Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2013
'My internal compass has always steered me strongly toward the belief that founders who can scale with their startup companies are better to back that founders who eventually need to hire a CEO. I have talked about this publicly a great deal – how I prefer “missionaries” over “mercenaries.” But lately I’m more swayed by the wise words of Reid Hoffman.
SoCal CTO
MAY 21, 2013
'I''m spending more of my time recently working with non-technical startup founders who are having challenges with their software/web/mobile development teams. I thought it would be worth capturing some basic notes about what signals founders commonly are seeing that cause them to call me, what those signals might be indicating, and what might make sense to do as a founder if you are seeing some of these signals.
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YoungUpstarts
MAY 23, 2013
'by Micheal J. Burt and Colby B. Jubenville, co-authors of “ Zebras and Cheetahs: Look Different and Stay Agile to Survive the Business Jungle “. This place is a jungle. As a leader, you might never utter those words aloud…but chances are you’ve thought them. And no wonder: In every office, cubicle, and conference space, there’s a frenzy of activity.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 20, 2013
'Over the past few decades, the most compelling engineers and entrepreneurs I’ve met have tended to be working on problems that can be solved with software. Software has some great advantages but it comes with a few big drawbacks, namely it’s tied to a few standard types of input, although we are trying to impact that with some of our investments in our HCI theme.
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 24, 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!
The Next Web
MAY 23, 2013
'Got a question for Kathryn? Use the chat feature above to get it answered live. Kathryn Minshew is the CEO & Founder of The Muse , a career platform and job discovery tool serving more than 4 million professionals worldwide. Kathryn has spoken at MIT and Harvard, appeared on CNN and Fox, and contributes on career and entrepreneurship topics to the Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review.
Start Up Roar brings together the best content for start up professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ReadWriteStart
MAY 21, 2013
Guest author John Fearon is CEO of Dropmyemail.com , which backs up emails in the cloud and Dropmysite.com , a cloud-based backup company. At any startup, the first hurdle is the lack of resources – lack of funds, lack of manpower, lack of time. Outsourcing – or relocating – the work can be a great to overcome those obstacles while controlling costs, increasing efficiency and even making workers happier.
Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 23, 2013
'Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is Emeric Ernoult – Enjoy! Feeling a bit lost with your Facebook Page insights? Good. Facebook Insights terminology ( https://www.facebook.com/help/336143376466063/ ) was not built for humans, and now that we know you are not a killer robot from Mars, we’ll help you measure your Facebook Page’s performance without drowning in all that robotic Martian muck.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2013
'On Tuesday Los Angeles will elect a new mayor. And while Eric Garcetti is leading in the polls by 7%, according to recent articles a victory is not certain. LA needs Garcetti. He would be the first tech mayor of our city. He understands our issues as a community and vows to help keep LA Tech on the map. From his opponent I have heard crickets in the past year.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
MAY 21, 2013
'This is a guest post by Nathan Barry, in response to two other posts that previously appeared on this blog. Nathan is the author of Designing Web Applications , The App Design Handbook , and Authority: A Step-By-Step Guide to Self-Publishing. His most recent company, ConvertKit , makes email marketing suck less. How you price a product can have a radical impact on the revenue you make from it.
deal architect
MAY 20, 2013
'I caught a replay of Bill McDermott''s pitch at SapphireNow last week. Loved it. How could you not with acronyms like B2B2C?:) Seriously, tough to not like his sports talk and see him surrounded by sports world luminaries you see.
Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 21, 2013
'People seem fascinated with routines – how other people get things done and the like. While you do need to develop your own way of getting it all done, it can be inspiring and reassuring to hear how others are doing it. (Yesterday I wrote – 7 Things I Did Not Know About Writing Before I Started ). How I decide what to write about. photo credit: Sven Van Echelpoel via photopin cc.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 23, 2013
'One of the toughest decisions for a startup is how to price their product or service. The alternatives range from giving it away for free, to pricing based on costs, to charging what the market will bear (premium pricing). The implications of the decision you make are huge, defining your brand image, your funding requirements, and your long-term business viability.
ultralightstartups.com
MAY 20, 2013
'Ultra Light Startups®. Home. About. What is an Ultra Light Startup? Who We Are. Our Technology Platform. How To Get In For Free. Media Partners. Community Partners. Sponsorship. Press. Office Hours. Pitching. Apply to Pitch (New York). Pitch Application Example. How to Get Selected to Pitch. How To Pitch. Future Energy. Application Form. Pitch FAQ.
deal architect
MAY 21, 2013
'On a normal weeknight, Netflix accounts for almost a third of all Internet traffic entering North American homes. Look at the graph below and let the enormity of that sink in. Now consider this. Netflix uses Amazon Web Services as.
Venture Chronicles
MAY 22, 2013
'I was reading this article on the wave of executive departures at HTC on the heals of a successful product, the HTC One, and a clearly unsuccessful launch of the HTC First. The reporting is actually good and highlights the phenomena of the death spiral that many in Silicon Valley are familiar with, as influential people in the company leave a succession of departures is certain to follow and taking with them the ability of the company to seamlessly conceptualize and develop new products that ar
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 20, 2013
'Successful startups are all about turning ideas into action quickly and efficiently. These actions must be the hard part, since entrepreneurs always seem to come to me with ideas, and ask me for help on the actions. That has always seemed strange to me, since the magic is supposed to be in the ideas, and the actions are the same for every business.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 23, 2013
'We often hear how startup founders forgo sufficient sleep – with the help of stimulants and caffeinated products – so they can rush out a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) as soon as they can. The truth is, lack of sufficient sleep affects your productivity. A sleep-deprived person have problems with concentration and memory, and if extreme can even cause occupational injuries (which are costly to both self and business ).
deal architect
MAY 18, 2013
'For the first time in a while I missed SapphireNow this year, and yet through some unplanned scheduling got to be around a bunch of SAP alums, ex-partners and ex-customers. I was invited to present to SAP alum at the.
Rembrandt Communications
MAY 23, 2013
'Communication is the Key to Business Success You have a great idea for an upcoming, marketing campaign and pitch it to your client. Silence. You need information to finish a project and send out an email, call and text. Silence. You call your client and leave a message to get some information for a looming [.].
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 22, 2013
'We all know at least one entrepreneur who always gets things done, and appears unstoppable in his quest. All of you probably know many others who talk incessantly about their great ideas, but never seem to even get started, or they give up at the first obstacle. What are the attributes that make an entrepreneur unstoppable, and is it possible for people to learn to be unstoppable?
YoungUpstarts
MAY 21, 2013
'by Owen Burek, Editor-in-Chief at Save the Student. Starting a business while you’re at university can be one of the best ways to earn some extra cash. After all, what could be better than working for yourself on your own terms? If you want to make a success of it though, you need to start out with a solid and viable idea. The possibilities are almost endless, but I’ve had a good think and put together this list of ten great small business ideas that most entrepreneurial students should be able
deal architect
MAY 24, 2013
'SAP is consolidating several cloud, analytical, mobile innovation developments under Vishal Sikka. That''s a good move. For a while now, I have watched him focus a bit too much on HANA - "his baby" as he calls it, while leadership.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 23, 2013
'Startup Weekend and Startup America Partnership are joining forces to create UP Global. In addition to Startup Weekend, UP Global also runs Next , StartupDigest , and NYSE Big Startup. Marc Nager, the CEO of Startup Weekend, will be the CEO of Up Global. Steve Case, the chairman of Startup America Partnership, will be the chairman of Up Global. I’m extremely psyched.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 18, 2013
'I’m fully convinced that both inspiration and perspiration are always required in a startup. Yet many people seem to be stuck on one end or other of this equation – all perspiration with no dream, or all inspiration with no reality. Success is the right balance of both for fun and profit. Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 22, 2013
'Fitness trackers have been the rage in recent years. The Nike+ FuelBand sparked a running craze around the world, while the Jawbone UP and the FitBit made people conscious about the number of steps they’re taking. Now, Rover can join the fun. The entrepreneurs at new startup FitBark , based out of New York City, have created an activity tracking system and mobile app (for iOS and Android) for dogs, similar to fitness trackers for humans.
deal architect
MAY 22, 2013
'On the New Florence blog Google Shopping Express Upgrading Mall Surveillance GE’s Industrial Internet Quests Your virtual double Cool Spaces Bedtime Math Facebook Home The Zero TV phenomenon.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 24, 2013
'It’s the beginning of summer. That is a good thing. Spend three minutes watching the amazing video below and get inspired to open your eyes and breath in this weekend. As I come out of my depression, I’ve been systematically changing many of my tactics and habits. Simple things like deciding not to wake up with an alarm clock. Having a digital sabbath (no email / phone from Friday night to Sunday morning).
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 21, 2013
'The business world has been watching this emerging generation with trepidation, and a lot of people haven’t been sure who would be the winners, and who would be the losers. Can Gen-Y, much less the new Generation Z (1995-2010), survive as entrepreneurs, and do they have the passion and commitment it takes to run a startup and attract investors? My own perspective is that the recession was good for Gen-Y (Millennials), because it forced them to face reality, often for the first time in their lif
YoungUpstarts
MAY 20, 2013
'Almost US$1.2 million, that’s how much. According to the results of a new study examining the effect of net employment creation by startup businesses on state gross product, each net job created by startup firms is estimated to increase state gross product by that amount in a given year. Authored by Pacific Research Institute senior fellow Dr Benjamin Zycher, the Startup Businesses and the Growth of Real State Gross Product study uses a sample of 49 states for the period from 1977 through
deal architect
MAY 20, 2013
'A short talk with some Cap Gemini BPO execs at SuiteWorld last week and reading Phil Wainewright''s post about Cloud SIs had me thinking how the global service firms are changing - and in many ways resisting change. Most larger.
VC Cafe
MAY 22, 2013
'Crowdfunding is rapidly growing in the UK and elsewhere. No longer restricted to Friends Family and Fools, founders can. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]. Crowdfunding is rapidly growing in the UK and elsewhere.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 24, 2013
'As the business economy rebounds, many entrepreneurs are thinking that life will soon get easier, and their opportunity can only grow. In reality, the business world gets tougher every day, with new entrants, new technology, and competitors more easily entering the fray from around the globe. Way back in 1979, Michael E. Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 23, 2013
'by Rob Wilson, CEO of Employco USA. Every business owner should arm themselves with an employee handbook; they’re a crucial communication tool, depict expectations and provide knowledge on legal practices and employee rights. While some business owners find the idea of employee handbooks to be outdated or a waste of resources to prepare, they’re essential for creating a guideline on procedures and policies.
deal architect
MAY 19, 2013
'on the innovation blog Automating Airport Security Trays Crowdsourcing Home Deliveries Bequeathing Digital Assets The changing world of puzzles Mindfulness Street Foodies Google Shopping Express Upgrading Mall Surveillance.
VC Cafe
MAY 19, 2013
'The Smartphone Era has been good to games. This category captures more than 80% of mobiledownload revenue (AppAnnie) but earns even more from from in-app purchases and advertising. This post covers the main drivers for gaming ROI and adoption. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
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