'Three years ago I spent a lot of time looking at SaaS business intelligence companies. I loved what I saw in the demos: easy data connections, slick looking graphs, powerful drill down tools and custom dashboards made the tools look like no-brainers. And then I began my diligence calls. All of these bells and whistles […].
Version One Ventures
DECEMBER 18, 2013
'As the year comes to an end, it’s a natural time to pause and reflect on what we’ve done and where we’re headed. 2013 was busy for Version One. We made 3 new investments: Figure 1 , a photo-sharing network for medical professionals; Upverter , a cloud-based hardware engineering platform; and one unannounced investment. These new investments bring the total number of portfolio companies to 14.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 18, 2013
'This has been a big year for advances in business funding. The JOBS Act opened doors for major innovations in crowdfunding , and dozens of new funding websites have popped up to address the needs of specific types of businesses. Whether you’re a nonprofit, a new small business, a high-tech startup, or an up-and-running company, and whether you’re looking for a loan or a grant or an equity-sharing arrangement, there is an option for you.
The Next Web
DECEMBER 20, 2013
'This post originally appeared on the 15Five blog. Email is a huge time and efficiency suck. It’s a perpetuating cycle of call and response, a vortex of distraction and a black hole for productivity. But there is a way out…. In the movie Every Day’s a Holiday, Mae West famously remarked, “Let’s get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini.” That’s how I feel about email.
deal architect
DECEMBER 15, 2013
'When Karl-Heinz Streibich, CEO of Software AG invited me to help with his book The Digital Enterprise: The Moves and Motives of the Digital Leaders, he invoked Tom Peters and his best seller In Search of Excellence. Karl-Heinz said we.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 19, 2013
'Getting things done effectively in a startup requires total individual and team accountability. You can’t afford excuses and multiple people doing the same job. In my view, “taking responsibility” is the core element behind accountability. Many people hear responsibility as an obligation, but I hear it as “the ability to respond.” Unfortunately many people don’t have the ability to respond, because they lack confidence in themselves, or simply don’t have the skills required.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 18, 2013
'Every year around this time I look forward to Steve King’s small business trends for the next year. Steve, who runs Emergent Research , is a true expert, and his insight is always valuable. And I just read his Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2014 and once again, it’s great food for thought. My personal favorite this year is this: 8. Boomer/Millennial Business Partnerships : Growing numbers of baby boomers and millennials are teaming up to start and run small businesses.
The Next Web
DECEMBER 16, 2013
'Max Wheeler is CEO of Alminder Inc., creator of the Mynd Calendar app for the iPhone. We all make New Year’s resolutions in January, and most of us break them before we have even taken down our holiday decorations. Stop eating chocolate? Yeah, sure. But, when it comes to keeping your work and family life organized, there’s a way to stay on track. The secret: using your electronic calendar as more than just a date keeper.
deal architect
DECEMBER 20, 2013
'Plex saves Christmas from a failed SAP implementation. In this season of cheer, it’s all in good humor. But it had me thinking, take any of the countless other Run Better ads SAP has run and you could poke holes.
Agile VC
DECEMBER 19, 2013
'I was recently talking with another member of LinkedIn’s founding team. It’s been awhile since we worked together on a daily basis so a lot was just general catch up, but one of the primary reasons for our chat was that this person was starting to become a more active angel investor and was just looking for feedback. I’ve had similar conversations in the last year or so with other folks looking to begin, or ramp up, their activity as angel investors.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 16, 2013
'If you really want to impress a startup founder as a potential employee, or you want to be a smart investor, you need to know the right questions to ask. These are the questions that get past the hype of a founder “vision to change the world,” and into the realm of real business strengths, weaknesses, and current health. Some founders try to deflect these questions by talking incessantly, so you often need to be calm, patient, and persistent to get the answers.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 19, 2013
'This post is part of our series on the National Science Foundation I-Corps Lean LaunchPad class in Life Science and Health Care at UCSF. Part 1: issues in the therapeutics drug discovery pipeline. Part 2: medical devices and digital health. Part 3: described what we’re going to do about it. Part 4: This Will Save us Years – Customer Discovery in Medical Devices.
deal architect
DECEMBER 17, 2013
'Workday broadcast the Predict and Prepare 2014 event last week from the PBS Tampa station, WEDU. The replay video is embedded below. The feedback was excellent, and as we debriefed after the event, I had to marvel at the huge.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 16, 2013
'Let’s admit it – not all of us are equipped with the right skill sets to be able to run a company, much less one that’s listed on the Fortune 500. And the question is – what are the qualities that’s required for someone to actually qualify to run one of the top tech companies in the United States? And how do you know if you’re good enough?
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 15, 2013
'When the economy tanks as it did in the recent recession, that’s a strong signal that things have to change, and it’s hard to miss. But most of us in business have to deal most of the time with weak signals, or change that is happening in a far more subtle way. These changes can be cultural, like the increasing need to be social, spawning Facebook and a hundred others, or technological, like the explosion of mobile devices around the world.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 17, 2013
'A team of 110 researchers and clinicians, in therapeutics, diagnostics, devices and digital health in 25 teams at UCSF , has just shown us the future of translational medicine. It’s Lean, it’s fast, it works and it’s unlike anything else ever done. It’s going to get research from the lab to the bedside cheaper and faster. Welcome to the Lean LaunchPad for Life Sciences and Healthcare (part of the National Science Foundation I-Corps ).
deal architect
DECEMBER 17, 2013
'‘Tis the season to make forecasts, so let me invoke Bill Deane and James Franklin Bill Deane has quite a track record predicting who will make it in the annual Baseball Hall of Fame balloting. He presents his credentials here.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 17, 2013
'While it used to be that where recruiters used to advertise in the mass media for openings in order to look for talent, more and more are to today are turning to social media to find suitable employees. Increasingly, tech-savvy recruiters are eschewing those obsolete methods and employing tools such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to hunt and trawl for potential candidates instead.
The Next Web
DECEMBER 16, 2013
'This post originally appeared on the ooomf blog. “As long as you get your eight hours in.”. I used to hear this phrase a lot. The thinking is that as long as you put in a set amount of time working (usually at least eight hours or more) you will do well at your job and be successful. We learned that eight hours of work a day is what we’re supposed to do almost as soon as we step foot into a classroom.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 20, 2013
'This post is part of our series on the National Science Foundation I-Corps Lean LaunchPad class in Life Science and Health Care at UCSF. Doctors, researchers and Principal Investigators in this class got out of the lab and hospital talked to 2,355 customers, tested 947 hypotheses and invalidated 423 of them. The class had 1,145 engagements with instructors and mentors.
deal architect
DECEMBER 18, 2013
'Bumper crop of innovations from various parts of the world we don’t always expect innovation from Near Cashless Society – Sweden A decade of LeWeb – France Faber-Castell – Germany Wine “Rover” – German wine country Rail Power – Kazakhstan.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 20, 2013
'by Brian P. Moran, co-author of “ The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months “ Everybody loves a new year. It’s a bright, shiny, fresh, clean slate. A vista unblemished by mistakes or regrets. A brand-new chance to make Those Changes and accomplish Those Things we’ve been meaning to do forever. Yet, undermining all this glorious potential is the hidden truth we’re aware of even as we proclaim that this time we’ll really lose 20 pounds or get out of debt
The Next Web
DECEMBER 20, 2013
'Ilya Pozin is an entrepreneur, writer and investor. He is the founder of Open Me a social greeting card company, and Ciplex , a digital marketing agency. “It’s not about what you know — it’s about who you know.”. Chances are you’ve heard this phrase before. But is it really true? A new class of entrepreneurial super connectors are proving it to be.
Gust
DECEMBER 18, 2013
'There is not a definitive answer to this, because a good lawyer can write terms into either one to make one or the other preferable to one or the other party. That said, the primary entrepreneur-friendly reason for doing a Convertible Note (and the reason that no serious investor under regular circumstances will therefore do an uncapped note) is: The valuation negotiation is put off until the next round.
Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 19, 2013
'Maybe everyone knows this, but it took me a while to realize that almost all of my performance issues with Google Apps were related to my DNS configuration. Once I switched all my machines and routers to Google Public DNS all of my performance problems went away. It’s remarkable. Simply hard code DNS to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. Problem solved. My office, condo, and house in Keystone are all on Comcast.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 16, 2013
'Black Friday. Cyber Monday. Christmas shopping. These are the main reasons why online shoppers are pulling out their virtual wallets and open doors in expectation of postmen delivering their packages. Holiday shopping for sure is one of the biggest opportunities of the year for online retailers – with all five of the biggest online sales days taking place between late November and mid-December, online stores can’t afford to miss out on a fantastic chance to drive massive sales.
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